Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

rahcheen • n • friend, buddy, best friend [more intimate than too'mar]

Lexicon record # 2777 | Source reference(s): R242 JE24 JE57

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (17)

1. Rahcheen.
   Best friend.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 22: "People/Relatives" (GT3-22, 2003)

2. 'Ochkaa kweget 'ne-rahcheen.
   I'm visiting my friends.

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

3. 'Ne-rahcheen wee' nahchee'n.
   My friend gave it to me.

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

4. Mocho kee newook' kue k'e-rahcheen, ko 'o geksek'.
   If I see your friend, I'll tell her.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

5. Negeneech 'we-rahcheen locho'm keetee nue hlkyegor 'o wohpewk.
   Mouse (and) his pal toad were going to go watch (something) across the ocean.

   — Frank Douglas, Mouse and Toad (FD3, 1970)

6. Tue' 'w-ooro'r, tue' 'ok'ws 'we-rahcheen kue cheenes, weeshtue' 'o sooto'l.
   Then he ran off, and the young man had a friend, and so he went to him.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

7. 'O gee', Nah cho he'woneehlkwene'm kue k'e-rahcheen keskee cho' le'mo'w.
   He was told, Wake your friend up and both of you go down to the water.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

8. Cho' poy ko 'o key kue k'e-rahcheen, ke'l cho' heenoy 'oolo'oh.
   Your friend is to sit in the front of the boat, and you stand behind.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

9. 'Eme ge'wonee'hl kue 'we-rahcheen, keskeesh 'o le'mehl.
   His friend woke up, (and) they went down to the water.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

10. 'Yoncheesh keech 'o key 'o poyew kue 'we-rahcheen, 'o neee'no'w; 'eemee ko'l wo soch.
    His friend sat in the boat in front and watched; they did not speak.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

11. Tue' 'ne-let, kem 'o gesek' kwelokw kee serhkermerypewe'm 'o yoh mo keemee neeege'yue' kue k'e-rahcheen; tue' wo'oot weeshtue' kee 'w-ahpew kue 'ne-let.
    I have a sister, and I thought that you would be lonely here if you did not bring your friend; and my sister may be his wife.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

12. Kwesee ye's, Kwelekw kue geksek' kue 'ne-rahcheen, nek kwelekw keetee kemeyek'.
    Then he thought, I will go and tell my friend, and I shall go home.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

13. Kwesee 'o nohpe'w 'o kue 'we-rahcheen 'ohkween 'ap ha'm, Chue kee keme'yoh.
    He went in where his friend lived and said, Let us both go home.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

14. Kwesee 'o ge's kue 'we-rahcheen, Paa, now, nek kwelekw neemoksue megelok'.
    Then his friend thought, No, friend, I will not go with you.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

15. Cho poy ko 'o key kue k'e-rahcheen.
    Your friend must sit in front.

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

16. Temaloh negeee'n kue ke'l k'e-rahcheen tue' 'eemee wo gekwsesoh.
    We looked for your friend a long time, but we did not find him.

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

17. Keech no'omuenowohl keech noohl 'we-rahcheen.
    They have been friends all their lives.

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