Dictionary entry
so'nk'enek' • vt e-class • I fish
Lexicon record # 3220 | Source reference(s): R250
Other paradigm form
collective so'nk'enuue'm
Sentence examples (6)
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Tue' keet 'o sku'y soo 'ok'w kue perey mee' neeko'l ko'l 'we-so'nk'enek' kue mewah.
And then the old woman began to live better because the boy was always catching something in his fishing.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Noohl kue 'ne-psech woneeks 'o so'n ma'ahskehl, noohl puelekws 'o newo'm kyue' nee 'ue-ko'oh ko'l 'we-so'nk'enuue'm.
Then my father picked up the spear, and he saw people standing at the mouth of the river fishing.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Cho 'eekee chue weyko'w ko'l k'e-so'nk'enuue'mo'w noohl cho 'eekee chue kemeye'mo'w.
Then you must all finish fishing and all go home.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kue so newonee keech chyuuek'we'n kue meweemor neekee 'ue-kwomhle'mek' kue pegerk ko'l 'we-so'nk'enuue'm.
When the old man was seen to be sitting down the men came back to their fishing.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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'O ga'm, 'Ey, kue meweemor, Kem kee hesue', Kee ko'l so'nk'enuue'moh 'o puelekw.
The old main said, Yes, and you may decide to fish at the river mouth.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Cho 'eekee chue weyko'w ko'l so'nk'enuue'mo'w noohl cho 'eekee chue kemeye'mo'w!
Stop fishing everyone and then all go home!— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)