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 serr-hler-perk'? Kee ne-geee'n nee-ko'l kee k'e-serr-hler-pek', skuye-nee kee 'ne-serrhl.
   What can I do? ...

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

2. Tee'-nee-sho 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'-nee-sho 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 cher-gerh-cherl we'yk-'oh.
   What are we doing? We are getting tired now.

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

5. Weesh-tue' nue-mee serrhl 'wehl-'ew-kwe-lo-chek'.
   All he did was snore.

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

6. Nue-mee serrhl 'wehl-'ew-kwe-lo-chek'.
   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' nee-mee weesh 'wer-serrhl.
   This person didn't do it.

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

10. Koh-chee mos neee'-now' kue serrhl kue me-wah 'o he-gok'w.
    Once, not looking at what he was doing, the boy did go.

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

11. Kee soo hey-yo-mok's cheee-kol' 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 weesh-tue' 'o ser-gerrhl hoh-kuem week-tue' 'we-le-gehl noohl 'o te-ge-rue'm kue roo-wo'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. Kwe-see' wee't 'o myaahl-kah-pe'm, Se-gep pee serrhl.
    Right there he jumped on him, Coyote did.

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