Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

perkwerh • vn • peck, knock • n • beak

Lexicon record # 2683 | Source reference(s): R240 JE16
Derivation: morphological structure prkw-rh

Other paradigm form

• repetitive perkwperkwerh peck repeatedly, knock repeatedly FS(B212)

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (6)

1. Perkwperkwerh.
   Someone knocks repeatedly.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

2. Teno' 'ue-perkwperkwerh kue 'ne-'ekso'.
   He often knocks at my door.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

3. Perkwperkwerh.
   He's knocking (multiple times).

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

4. Kolo ko'l 'o perkwperkwerh.
   It sounds like somebody's knocking.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

5. Perkwperkwerh.
   Knock repeatedly.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)

6. Perkwperkwerh hes?
   Do they all knock more than once?

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)