Yurok dictionary

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cheek'war chair, stool

chegeyoh small knife, pocket knife

hegon spoon, scraper

hooloh rohkuet basketball

keemolenee hooloh waste basket

kergerserh musket

kerker'werk cheek'war rocking chair

keromekeenohl key

keromoh turn round (of a wheel, etc., intr.), vehicle, car, automobile

knetken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge

kue wa'aw mehl meguehlsonee mop

kwerhl image, picture, shadow, doll, movie

mehl 'e'ga' mehl muehlsonee eraser

muech ro' automobile, car, vehicle

neeneecho'y saw (tool)

nerhserper' shave (trans.), shave oneself, razor

pegem knife

pegemeep' wire, iron, steel, metal, sharp stone or hard wood used for making knives

pehlpe'l matches

perhserh rifle, gun

perker'm club for fish, whiskey bottle, jar

poykoh flat basket, pan, pot

raas rice

sarkew glue, pitchy substance from pine trees used for glue and for chewing gum, chewing gum

sleryhl handkerchief

sme'ruehl scissors

tekwonekws 'ue-kwerhl television

tkek'wa'r pot

tkek'we'l pot, pan, kettle

weeel wheel

'ahtemar

'ee'ee'gah dining room, table

'o chweeegeen place in the mountains where one regularly sits and prays, telephone

'woogey 'we-cheeek White money

'woogey 'we-nahko' sawed lumber

Dictionary entry

'ahtemarvn • write, draw, make basket designs • n • marking on baskets, paper, writing, drawing, book, newspaper • Variant 'a'temar

Lexicon record # 4193 | Source reference(s): RS(ALK1940:99h) R268 LT(GAR1rev) FS(B221) JE101 JE151
Semantic domains: baskets and basket making; modern things

Other paradigm forms

  • iterative (double) 'ee'ee'gahtemar R268

  • short form 'a'

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Derived phrase or compound

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (28)

  1. 'ahtemar "paper; to write something" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  2. 'a'temar "write" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  3. 'a'temar "writing" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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