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so'nk-'e-nek'

Dictionary entry

so'nk-'e-nek'vt e-class • I fish

Lexicon record # 3220 | Source reference(s): R250

Other paradigm form

  • collective so'nk-'e-nuue'm

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Tue' keet 'o sku'y soo 'ok'w kue pe-rey mee' nee-ko'l ko'l 'we-so'nk-'e-nek' kue me-wah.
    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)

  2. Noohl kue 'nep-sech wo-neeks 'o so'n ma-'ahs-kehl, noohl pue-lekws 'o ne-wo'm kyue' nee 'ue-ko-'oh ko'l 'we-so'nk-'e-nuue'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)

  3. Cho 'ee-kee chue wey-ko'w ko'l k'e-so'nk-'e-nuue'-mo'w noohl cho 'ee-kee chue ke-mey-ye'-mo'w.
    Then you must all finish fishing and all go home.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  4. Kue so ne-wo-nee keech chyuuek'-we'n kue me-wee-mor nee-kee 'ue-kwom-hle'-mek' kue pe-gerk ko'l 'we-so'nk-'e-nuue'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)

  5. 'O ga'm, 'Ey, kue me-wee-mor, Kem kee he-sue', Kee ko'l so'nk-'e-nuue'-moh 'o pue-lekw.
    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)

  6. Cho 'ee-kee chue wey-ko'w ko'l so'nk-'e-nuue'-mo'w noohl cho 'ee-kee chue ke-mey-ye'-mo'w!
    Stop fishing everyone and then all go home!

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