Yurok dictionary

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chyuuek'wech steer (a boat), paddle in back

chyuuek'wechook' I steer (a boat)

hegoo' paddle

hoolechek' I stir (a liquid), I paddle

hoonechek' I paddle upstream

keneek'wech steer (a boat)

keneek'wechook' I steer (a boat)

kerch'erk row a boat

kergerchek' I row

kerker'werk'ws it is cranky (of a boat)

ket'ey

ket'ket'e'y lie (of boats)

ke'moh bailer

ke'mohpechek' I bail out

ke'mohpet bail out water

ke'mohpetechek' I bail out water

kwere'we'y dugout canoe

kye'w capsize

kye'wolep' it capsizes, someone turns over (e.g. in a boat or a wagon)

kye'wo'l it capsizes

laayo' jump up and down (of a boat), pitch (of a boat)

lewoleyetek' I pull (a boat) through shallow water by hand

lewole'y it is pulled through shallow water by hand

meeekeewerh double ended boat

mene's tow a boat, pull ashore, boat rope

menoo' pull a boat ashore, pull (anything, not just boats)

neegerk half a boat, a boat with a part split off

rechook' I paddle, I row

sloyonechkenekw they slide into water (of boats)

sloyonekw it slides into water (of a boat)

sonchook' I paddle, I propel a boat, I paddle in a particular direction

werseep' braided trim on the front of a boat, made of hazel sticks

'onchook' I paddle in a particular place, as in a formation

'yoch 'ue-poyew prow of a boat

Dictionary entry

ket'ey • vn • be still (of anything movable), be parked, be moored

Lexicon record # 849 | Source reference(s): R206 FS(LA138-002) JE90
Semantic domain: boats and boating
Derivation: morphological structure ket'-ey-

Other paradigm form

repetitive ket'ket'ey be still (of more than one thing)

Special meaning or use

kue 'o keget'ey mooring place R206 JE90

Derived phrase or compound

'yonch 'o keget'ey "mooring place"

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (2)

keget'ey "mooring place for a boat" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)
ket'ey "park or moor" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)
ket'ket'ey "be moored (more than one boat)" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)
'yonch 'o keget'ey "mooring place" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)