Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

'och-kaa • pv • at the present time, now, presently

Lexicon record # 4336 | Source reference(s): R270 JE65 JE95 JE105

Sentence examples (92)

1. We'yk-'oh 'och-kaa ho-lee'm chey-ke-nee 'we-no-'os. Kee-tee 'o huuek... weet ho-lee'm.
   Right now she's making a baby basket for her baby ...

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

2. 'Ochkaa pe-kwo-lue'm kue 'wo-leehl. Keet ho-lee'm 'we-no-'os.
   Right now she's peeling her hazel sticks. She's going to make a baby basket.

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

3. 'Ochkaa laa-yo-lue'm... 'we-no-'os kue 'ue-me'y.
   She is teaching her daughter how to make a basket.

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

4. Kue we'-yon 'och-kaa mehl we'y weet 'we-soo-sek' kwen me-wah kee 'we-nee-'eehl.
   The girl is thinking about which boy she will go with.

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

5. 'Ochkaa, kee 'e-le-we-tek' 'nech'-wo-na'.
   Now, I will hang up my coat.

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)

6. 'Ochkaa no-'o-yek'.
   I am putting on shoes.

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)

7. 'Ochkaa kue myoo-tek' 'ne-no-'oy.
   I am putting on one of my shoes.

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)

8. 'Ochkaa kwery-kwer-yoch'.
   He is whistling.

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)

9. 'Ochkaa kwer-yer-werk'.
   I'm whistling right now.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

10. Ne-puy 'och-kaa ne-pee'-moh.
    We're eating salmon.

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Action (EJW-01-1-3, 2006)

11. Ne-puy 'och-kaa mehl 'e'-gah.
    We're eating salmon.

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Action (EJW-01-1-3, 2006)

12. 'Ochkaa 'e-kwehl-pey-yek'.
    I am afraid.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 8: "Look! Observations" (GT3-08, 2003)

13. 'Ochkaa me-new-kwek'.
    I'm bashful.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 8: "Look! Observations" (GT3-08, 2003)

14. K'e-'e-kah hes 'och-kaa hoh?
    Are you making a hat?

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 9: "What are you making? Making, Doing, Fishing" (GT3-09, 2003)

15. 'Ochkaa chyuuep-'er'y.
    I'm combing my hair.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 10: "Comb your hair. Daily routines" (GT3-10, 2003)

16. 'Ochkaa wo-go-le-pe-lek'.
    I'm arguing.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

17. Nek 'och-kaa tey-ke-lew.
    I'm biting.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

18. 'Ochkaa per-ker-yer'-wer-yerk'.
    I'm blushing.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

19. 'Ochkaa per-ker-yer'-wery.
    I'm blushing.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

20. 'Ochkaa k'e-we-tek' 'nar-pehl.
    I'm brushing my teeth.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

21. 'Ochkaa ho-'o-pek'.
    I'm building a fire.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

22. Nek 'och-kaa pye-wo-lue-mek'.
    I'm chewing.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

23. 'Ochkaa che-wep-'aak'.
    I'm cleaning up.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

24. 'Ochkaa chyuuep-'er'y.
    

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

25. 'Ochkaa pe-wo-mek'.
    I'm cooking.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

26. 'Ochkaa tekw-tekw 'yoh-hlkoych.
    I'm cutting wood.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

27. Nek 'och-kaa muehl-sook' kue pern-cherch.
    I'm dusting.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

28. 'Ochkaa pe-lo-mo-yek'.
    I'm fighting.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

29. 'Ochkaa kert-kerk'.
    I'm fishing (pole).

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

30. Nek 'och-kaa ye-kwo-ye-kwoh 'nes-lekw.
    I am folding clothes.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

31. 'Ochkaa hlook' kee 'ne-re-kwoh.
    I'm getting a drink.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

32. 'Ochkaa he-goo-sek'.
    I'm hollering (yelling).

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

33. 'Ochkaa hahkw-sek'.
    I'm laughing.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

34. 'Ochkaa chpa'-ro-yok' kue rue-ro-woo.
    I'm listening to music.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

35. 'Ahte-mar 'och-kaa neee'n.
    I'm reading.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

36. 'Ochkaa roo-wo-sek'.
    I'm smoking.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

37. 'Ochkaa ke'-yo-lew.
    I'm spitting.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

38. 'Ochkaa chwe-geen-ke-pek' kue 'o chweee-geen.
    I'm talking on the phone.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

39. 'Ochkaa kwe-get 'ne-rah-cheen.
    I'm visiting my friends.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

40. 'Ochkaa woos-ke-wek'.
    I'm washing clothes.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

41. 'Ochkaa pe'-wo-lok.
    I'm washing dishes.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

42. 'Ochkaa pe-wahch-key-yek'.
    I'm washing my face.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

