Dictionary entry
hekwsek' • vt e-class • I find
Lexicon record # 424 | Source reference(s): R198 JE57 JE230 JE53 JE57
Other paradigm forms
passive 1sg hekwselek' R198
passive 3sg hekwsue' R49
passive collective hekwselee'm R198
bipersonal impv hek'wseen find me! R74
Sentence examples (23)
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'Ne-k'ep'ew 'ue negeee'n 'o kermserhl 'o teno'. Teno' 'w-ekwsek'.
My grandson looked for a lot of mushrooms. He found a lot.
— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
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Chahchew kee 'w-ekwsue'.
It's difficult to find. — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Emphasis (EJW-01-1-4, 2006)
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Noohl Rek'woy 'o hekwsue' kue Segep.
They found Coyote down at the mouth of the river. — Glenn Moore, Coyote and His Grandmother (GM11, 2002)
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Kues 'ema hekwse'm kue ha'aag?
Where did you find the rock? — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)
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Mocho hekwsem' koykuue'l, to' wee' kee 'ok'w.
If you find a hollow (lucky) rock, then you leave it alone. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)
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'O ge'm, Kwelekw keech hekwsue' kue k'e-ke'mow kue k'e-s'oyoh 'ue-heemar.
She said, Well, they found your food under your pounding stone.— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl" (GM1, 2004)
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'O le'm, Kwelekw keech hekwsue' k'ee k'e-ke'mow k'ee k'e-s'eyoh 'we-heemar.
She said, Well, they found your food under your pounding stone.— Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)
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Kem tue' negeee'no'w sega'nee noohl sohchee 'ue gek'ws.
And he would look for it and frequently found it high up in the hills.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Keech heksue'.
It has been found.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Sega'anee noohl sohchee 'ue gek'ws.
Often he found it far up in the hills.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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To' wee'eeet ko hekwspa'.
Then you will find me there.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Keskee 'emehl hekwsek'.
I found it down there.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Neemee 'uema hekwsek'.
I did not find it.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Temaloh negeee'n kue ke'l k'e-rahcheen tue' 'eemee wo gekwsesoh.
We looked for your friend a long time, but we did not find him.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Keech hekwsek'.
I found it.— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)
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Keech hekwsesek'.
I found him (dead).— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)
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'O le'm Segep, Tee'n kee nahcha' mocho' kee yekwsek'?
Coyote said,What will you give me if I find it?— Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)
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Kwesee' 'o le'm, Kee nahchechek' 'ne-cheeek mocho' kee yekwse'm k'ee 'ne-ma'a'.
Then Crane said, I'll give you money if you find that spear of mine.— Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)
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'Ee mok'w wo 'o lekwsue' k'ee pa'ah.
The water was not found.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Keech 'ela neskwechol' k'ee kwen pechkuek nee mok'ws 'wo-'o lek'ws k'ee pa'ah.
He went far upriver, and the water was never found.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Heerkeeks 'ema kee laay' so puel, tue' sonenee mee wo 'w-ek'ws.
Inland he went downriver, but he never found it.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Kwesee kem neemee wo 'ue w-ek'ws 'o wonoye'eek.
But he didn't find it in the sky.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Tue' neemok'w 'o lekwsek' wee' k'ee pa'ah.
And I haven't found the water.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)