Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

teekwohsook' • vt oo-class • I break (trans.)

Lexicon record # 3550 | Source reference(s): R255
Derivation: morphological structure tikw-ohs-oo-

Other paradigm form

• repetitive teekwteekwohsook' I break (something) in pieces R255

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (6)

1. Keech teekwohsok'.
   I broke it.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Plurals and Repeated Events (EJW-01-2-1, 2006)

2. Keech teekwohsok' kue 'lahpsew.
   I broke the plate.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Plurals and Repeated Events (EJW-01-2-1, 2006)

3. Teekwteekwohsok'.
   I broke it in pieces.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Plurals and Repeated Events (EJW-01-2-1, 2006)

4. Tue' keech kem won ho teekwohsee'.
   It's been broken badly.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Plurals and Repeated Events (EJW-01-2-1, 2006)

5. Keech kem won ho teekwohsee' kem keech 'o sku'y.
   It got badly broken and it's good again.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Plurals and Repeated Events (EJW-01-2-1, 2006)

6. Keychokseemek' 'ne-teekwohsok'.
   I broke it on purpose.

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