Dictionary entry
'eksook' • vt oo-class • I shut, I close
Lexicon record # 4226 | Source reference(s): JE32 R269
Other paradigm forms
3sg 'ekso' R269
passive 1sg 'eksoyek' they lock me in FS(NYD121)
Special meaning or use
Mos koma 'eksee' It's loose [literally, "it's not very closed"] JE85
Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (10)
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'Ek'sos!
Close it!
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 6: "Go get it" (GT3-06, 2003)
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'Ek'sos kue 'ekso'!
Close the door! — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 6: "Go get it" (GT3-06, 2003)
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'Ek'sos kue chpeesher'erhl!
Close the window! — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 6: "Go get it" (GT3-06, 2003)
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Kowecho'm 'eksoo'm kue 'ekso'!
Don't close the door! — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-01) (JB-01-01, 2001)
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'Ek'sos!
Close it! — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-01-04) (JB-01-04, 2001)
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Cho' 'eksoo'm!
Close it! — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-01-04) (JB-01-04, 2001)
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'O'lepeek so 'eksoyek'.
They locked me in the house. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)
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Keech 'eksee' 'o 'o'lep.
Somebody's locking him in the house. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)
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Cho' 'o ko 'ekso'm kue mewah.
Close the door on the boy (shut him inside). — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)
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'Enuemee wo'n ho kue kohchew 'we-choomoyhl 'o weykohl; noohl kue meweemor 'o 'ekso' kue keech laayekw.
They were finishing the path right up to the sixth day, and then the old man closed the path.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)