Yurok dictionary

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chyuuek'wech steer (a boat), paddle in back

chyuuek'wechook' I steer (a boat)

hegoo' paddle

hoolechek' I stir (a liquid), I paddle

hoonechek' I paddle upstream

keneek'wech steer (a boat)

keneek'wechook' I steer (a boat)

kerch'erk row a boat

kergerchek' I row

kerker'werk'ws it is cranky (of a boat)

ket'ey be still (of anything movable), be parked, be moored

ket'ket'e'y lie (of boats)

ke'moh bailer

ke'mohpechek' I bail out

ke'mohpet bail out water

ke'mohpetechek' I bail out water

kwere'we'y dugout canoe

kye'w capsize

kye'wolep' it capsizes, someone turns over (e.g. in a boat or a wagon)

kye'wo'l it capsizes

laayo' jump up and down (of a boat), pitch (of a boat)

lewoleyetek' I pull (a boat) through shallow water by hand

lewole'y it is pulled through shallow water by hand

meeekeewerh double ended boat

mene's tow a boat, pull ashore, boat rope

menoo' pull a boat ashore, pull (anything, not just boats)

neegerk half a boat, a boat with a part split off

rechook' I paddle, I row

sloyonechkenekw they slide into water (of boats)

sloyonekw it slides into water (of a boat)

sonchook' I paddle, I propel a boat, I paddle in a particular direction

werseep' braided trim on the front of a boat, made of hazel sticks

'onchook' I paddle in a particular place, as in a formation

'yoch

'yoch 'ue-poyew prow of a boat

Dictionary entry

'yochn • boat

Lexicon record # 4173 | Source reference(s): R267 JE21
Semantic domain: boats and boating

Other paradigm forms

  • short form 'we-'y his boat JJ-VC-1

  • locative 'yonchee, 'yoncheek, 'yonche'ehl R267

Derived phrases or compounds

Short recordings (16) | Sentence examples (71)

  1. ke'l k'e-'yoch "your boat" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

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  2. k'e-'yoch "your boat" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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  3. nek 'ne-'yoch "my boat" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

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  4. nek 'ne-'yoch wee' "my boat" (spoken by Archie Thompson)

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  5. yo' 'we-'yoch "his boat" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

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  6. 'ne-'yoch "my boat" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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  7. 'ne-'yoch "my boat" (spoken by Jimmie James)

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  8. 'oohl 'we-'y "Indian boat" (spoken by Jimmie James)

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  9. 'oohl 'we-'yoch "Yurok canoe" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  10. 'we-'yoch "his boat" (spoken by Jimmie James)

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  11. 'yoch "boat" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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  12. 'yoch "boat" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

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  13. 'yoch "boat" (spoken by Jimmie James)

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  14. 'yoch "boat" (spoken by Archie Thompson)

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  15. 'yoch "boat" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  16. 'yonch 'o keget'ey "mooring place" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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