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'

hookw gamble

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

herk'eryek'vi e-class • I hide

Lexicon record # 651 | Source reference(s): R202 JE231 JE68
Semantic domain: games

Other paradigm forms

  • collective herk'erye'm R202 JE231

  • iterative hergerk'eryek' YLCB90

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Nekah kwelekw ko' herk'erye'm mee' pegerk nekah no'p'enoy.
    We hid because a man was chasing us.

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

  2. Nekah kwehl ko' herk'erye'moh.
    Well, we hid.

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