Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

cheee-shep' • n • flower, flowering plant

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

Special meaning or use

• keech cheee-shep' it is in bloom JE20

Derived phrases or compounds

• che-ge-mem 'we-cheee-shep' "kind of plant"

• k'errch' 'we-cheee-shep' "lupin"

• mehl re-gookw-seen cheee-shep' "mission bells (plant)"

• merk 'we-cheee-shep' "lupin"

• sa-'ahl 'we-cheee-shep' "redwood rose"

• se-gep 'we-cheee-shep' "poppy"

• wor-me'y 'we-cheee-shep' "escholtzia"

Short recordings (6) | Sentence examples (22)

1. cheee-shep' "flower" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

2. cheee-shep' "flower" (spoken by Jimmie James)

3. cheee-shep' "flower" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

4. cheee-shep' "flower" (spoken by Archie Thompson)

5. kue cheee-shep' "the flower" (spoken by Alice Spott)

6. ne-goo-re-wo-nee cheee-shep' "beautiful flower" (spoken by Jimmie James)