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raak

Dictionary entry

raak • n • creek

Lexicon record # 2779 | Source reference(s): R242 JE36
Semantic domain: landscape

Other paradigm form

  • locative raakeek AT(JB-02-12)

Special meaning or use

  • raak 'ue-pa'ah spring water JE126

Short recordings (7) | Sentence examples (15)

  1. Raakeek soonekw kue laas.
    The trail went into the creek.

    Audio 

    — Glenn Moore, Discussion of trails and trail directions (GM8, 2003)

  2. Raak nee 'uema'ah.
    Creek devil.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 16: "Where are you coming from?" (GT3-16, 2003)

  3. Raak.
    Creek.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 30: "Environment." (GT3-30, 2003)

  4. Pyuerkeree'm 'o raak.
    They're playing in the creek.

    Audio 

    — Glenn Moore, Sentences (JB-03-1) (JB-03-1, 2002)

  5. Raakeek 'o pyuerkeree'm.
    They're playing in the creek.

    Audio 

    — Glenn Moore, Sentences (JB-03-1) (JB-03-1, 2002)

  6. Kue raak keech nuemee plop'.
    The creek is very high.

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

  7. Raak cho' 'ue-kertker'm.
    Go fish up the creek.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-033) (LA138-033, 1980)

  8. Raak nee ye'y.
    S/he went up the creek.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-033) (LA138-033, 1980)

  9. Raak nee yegok'w.
    S/he went up the creek.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-033) (LA138-033, 1980)

  10. Raak nee ma hegook'.
    I went up the creek.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-033) (LA138-033, 1980)

  11. Raak nee ma hoole'm
    They went up the creek.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-033) (LA138-033, 1980)

  12. Raak ma laachek'.
    I took the boat up the creek.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-033) (LA138-033, 1980)

  13. Raak 'ema kertkerk'.
    I went fishing up the creek.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-033) (LA138-033, 1980)

  14. Kwesee 'o gegoyhl kue huueksoh, Cho' nue pewahchkeye'mo'w 'o raak.
    The children had been told, Go and wash your faces in the stream.

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl" (GM1, 2004)

  15. Kwesee 'o legoyhl kue huueksoh, Cho' nue pewahchkeye'mo'w 'o raak.
    The children had been told, Go and wash your faces in the stream.

    — Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)