Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

cheeeshep' • n • flower, flowering plant

Lexicon record # 148 | Source reference(s): R192 MRH-LT JE56
Semantic domain: plants and trees

Special meaning or use

• keech cheeeshep' it is in bloom JE20

Derived phrases or compounds

• chegemem 'we-cheeeshep' "kind of plant"

• k'errch' 'we-cheeeshep' "lupin"

• mehl regookwseen cheeeshep' "mission bells (plant)"

• merk 'we-cheeeshep' "lupin"

• sa'ahl 'we-cheeeshep' "redwood rose"

• segep 'we-cheeeshep' "poppy"

• worme'y 'we-cheeeshep' "escholtzia"

Short recordings (6) | Sentence examples (22)

1. cheeeshep' "flower" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

2. cheeeshep' "flower" (spoken by Jimmie James)

3. cheeeshep' "flower" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

4. cheeeshep' "flower" (spoken by Archie Thompson)

5. kue cheeeshep' "the flower" (spoken by Alice Spott)

6. negoorewonee cheeeshep' "beautiful flower" (spoken by Jimmie James)