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sermertek'

Dictionary entry

sermertek' • vt e-class • I beat, I kill • Variant sermerterk'

Lexicon record # 3270 | Source reference(s): R251 JE16 JE227 JE232 JE79
Derivation: morphological structure srm-rt-e-

Other paradigm forms

  • passive 1sg sermeryerweryek' I am beaten, I am killed R251 JE79

  • reflexive 1sg sermeryerwerperk' I kill myself R251

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (18)

  1. Nek sermertek' puuek.
    I killed a deer.

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    — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)

  2. Srmertek'.
    I killed it.

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    — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)

  3. Srmertek' chyer'er'y.
    I killed a bear.

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    — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)

  4. Srmertek' hlmeyep'ee'r.
    I killed a rattlesnake.

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    — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)

  5. Keech sermeryerwee'.
    It had died.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)

  6. Srmeryerwee' ch'ue'ch'eesh mehl ha'aag.
    The bird was killed with a stone.

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

  7. Yo'hlkoh nekah sermeryerwery.
    They will kill us.

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

  8. Mocho kee newohpe'n kwelekw ko' sermeryerweryek'.
    If he sees me, I shall be killed.

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

  9. Yo' ha'aag mehl sermert' ch'ue'ch'eesh.
    He killed the bird with a stone.

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

  10. Mocho kue megokw keemee wey 'ue-mokwomokwochek' ko sermerterk'.
    If that dog does not stop barking I shall kill it.

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

  11. Srmeryerwee' 'o k'ee werhlperh.
    He was beaten in the stick game.

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

  12. Yo' sermert' ch'ue'ch'eesh mehl ha'aag.
    He killed the bird with a stone.

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

  13. Keech sermert' 'oohl.
    He's killing a person.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

  14. Keech sermerterk'
    I killed him (a person or animal)

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

  15. Keech sermertercherk'
    I have killed you

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

  16. Keech sermerterk'.
    I killed it (an animal)

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

  17. Keech sermerterserk'.
    I killed him (a person)

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

  18. 'O le'm, Kee sermerterk' k'ee hegor.
    He said, I'll kill the Sun.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)