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rohsek'

Dictionary entry

rohsek' • vt e-class • I throw, I pitch (a ball)

Lexicon record # 2874 | Source reference(s): R243 JE104
Semantic domain: games

Other paradigm form

  • indicative 3sg ro's FS(JP)

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (4)

  1. Rohsek' mehl 'n-a'aag, rohsek' mehl 'ne-koweesh.
    I threw my rock, I threw my stick.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-034) (LA138-034, 1980)

  2. Tue' kue 'we-rohsek' mehl kue nepuy skelee 'o lehlkoo' kue nahko' 'enuemee wonue leko'n kue nepuy.
    When he threw it at them, the wooden plates fell down and it fell right on them.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  3. Kohchew koma choomoyhl kue kee 'we-rohsek'.
    It was six days before the spearing.

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