Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

tekwsook' • vt oo-class • I cut, I fell, I carve

Lexicon record # 3457 | Source reference(s): R254 JE228 JE37 AF(AG-02-2)

Other paradigm forms

• 3sg tekwso'm JE228

• repetitive tekwtekwsook' I cut up R254

Sentence examples (14)

1. Chpee kohtoh kee 'ne-tekwsook'.
   I'll cut just one block of wood.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

2. No'oh kee 'ne-tekwtekwsook'.
   I'll cut two blocks.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

3. Keech kokonew 'ne-'lep. Tekwsee' 'ne-'lep.
   My hair is long. My hair is cut.

   — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)

4. 'O kue 'we-nekomewet laayekeen weet laatekwso'm mehl kue 'ue-mer'erx so kue 'we-tuuek; noohl 'o tekwsee' kue 'we-terr, noohl kue 'we-tuuek.
   She cut it along the line on its right from its gills to its tail; then its head was cut off, then its tail.

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

5. Noohl 'w-aawechohl wogee 'o tekwsee' noohl kue 'we-yaahl 'o tmenomen tekwso'm, weeshtue' k'ookwsee' 'o kue nahko' kue nepuy lekonee.
   Then the salmon was cut across the middle of its back, and finally she cut it in half at its belly, and so it was cut up on the platters where it lay.

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

6. Noohl se'rechonee koweesh 'emehl choone'n 'o tekwso'm noohl kue 'ne-psech 'o key poy 'ema nek' kue 'lahpsew.
   Then with a sharpened stick she cut four pieces and put the plate in front of where my father was sitting.

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

7. Mocho keech 'ela k'ookwsee' kesee 'o kohchemee tekwsee' laawogee.
   When the fish has been split then it is to be cut once down the middle.

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

8. Tue' we'yon weesh ho tekwtekwso'm, noohl puelekws kue laaregor 'ema ho swoyhlkweyet'.
   The girl cut this up and scattered it at the mouth of the river where the waves break along the shore.

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

9. Tekwsook' 'ne-chewes.
   I cut my finger.

   — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

10. Tekwsook' 'ne-chkah.
    I cut my foot.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

11. Keech tekwsook' 'ne-chewes.
    I cut my hand.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

12. Cho' sku'y soo tekwsoo'm!
    Cut it good (straight)!

    — Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT) (GAR-LT, 1922)

13. Neemee sku'y soo tekwsoo'm.
    You cut it crooked.

    — Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT) (GAR-LT, 1922)