Dictionary entry
hoorechewek' • vt e-class • 1 I weave baskets, I make baskets 2 I grope, I reach
Lexicon record # 632 | Source reference(s):
RS(ALK1940:99h) R202 JE147 FS(B201) JE110
Semantic
domain: baskets and basket making
Derivation: morphological structure h-oor-echew-e-
Other paradigm form
collective hoorechuue'm
Special meaning or use
Wo'eek hoorechewek' I reach into (e.g., a receptacle) R202
Sentence examples (7)
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Skewok kee 'ne-hoorechewek'.
I want to make baskets.
— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)
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Skewok kee 'ne-hoorechuue'moh.
We want to make baskets. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)
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Hoorechewek'.
I'm weaving baskets. — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02) (JB-01-02, 2001)
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Wo'nee hoorechewek'.
Right now I'm weaving baskets. — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02) (JB-01-02, 2001)
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'We-sraach' 'ue-wo'eek 'ela hooreche'w weeshtue' 'o mue'mone'm kue 'wer'errgerch, mecheesh 'o nek'.
He reached into his quiver and took out the alder bark, and put it on the fire.— Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)
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Kwesee' 'er'gerrch lakws 'ee chyuuek'wee'n 'o newo'm kue 'w-ahpewehl 'ee wonkewehl hoorechewehl.
Then he just sat down outside the sweathouse and he saw his wives just then soaking acorns and making baskets.— Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)
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Weeshtue' 'o hooreche'w; 'ekah hole'm.
That is where she was basket-weaving; she wove a basket-cap.— Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy (MM5, 1927)