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'ekonemek'

Dictionary entry

'ekonemek' • vt e-class • I hold, I keep

Lexicon record # 4217 | Source reference(s): WF(ALK78:35) R269 JE69 JE79 JE231
Derivation: morphological structure 'ek-on-eme-

Other paradigm form

  • imperative sg 'ek'ones hold it! WF(ALK78:35) JE69

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (11)

  1. 'Ekonoyek'.
    Someone is holding me (up).

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-058) (LA138-058, 1980)

  2. 'O gee', Nee mok'w nepuy, mee' k'e-mer'wermery 'ue-me'y wo'oot 'ee neekee koosee 'ekone'm k'ee nepuy.
    He was told, There is no salmon, because the daughter of the head of your river holds all the salmon by her.

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

  3. Komchuemehl 'w-esek', Nekah wee' chpee 'ekonee' k'ee nepuy 'o k'ee mer'wermery.
    They knew, The salmon is held by us alone at the head of the river.

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

  4. Kue k'e-nekomewet cho 'oloneme'm, cho sku'y soo 'ekoneme'm 'ohlkuemee neemoksue won kem ko soo 'ekoneme'm.
    Carry it in your right hand, and get a good hold on it because you will not carry it in any other position.

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

  5. Keekee nuue'moh wee' kee soo 'ekoneme'm.
    You will carry it like this until we arrive.

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

  6. To's keech sku'y soo 'ekoneme'm?
    Have you got a good hold of it?

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

  7. Nekah wee' chpee 'ekonee' kue nepuy.
    The salmon is held by us alone.

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

  8. Komchuemehl 'w-esek' nekah wee' chpee 'ekonee' kue nepuy.
    They knew that the salmon was held by them.

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

  9. Keekee nuue'moh kee 'ekoneme'm.
    You will carry it until we arrive.

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

  10. 'I neekee koosee 'ekone'm k'ee nepuy.
    She is holding all the salmon there.

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