Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

tekwe's • n • owl, timber owl • largest size owl, black • Variants tekwonee'sh tekwonee's

Lexicon record # 3447 | Source reference(s): R254 JE99 FS(B217) R254
Semantic domain: birds

Other paradigm form

• short form tekw

Short recordings (6) | Sentence examples (7)

1. Kolonee key tekwe's.
   The owl is sitting someplace.

   — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)

2. Tekwe's kohchee weet so'n kue '-uueksoh keech tegahtok.
   Once the owl acted in such a way that his children were starving.

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

3. Noohl 'o gegoomue'm kue 'we-nos hegee' kue tekwe's:
   Then the owl's wife spoke to her husband and told the owl:

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

4. Tue' weet too' 'we-tekwe's 'we-'er'gerp.
   And thus ends the story of the owl.

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

5. Tekwe's kohchee weet so'n kue '-uueksoh keech tegahtok.
   Once the owl acted in such a way that his children were starving.

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

6. Noohl 'o gegoomue'm kue 'we-nos hegee' kue tekwe's:
   Then the owl's wife spoke to her husband and told the owl:

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

7. Tue' wee' too' 'we-tekwe's wee' 'er'gerp.
   And thus ends the story of the owl.

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