Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

skeleek • adv • down

Lexicon record # 3060 | Source reference(s): R247
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Sentence examples (7)

1. Nek skeleek kee 'ooleenek'.
   I am going to lie down.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-003) (LA138-003, 1980)

2. Tue' wee'eeet nek soo, mehl mee' sku'y soo 'ok'w 'o puelekw, sku'y soo rek'woyk k'ee pa'ah, 'ohlkuemee skeleek wee'eeet, hesek' nek.
   This is what I think, because it's good at the river mouth, the water is good at the river mouth, because it's down there, I think.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)

3. Skeleek nee 'oo' wee'eeet tue' kue cement kue ho werhperyerh 'o kem mee' 'ee keech mo'ok'w 'o yo' 'ohlkuemee kee lewolah mos cheetaa ko'l sook kohchewohl.
   It's down below, the cement that used to be a bridge, because it's not there anymore, because ... they couldn't catch anything at all.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)

4. Peesh, weeshtue' 'o laa'y skeleek 'o laa'y kweles kem noolenee kue nepuy koosee hoole'm.
   So he passed along, he passed down (on the river bed) and the salmon went all round him.

   — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

5. Noohl pa'aahleek skeleek 'olonekw.
   It lay deep down in the water.

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

6. Myoot' koweesh so skeleek.
   He pushed the pole down.

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

7. Kues chperrnerysh so skeleek?
   How deep is it to the bottom?

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