Dictionary entry
hekw-sek' • vt e-class • I find
Lexicon record # 424 | Source reference(s): R198 JE57 JE230 JE53 JE57
Other paradigm forms
passive 1sg hekw-se-lek' R198
passive 3sg hekw-sue' R49
passive collective hekw-se-lee'm R198
bipersonal impv hek'w-seen find me! R74
Sentence examples (23)
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'Nek-'ep-'ew 'ue ne-geee'n 'o kerm-serhl 'o te-no'. Te-no' 'wekw-sek'.
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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Chah-chew kee 'wekw-sue'.
It's difficult to find. — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Emphasis (EJW-01-1-4, 2006)
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Noohl Rek'-woy 'o hekw-sue' kue Se-gep.
They found Coyote down at the mouth of the river. — Glenn Moore, Coyote and His Grandmother (GM11, 2002)
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Kues 'e-ma hekw-se'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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Mo-cho hekw-sem' koy-kuue'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, Kwe-lekw keech hekw-sue' kue k'e-ke'-mow kue k'es-'o-yoh 'uehee-mar.
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, Kwe-lekw keech hekw-sue' k'ee k'e-ke'-mow k'ee k'es-'ey-yoh 'wehee-mar.
She said, Well, they found your food under your pounding stone.— Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)
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Kem tue' ne-geee'-no'w se-ga'-nee noohl soh-chee '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 hek-sue'.
It has been found.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Se-ga-'a-nee noohl soh-chee '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 hekws-pa'.
Then you will find me there.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Kes-kee 'e-mehl hekw-sek'.
I found it down there.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Nee-mee 'ue-ma hekw-sek'.
I did not find it.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Te-ma-loh ne-geee'n kue ke'l k'e-rah-cheen tue' 'ee-mee wo gekw-se-soh.
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 hekw-sek'.
I found it.— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)
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Keech hekw-se-sek'.
I found him (dead).— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)
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'O le'm Se-gep, Tee'n kee nah-cha' mo-cho' kee yekw-sek'?
Coyote said,What will you give me if I find it?— Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)
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Kwe-see' 'o le'm, Kee nah-che-chek' 'ne-cheeek mo-cho' kee yekw-se'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 lekw-sue' k'ee pa-'ah.
The water was not found.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Keech 'e-la nes-kwe-chol' k'ee kwen pech-kuek 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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Heer-keeks 'e-ma kee laay' so puel, tue' so-ne-nee mee wo 'wek'ws.
Inland he went downriver, but he never found it.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Kwe-see kem nee-mee wo 'ue wek'ws 'o wo-no-ye-'eek.
But he didn't find it in the sky.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Tue' nee-mok'w 'o lekw-sek' wee' k'ee pa-'ah.
And I haven't found the water.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)