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sonchook'

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)