Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

serrhl • vn • do, cause

Lexicon record # 3291 | Source reference(s): R251 JE29 JE41 JE42

Special meaning or use

• hes ke'l serrhl? did you? JE41

Sentence examples (16)

1. Kues kee serrhlerperk'? Kee negeee'n neeko'l kee k'e-serrhlerpek', skuyenee kee 'ne-serrhl.
   What can I do? ...

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

2. Tee'neesho kee serrhl?
   What am I going to do?

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 5: "What are you doing?" (GT3-05, 2003)

3. Dave, tee'neesho kee serrhl?
   Dave, what are you going to do?

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 5: "What are you doing?" (GT3-05, 2003)

4. Kues serrhl? Kee chergerhcherl we'yk'oh.
   What are we doing? We are getting tired now.

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)

5. Weeshtue' nuemee serrhl 'we-hl'ewkwelochek'.
   All he did was snore.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns (JB-01-12, 2001)

6. Nuemee serrhl 'we-hl'ewkwelochek'.
   She's just snoring.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns (JB-01-12, 2001)

7. Wo' wee' serrhl.
   He did it.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Iteratives, Passives, and Repetitives (JB-02-14a, 2001)

8. 'Elekw mos nek kom tee'now wee' ho serrhl.
   I don't know who did it.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1b, 2001)

9. Wo' neemee weesh 'wer-serrhl.
   This person didn't do it.

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

10. Kohchee mos neee'now' kue serrhl kue mewah 'o hegok'w.
    Once, not looking at what he was doing, the boy did go.

    — Jessie Exline, "The Grey Sea Gull" (CICD2, 1983)

11. Kee soo heyomok's cheeekol' k'e-serrhl.
    You will be lucky in everything you do."

    — Jessie Exline, "The Grey Sea Gull" (CICD2, 1983)

12. Nahch kee 'we-serrhl.
    I'll allow him to do it.

    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences in Jessie Exline's Yurok Dictionary (YD, 1980s)

13. Noohl weeshtue' 'o sergerrhl hohkuem weektue' 'we-legehl noohl 'o tegerue'm kue roowo's.
    And then he regularly made tobacco, and scattered it inside the box, and spoke to the pipes.

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

14. Mos weesh see serrhl 'ep'ehl sku'y soo's.
    He would not have done that if he had been good natured.

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

15. Mos weesh see sherrhl 'ep'ehl sku'y soo's.
    He would not have done that if he had been good natured.

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

16. Kwesee' wee't 'o myaahlkahpe'm, Segep pee serrhl.
    Right there he jumped on him, Coyote did.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)