Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

pkwechook' • vi oo-class • I come out

Lexicon record # 2598 | Source reference(s): R239 JE34
Derivation: morphological structure pkw-ech-oo-

Other paradigm forms

• 3sg pkwechok'w, pkwecho'l it sprouts, it comes out R239

• collective pkwe'm FS(LA138-052)

• imperative sg pkwech'os come out! MRH:APS2:139

Derived phrase or compound

• 'Leptoyhl 'O Pkwegech "a reef north of Churey"

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (20)

1. Weet ko pkwechook'.
   That's where I'm going to come out.

   — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)

2. Keech pkwechook'.
   I have emerged.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-029) (LA138-029, 1980)

3. Keech pkwe'm.
   They're all up (new plants in a garden).

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-052) (LA138-052, 1980)

4. Keech kyue' ho pkwe'm.
   They've come up, they're sticking out there.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-052) (LA138-052, 1980)

5. Keech kyue' 'o pkwechok'w.
   It's coming up (emerging) there.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-052) (LA138-052, 1980)

6. Keech kyue' ho pkwechok'w.
   Someone came into view.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-052) (LA138-052, 1980)

7. Keech chyue pkwe'mehl.
   They're all in sight. (They've all come into view).

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-052) (LA138-052, 1980)

8. Keech pkwechok'w, keech won ho pkwechok'w, keech won ho pkwe'm.
   He's emerged, he's come into view over there, they've come into view over there.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-052) (LA138-052, 1980)

9. Keech koosee pkwe'm.
   They're all in sight. (They've all come into view.)

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-052) (LA138-052, 1980)

10. Keech 'ee ho pkwe'm.
    They came out (into view).

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-055) (LA138-055, 1980)

11. Keech pkwe'm.
    They've all come out.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-055) (LA138-055, 1980)

12. Keech pkwe'm, keech pkwechoo'mehl.
    They've come out.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-055) (LA138-055, 1980)

13. Ho pkwechook'.
    I appeared.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-058) (LA138-058, 1980)

14. Kwesee kue huuek 'o pkwechok'w.
    And the child came out.

    — Georgiana Trull, Potato Boy (GT4, 2007)

15. Mocho kee yegoye'm, Kowecho' wek serrhlerper'm, cho' 'o nego'leyo'm, mee' 'eenee k'ee huuek kee pkwechok'w.
    If they say to you, Don't do that, you'd better believe them, because this child will come out.

    — Georgiana Trull, Potato Boy (GT4, 2007)

16. Noohl chegemem 'we-luueleek'o soot', noohl kue 'ue-merterw hr pkwechok'w.
    Then Hummingbird went into his mouth, and he came out through his butt.

    — Georgiana Trull, Bear and Hummingbird (GT1, 2003)

17. Wehlowaa chee hegok'w 'we-sa'awor noohl 'esee pkwecho'l kue 'uema'ah.
    Its shadow came ten times before the devil appeared.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

18. Wehlowaa chee hegok'w 'we-sa'awor noohl 'esee pkwecho'l kue 'uema'ah.
    Its shadow appeared ten times before the devil came out.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)