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chpoksek'

Dictionary entry

chpoksek' • vt e-class • I think, I meditate

Lexicon record # 268 | Source reference(s): FS(B199) JE89 JE135 JE89 JE135
Semantic domain: feelings and emotions
Derivation: morphological structure chp-oks-e-

Special meanings or uses

  • mehl chpoksek' I study, I ruminate, I think about RS(ALK1940:99jj)

  • wonee chpoksek' I am thinking YLCB106

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (7)

  1. Wo'nee chpoksek'.
    I'm thinking.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 12: "How do you feel?" (GT3-12, 2003)

  2. Mos sku'y soo chpoksek'.
    I can't think good.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 12: "How do you feel?" (GT3-12, 2003)

  3. Wo'nee chpoksek'.
    I'm thinking.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

  4. Chpoksek'.
    I think.

    Audio 

    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

  5. Kee ko chpoksek'.
    I will think it over.

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-003) (LA138-003, 1980)

  6. Mos heemey' soo chpoksek'.
    I'm not thinking fast.

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (UW-PP-18a-1) (UW-PP-18a-1, 1980)

  7. Wo'nee chpoksek'.
    I contemplate on something.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)