43. 'Ochkaa hlkyor-kwek' kue te-kwo-nekws 'ue-kwerhl.
    I'm watching t.v.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

44. Nek 'och-kaa muehl-sook' kue 'o 'ee-'ee'-gah.
    I'm wiping the table.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

45. 'Ochkaa 'ah-te-mar.
    I'm writing.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

46. 'Ochkaa.
    Present tense.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

47. Mos we'yk-'oh, ohl-kue-mee 'och-kaa muehl-so'm kue 'uep-'er'n.
    Not now, because she's wiping her nose.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with oo-Class Verbs (JB-14-2, 2003)

48. 'Ochkaa kah-chek'.
    I'm sewing.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-01-04) (JB-01-04, 2001)

49. 'Ochkaa kah-chek'.
    I'm sewing right now.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

50. 'Ochkaa s'e-we'm.
    You're pounding.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

51. 'Ochkaa ye-kwo-ye-kwoh 'ne-chah.
    I'm folding my pants.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

52. 'Ochkaa hohp-kok.
    I'm counting.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

53. 'Ochkaa he-gohp-kok.
    I'm counting.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

54. 'Ochkaa pye-wo-lew.
    I'm chewing.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

55. Kue wen-chokws 'och-kaa che-wo-lue'm 'ue'-wehl-ke-toy.
    The woman is chewing on her nails.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

56. 'Ochkaa tekw-tekw.
    I'm cutting it up.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)

57. 'Ochkaa tekw-tekw kue ne-puy.
    I'm cutting up the fish.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)

58. 'Ochkaa k'ookw-soy.
    It's being cut up (the fish).

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)

59. 'Ochkaa ke-goh-che-wok' ne-puy.
    I'm catching fish.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)

60. 'Ochkaa ke-goh-che-wok' kue ne-puy.
    I'm catching fish.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)

61. 'Ochkaa chpey-yue'r.
    They're telling a story.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1b, 2001)

62. 'Ochkaa 'er-per-yer'm chpey-yue'r.
    Someone's telling you a story.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-2, 2001)

63. 'Ochkaa s'o-lo-woy.
    I'm pounding, I'm grating (right now).

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-039) (LA138-039, 1980)

64. Hehl neee'-nes kue wen-chokws, 'och-kaa s'e'm 'ue-woo-mehl.
    Look at the woman, she's pounding acorns.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

65. 'Ochkaa he-lo-me'y kue pe-gerk.
    The man is dancing now.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

66. 'Ochkaa ko'l ne-pek'.
    At the moment I am eating.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

67. 'Ochkaa hoh-kue' 'ue-poy.
    Her tattooing is being done now.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

68. We'yk-'oh kwe-lekw 'och-kaa tme-go'.
    At present he is out hunting.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

69. 'Ochkaa swoo'-me'l.
    He stinks now (naturally).

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

70. 'Ochkaa pe'm kue we'yk-'oh keehl 'e'-gah.
    She is now cooking what we shall eat today.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

71. 'Ochkaa wo'-nee 'wer-'errs.
    Right now I am dying it orange.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

72. 'Ochkaa wo'-nee tahp-soy 'o le'-lo-yek'.
    While I was ironing I burnt myself.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

73. 'Ochkaa chyurrp'ery' 'ne'-lep.
    I'm combing my hair.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

74. 'Ochkaa pe-wah.
    I'm washing.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

75. 'Ochkaa k'e-pe-wah.
    You're washing.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

76. 'Ochkaa skery-terk'-wer-lek'.
    I'm putting on a dress.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

77. 'Ochkaa skery-terk'-wer-lem'.
    You're putting on a dress.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

78. 'Ochkaa 'e'-gah.
    Lots of them are eating.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

79. 'Ochkaa ch'e-wo-loh.
    I'm washing.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

80. 'Ochkaa chyuuep-'ery 'ne'-lep.
    I'm combing my hair.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

81. 'Ochkaa kwe-get.
    They'are visiting.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

82. 'Ochkaa ne-pek' puuek.
    I'm eating deer.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

83. 'Ochkaa chwe-geen-ke-pek'
    I'm talking (right now)

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

84. 'Ochkaa 'ahs-pek'.
    I'm drinking.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

85. 'Ochkaa 'ahs-pek' pa-'ah.
    I'm drinking water.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

86. 'Ochkaa 'ahs-pe'm.
    You're drinking.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

87. 'Ochkaa 'a's pa-'ah.
    He's drinking water.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

88. 'Ochkaa 'ahs-pek'.
    I'm drinking.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

89. 'Ochkaa 'ahs-pe'-moh pa-'ah.
    We're drinking water.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

90. 'Ochkaa 'ahs-po'w pa-'ah.
    You (pl.) are drinking water.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

91. 'Ochkaa 'ahs-pehl pa-'ah.
    They're drinking water.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

92. 'Ochkaa won-kuue'-moh
    We are making acorn mush.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)