Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

tuuek • n • tail of fish, salmon tail • Variant tuuekw

Lexicon record # 3738 | Source reference(s): R260 JE54 JE116 JG(Hewes:100)
Semantic domain: fish and sea life

Other paradigm form

• locative tuueksoh FS(B219)

Short recordings (9) | Sentence examples (5)

1. Noohl 'o pegah 'we-tuuek kue nepuy, noohl 'o hlo'm ha'aag 'ue-mohl 'ela kohtoo.
   The salmon moved its tail, and he took a stone and hit its head with it.

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

2. Kolchee tergerw kem tue' 'o goyhlkep' 'we-tuuek kolo 'we-nooloochek' kue nepuy.
   Every time he spoke its tail wagged as if the salmon were answering.

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

3. 'O kue 'we-nekomewet laayekeen weet laatekwso'm mehl kue 'ue-mer'erx so kue 'we-tuuek; noohl 'o tekwsee' kue 'we-terr, noohl kue 'we-tuuek.
   She cut it along the line on its right from its gills to its tail; then its head was cut off, then its tail.

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

4. Kue 'ue-mer'erx 'emsee 'ue-'wa'alox 'emsee kue 'w-aawech 'we-terr 'we-tuuek neekee koosee neemee wo pemue'.
   The gills and the guts, the back, the head, and the tail of the salmon was none of it cooked.

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