Yurok dictionary

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ruerek'

Dictionary entry

ruerek' • vi e-class • I swim

Lexicon record # 2920 | Source reference(s): R244
Derivation: morphological structure r-ur-e-

Other paradigm form

  • collective rueree'm

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (9)

  1. Kues no' nekomuy k'e-ruerek'?
    When did you learn to swim?

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)

  2. Tkwo 'o cheykerek' 'o nekomuy 'ne-ruerek'.
    When I was small I learned to swim.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)

  3. Pa'aahl 'o rue'r.
    He's wading in the water.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-005_4) (JB-005_4, 2002)

  4. Chpaanee' hes k'e-ruerek'?
    Is it too far to swim?

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-002) (LA138-002, 1980)

  5. Poy keech ruerek'.
    I'm swimming ahead.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-006) (LA138-006, 1980)

  6. Tue' 'o hehlkue 'o ruerek', naamenewkwek'.
    I swam to shore, I was pulled in by the waves.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-025) (LA138-025, 1980)

  7. Hloykoo'm kee k'e-ruerek'.
    You're trying to swim.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-031) (LA138-031, 1980)

  8. Mos kee nohtenek' 'ne-ruerek'.
    I am unable to swim.

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

  9. Kee wehlowee chee rue'r.
    Ten will swim by.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)