Dictionary entry
tekw-sook' • 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 tekw-so'm JE228
repetitive tekw-tekw-sook' I cut up R254
Sentence examples (14)
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Chpee koh-toh kee 'ne-tekw-sook'.
I'll cut just one block of wood.
— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)
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No-'oh kee 'ne-tekw-tekw-sook'.
I'll cut two blocks. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)
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Keech ko-ko-new 'ne'-lep. Tekw-see' 'ne'-lep.
My hair is long. My hair is cut. — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)
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'O kue 'we-ne-ko-me-wet laa-ye-keen weet laa-tekw-so'm mehl kue 'ue-mer-'erx so kue 'we-tuuek; noohl 'o tekw-see' 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)
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Noohl 'waa-we-chohl wo-gee 'o tekw-see' noohl kue 'wey-yaahl 'o tme-no-men tekw-so'm, weesh-tue' k'ookw-see' 'o kue nah-ko' kue ne-puy le-ko-nee.
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)
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Noohl se'-re-cho-nee ko-weesh 'e-mehl choo-ne'n 'o tekw-so'm noohl kue 'nep-sech 'o key poy 'e-ma nek' kue 'lahp-sew.
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)
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Mo-cho keech 'e-la k'ookw-see' ke-see 'o koh-che-mee tekw-see' laa-wo-gee.
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)
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Tue' we'-yon weesh ho tekw-tekw-so'm, noohl pue-lekws kue laa-re-gor 'e-ma ho swoyhl-kwey-yet'.
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)
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Tekw-sook' 'ne-che-wes.
I cut my finger.— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
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Tekw-sook' 'nech-kah.
I cut my foot.— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
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Keech tekw-sook' 'ne-che-wes.
I cut my hand.— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
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Cho' sku'y soo tekw-soo'm!
Cut it good (straight)!— Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT) (GAR-LT, 1922)
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Nee-mee sku'y soo tekw-soo'm.
You cut it crooked.— Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT) (GAR-LT, 1922)