Dictionary entry
tek • vn • be situated, grow (plants)
Lexicon record # 3422 | Source reference(s): R254
Sentence examples (16)
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Ne-kah hee-koh 'o le-we-tek' kue ha-'aag 'o tek.
We set our net on the rock across the river.
— Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)
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Nek kee-tue le-we-tek' 'o kue ha-'ag 'o tek 'o hee-koh.
I'm going to set my net on the rock across the river. — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)
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Yoh keech lo-'o-mah ho kue ha-'aag 'o tek.
We're going to run from here to where the rock's at. — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-005_4) (JB-005_4, 2002)
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Kues ko 'o tek? Kues ko 'o tek-tee'?
Where will it sit (be set down)? — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-040) (LA138-040, 1980)
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Wek ko 'o tek.
It'll sit here (place it here). — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-040) (LA138-040, 1980)
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Ske-lee 'o tek-te-tek'. Ske-lee 'o tek, wee' 'o tek.
I put it down. It was put down, it was put here. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-052) (LA138-052, 1980)
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Wee' 'o tek.
It's sitting here. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-052) (LA138-052, 1980)
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Weet 'o tek ha-'aag.
There's a rock sitting there. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-052) (LA138-052, 1980)
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Weet 'o tek te-kwo-nekws.
There's a box sitting there. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-052) (LA138-052, 1980)
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Kue wee 'o ne-gook-che-nohl 'em-kee weesh-tue' le'-mehl kue Shche-kwehl 'O Chaahl 'o tek 'er'-gerrk 'o Wehl-kwew.
Those who usually sweated there then went to the sweathouse at Schekwehl 'O Chaahl in Wehlkwew.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Koh-chew keech 'o choo-moyhl 'o nes-kwe-chok'w 'ue-me'-loh mehl kue Hee-wow 'o tek 'o'-lehl 'o Rek'-woy nue 'wech-pe-ga'r, To's wee 'no-'o'hl keech kee 'na-'ahs-pee'-moh 'em-kee weet kee 'ne-soo 'e'-gah?
Six days passed and a relative of his came from the house at Hiwow in Requa, and asked, May we now drink at home, and eat as we usually do?— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Cheen-kee' k'ee 'o'-lehl 'o tek.
The house site is being changed.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Pa-'aahl 'o tek koh-toh ha-'aag.
One rock sticks up in the water.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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'O'lehl nes-kwe-nee ho pa-'aahl 'o tek.
The house stands near the water.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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To' wee' 'o tek kue kaap' 'o pe-gah. 'O chween-kep' kue kaap', kwe-see 'o le'm, 'Ii!
The plant was growing there and moving around. The plant was talking, and it said, Ii!— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)