Yurok dictionary

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cheenkook'

Dictionary entry

cheenkook' • vt oo-class • I change (something) • Variant cheenkek'

Lexicon record # 125 | Source reference(s): R191 JE29
Derivation: morphological structure chin-k-oo-

Special meaning or use

  • cheenkek' slekwoh change clothing JE29

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Cheenkee' k'ee 'o'lehl 'o tek.
    The house site is being changed.

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

  2. Keech cheenkee' kue ho legaaye'mo'w.
    (The path) where people used to pass has been changed.

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

  3. Keech cheenkee' kue ho legaaye'mo'w.
    The path has been changed.

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