Dictionary entry
tmook' • vt oo-class • I shoot
Lexicon record # 3605 | Source reference(s):
R256
Semantic
domain: hunting and fishing
Derivation: morphological structure tm-oo-
Other paradigm forms
3sg tmo' R35
imperative sg tmo'os R256
iterative 1sg tmegook' I hunt R256 YLCB108
iterative 3sg tmego' s/he hunts JE71 JE231
(double) iterative tmeeegook' R256
double iterative attributive 3sg tmeeegonee hunter YLCB93 [people]
Special meaning or use
kue tmeeego'meen hunter R256 JE71 [people]
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (25)
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Wonekw kee nue tmegok' 'owook.
I'm going to go hunt up the hill tomorrow.
— Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-10) (AG-10, 2008)
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Nek 'o skuyenee 'o tmeeegook' weet segootok'.
I go hunting where I know it's safe. — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)
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'Owook kue tmegook'.
I'm going to go hunting tomorrow. — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)
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Nek kue tmegook' 'owook. Wonekw... Negooksep kee la tmegook'.
I'm going hunting tomorrow. I'm going to hunt up at Negooksep. — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)
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Weet kee ko tmegook'.
Then I'll hunt. — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)
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Wee'eeet pueleek ko so tmegook'.
I'm going to hunt downriver. — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)
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Weet choolekw ko so tmegook'.
I'm going to hunt down the hill. — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)
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Tmeeegonee.
Hunter. — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 22: "People/Relatives" (GT3-22, 2003)
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Keetue tmegok'.
I'm going hunting. — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 28: "Where are you going?" (GT3-28, 2003)
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Keetee tmegok'.
I'm going to start shooting. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-026) (LA138-026, 1980)
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Well, skue'o chegeyken kue nah Geneva 'ue-merm, nee'eeyehl 'o gee' chue kue tmeeegonee wonew.
Well, Geneva's young sons, it's said they were hunters in the mountains.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
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'Emkee keech 'o nuemee pe'l keech 'o cheenomewes, tue' weet so'n chpee 'we-tmeeegok'.
Then he quite grew up and became a young man, and it turned out that all he did was to hunt.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Wo'oot kue tmeeegomeen.
He is the hunter.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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ma tmegok'.
I went hunting.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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We'yk'oh kwelekw 'ochkaa tmego'.
At present he is out hunting.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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K'ee pegerk nue tmeeego' puuek.
The men have gone deer hunting.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Keech nue tmeego'.
They have gone hunting.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Yo'hlkoh weesh ho laayoluemehl kue 'n-uuek kee shoo tmo'.
It was they who taught my child to shoot.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Nekah keet nue tmeeego'.
We are just off hunting.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Wehlchee ma tmeeego' 'o kue 'o 'w-e'gor.
We went hunting ten times last month.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Hasee puereyow soo tmoo'w.
You will shoot to the north.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Hesee markwee see mehl tmeeegok'w.
One could shoot them onto the ground.— Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)
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Chpee nee 'we-tmeeegook' kue cheenes.
The young man always hunted.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)
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Wi' cho' mehl tmeeegoo'm.
Hunt with it.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)