Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

chkeyek' • vi e-class • I sleep, I am asleep

Lexicon record # 162 | Source reference(s): R192 ES71 JE122 JE61 JE10 FS(B199) JE235

Other paradigm forms

• 1dl chke'yoh FS(B199)

• 2dl chke'yue' FS(B199)

• collective chkeye'm, chkee'm

• imperative sg chk'es

Special meanings or uses

• naahl chkeyehl they are sleeping together FS(B199)

• kee tue chkey sleepy JE122

• 'o chkegeye'm bed, bedroom YLCB100 [houses and parts of houses]

• 'o chkegeee'mo'w bedroom AF(AG04-2) • bedrooms YLCB100 [houses and parts of houses]

Derived phrases or compounds

• K'err' 'O Chkegeem' "a sea stack in False Klamath Cove"

• K'errch' 'O Chkegeem' "a knoll in the middle of a salal berry patch, also called K'err' 'Wo-'Ol'"

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (53)

1. chke'y "he or she sleeps" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

2. chke'y "s/he sleeps" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

3. merueh choo'm kue 'o chkee'moh "five bedrooms" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)