Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

saawelek' • vi e-class • I feel cold, I cool off

Lexicon record # 2951 | Source reference(s): R246 JE33 JE34
Derivation: morphological structure saaw-el-e-

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (23)

1. Tue' mocho keech 'o saawelee'm, keepuen 'o saawelee'm, it says weet 'o pel, repeecho'm kue '-uueksoh.
   If they get cold, in winter they got cold, it says they fight, she spanks her kids.

   — Georgiana Trull, Moon and His Wife (GT2, 2003)

2. And kue keeshen mos 'o nuemee saawelee'm.
   And in the summer they weren't cold.

   — Georgiana Trull, Moon and His Wife (GT2, 2003)

3. Saawelek'.
   I'm cold.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 12: "How do you feel?" (GT3-12, 2003)

4. Keech ma saawelek'.
   I got cold.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)

5. Saawelek'.
   I'm cold

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)

6. Keech saawelek'.
   I'm cold.

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)

7. Keech nuemee saawelek'.
   I am very cold.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

8. Paa', mos saawelek'.
   No, I'm not cold.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-05-1a) (JB-05-1a, 2002)

9. Paa', mos nek saawelek'.
   No, I'm not cold.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-05-1a) (JB-05-1a, 2002)

10. Keech saawelek'.
    I'm cold.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns (JB-01-12, 2001)

11. Saawelek'.
    I'm cold.

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

12. Nuemee saawelek', keech nuemee saawelek'.
    I'm really cold.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-035) (LA138-035, 1980)

13. Keech syo'oogech' 'w-arpehlkeech soo noore'w.
    His teeth are making noise, he's so cold.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-051) (LA138-051, 1980)

14. Keech soo noore'w.
    S/he's so cold.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-051) (LA138-051, 1980)

15. Testok' soo saawelek'.
    I'm shaking because I'm cold.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-054) (LA138-054, 1980)

16. Saawelek'.
    I'm cold.

    — Minnie Reed, Sentences (MR2) (MR2, 1970s)

17. Kue keech 'ue-mechewolo' noohl lekwseesh 'o le'mehl 'emkee weeshtue' 'ee kmoyhl, keet 'o ko saawelehl, noohl 'esee ma wegesah.
    When it had burned down they went outside and lay down, and began to cool off, and then they went to bathe.

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

18. Noohl keet saawelehl.
    Then they began to cool off.

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

19. Saawelek'.
    I am cold.

    — Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT) (GAR-LT, 1922)

20. Saawe'l.
    He is cold.

    — Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT) (GAR-LT, 1922)

21. Nek soo saawelehl.
    I think they are cold.

    — Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT) (GAR-LT, 1922)