Yurok dictionary

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chyuuek'wech steer (a boat), paddle in back

chyuuek'wechook' I steer (a boat)

hegoo' paddle

hoolechek' I stir (a liquid), I paddle

hoonechek' I paddle upstream

keneek'wech steer (a boat)

keneek'wechook' I steer (a boat)

kerch'erk row a boat

kergerchek' I row

kerker'werk'ws it is cranky (of a boat)

ket'ey be still (of anything movable), be parked, be moored

ket'ket'e'y lie (of boats)

ke'moh bailer

ke'mohpechek' I bail out

ke'mohpet bail out water

ke'mohpetechek' I bail out water

kwere'we'y dugout canoe

kye'w capsize

kye'wolep' it capsizes, someone turns over (e.g. in a boat or a wagon)

kye'wo'l it capsizes

laayo' jump up and down (of a boat), pitch (of a boat)

lewoleyetek' I pull (a boat) through shallow water by hand

lewole'y it is pulled through shallow water by hand

meeekeewerh double ended boat

mene's tow a boat, pull ashore, boat rope

menoo' pull a boat ashore, pull (anything, not just boats)

neegerk half a boat, a boat with a part split off

rechook' I paddle, I row

sloyonechkenekw they slide into water (of boats)

sloyonekw it slides into water (of a boat)

sonchook'

werseep' braided trim on the front of a boat, made of hazel sticks

'onchook' I paddle in a particular place, as in a formation

'yoch boat

'yoch 'ue-poyew prow of a boat

Dictionary entry

sonchook' • vt oo-class • I paddle, I propel a boat • I paddle in a particular direction

Lexicon record # 3208 | Source reference(s): R250 FS(B215)
Semantic domain: boats and boating
Derivation: morphological structure son-ch-oo-

Sentence examples (5)

  1. Weet sonchook'.
    I paddled there.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with oo-Class Verbs (JB-14-2, 2003)

  2. Poy keech sonchok'.
    I passed (someone) in my boat.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-006) (LA138-006, 1980)

  3. Pueleek sonchook'.
    I paddle downstream, toward the ocean beach.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)

  4. Kwesee noohl 'o newo'm 'w-esek' kwelekw puelekuek wee keet 'we-sonchoyek'.
    Then he saw that it was being taken down the river.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  5. Noohl newo'm 'w-esek' kwelekw puelekuek keet 'we-sonchoyek'.
    Then he saw it begin to be paddled down stream.

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