Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

tuuek • n • tail of fish, salmon tail • Variant tuuekw

Lexicon record # 3738 | Source reference(s): R260 JE54 JE116 JG(Hewes:100)
Semantic domain: fish and sea life

Other paradigm form

• locative tuueksoh FS(B219)

Short recordings (9) | Sentence examples (5)

1. nepuy 'we-tuuek "salmon tail" (spoken by Jimmie James)

2. tuuek "tail of fish, salmon tail" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

3. tuuek "tail of fish, salmon tail" (spoken by Archie Thompson)

4. tuuek "tail of fish, salmon tail" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

5. tuuek "fish tail" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

6. tuuek "tail of a bigger fish" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

7. 'we-tuuek "its salmon tail." (spoken by Jimmie James)

8. 'we-tuuek "its tail (of a fish)" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

9. 'we-tuuek "its (fish's) tail" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)