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cheenomelek' I give away part of my winnings in a game
chokchoop' drum, drumstick
chokchoop'a'r drum, drumstick
chpeeego'repek' I get ready for a race
hergerk'eryen dealer
herhlperh stick game
herhlper' sticks (in stick game)
herk'eryek' I hide
hookw
hookwchek' I gamble, I play cards
hooloh rohkuet basketball
kerguuek a round is won (in a game)
kurrk cross the goal-line, score, as in the stick game
kurrksek' I play the stick game, I score (in the stick game)
meenek' I bet
par
parkokwch guessing sticks, playing card
rehl'ep' be concentrated in a given direction, of a wish or a prayer, be tossed in a given direction in the stick game, point in a given direction, of a person
repoy drum song
repoyok' I sing a song with drum beating
rewpenek' I win (in gambling)
rohkuen ball
rohsek' I throw, I pitch (a ball)
sroy signal in games
wahtey tossle in stick game
werhlperh stick game
Dictionary entry
hookw • vn • gamble
Lexicon record # 601 | Source reference(s):
R201
Semantic
domain: games
Sentence examples
(2)
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Heekon kue 'ela hoole'monee neekee chyue 'o gookw, kwesee kue 'o'rowee' kem 'o gookwch'.
Once upon a time the inhabitants of the earth were all gambling, and the dove too
was gambling.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Mourning Dove"
(LA16-1,
1951)
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Heekon kue 'ela hoole'monee neekee chue hookw.
Once upon a time all who were there were gambling.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)