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wegenok'

Dictionary entry

wegenok' • vt • I name

Lexicon record # 3806 | Source reference(s): R261

Other paradigm forms

  • passive 1sg wegenoyek' I am named

  • passive 3sg wegenee' he or she is named, (his, her) nickname (is) JE93 JE94

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (8)

  1. Kues soo wegenee'?
    What is it called?

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 4: "Do you understand?" (GT3-04, 2003)

  2. ma wegenok'.
    I mentioned (someone).

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-043) (LA138-043, 1980)

  3. 'O wegenee'.
    That person was mentioned.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-043) (LA138-043, 1980)

  4. Nuemee nee wegenee'.
    S/he was mentioned.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-043) (LA138-043, 1980)

  5. Nek kem wegenoyek'.
    I was mentioned also.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-043) (LA138-043, 1980)

  6. Tue' neemok'ws 'we-nos Pewolew 'ue-Me'y soo wegenee'.
    She was unmarried and was called the Daughter of Pewolew.

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

  7. Kue roowo's weet soo wegenoyhl Pewolew 'o Roowo's.
    The pipes were called the Pipes of Pewolew.

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

  8. Kue roowo's weet so wegenoyhl.
    That is what the pipes were called there.

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