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son-chook'

Dictionary entry

son-chook' • 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 son-chook'.
    I paddled there.

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

  2. Poy keech son-chok'.
    I passed (someone) in my boat.

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

  3. Pue-leek son-chook'.
    I paddle downstream, toward the ocean beach.

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

  4. Kwe-see noohl 'o ne-wo'm 'we-sek' kwe-lekw pue-le-kuek wee keet 'we-son-cho-yek'.
    Then he saw that it was being taken down the river.

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

  5. Noohl ne-wo'm 'we-sek' kwe-lekw pue-le-kuek keet 'we-son-cho-yek'.
    Then he saw it begin to be paddled down stream.

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