Yurok dictionary

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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 gamble

hookwchek'

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

hookwchek' • vi e-class • I gamble, I play cards

Lexicon record # 602 | Source reference(s): JE59 R201 YLCB90
Semantic domain: games

Other paradigm forms

  • 1dl hookwche'loh R201

  • 2dl hookwche'lue' R201

  • collective hookwche'm, hookwchee'm

  • attributive 3sg hookwcheen gambler JE59

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (12)

  1. hookwch' "he or she gambles" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  2. 'w-ookwche'mek' "that they all gambled" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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