Dictionary entry
kohchewook' • vt oo-class • I catch
Lexicon record # 968 | Source reference(s): R208 JE29 R208 JE228 R208 AF(AG-02-2)
Other paradigm forms
3sg [oo-class] kohche'w, kohchewo'm R38
peeshkaahl 'o koh "seafood"
Sentence examples (28)
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Weet 'o chyuuek'we'n pergeesh pa'aahl 'o neee'no'w, 'o newohl nepuy... weet 'o soo kohchewohl.
The eagle is sitting there looking at the water, they see salmon ... that's how they catch them.
— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
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Sega'anee 'o kohchewok' kue regok.
Sometimes I catch trout. — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)
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Kegohchewohl chohpos.
They (frogs) hunt flies. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)
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Nek kohchewok' puuek.
I caught a deer. — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)
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Kohchewok' twegoh. Kohchewok' chmuuek.
I caught a raccoon. I caught a wildcat. — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)
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Kohchewok' le'go'.
I caught a fisher. — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)
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Kohchewok' 'wahchehl.
I caught a skunk (civet cat). — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)
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Nekah kohchewoo'moh kahkah.
We caught sturgeon. — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02) (JB-01-02, 2001)
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Ma lewetek' 'o kohchewok' kahkah.
I went fishing and caught a sturgeon. — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-01-04) (JB-01-04, 2001)
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Keech kohchewok' kue nepuy.
I caught the salmon. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)
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Neekeechyue kegohchewohl kue nepuy.
They were all catching salmon. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)
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'Ochkaa kegohchewok' nepuy.
I'm catching fish. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)
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'Ochkaa kegohchewok' kue nepuy.
I'm catching fish. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)
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Chpee 'ema ko'r 'ne-kohchewok'.
I only caught one (fish). — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-034) (LA138-034, 1980)
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[Pishkaahl 'o koh hes wee' k'ee tereet?] 'Ee, tereet kem peeshkaahl reeek'ew nee kego'o, 'o kohchewee', weeshtue' nee 'oole'mehl.
[Is the spotted sandpiper a pishkaahl 'o koh?] Yes, sandpipers stand around on the beach, you can catch them. That's where they live. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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K'ee kwen cho kohchewo'meesh kem 'ap nahchpue'm kue 'ue-kuechos.
Whatever he caught he gave to his grandmother.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Keet 'o pe'l 'emkee k'ee toomenee sonowonee ch'ue'ch'eesh tue' nuemee chue kegohche'w, kem 'o ge'm kue perey:
He began to get bigger and then he would catch all sorts of birds, and the old woman said:— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Kwesee 'ap ha'm, Hahl neee'nes, kuech, kwelekw keech kohchewok', tue' nek ka'ar wee' kee yoh.
And he said, Look, grandmother, I have caught this, and I will make it a pet.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Kue Tmery 'We-Roy 'we-heepech kwelekw nee kohchewee' noohl keekee chue wee 'o nepee'm.
What was caught upstream from Cannery Creek everyone could eat.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Noohl weet 'o soo chween meweemor 'w-egolek', Koweecho noo kegohchewo'w kahkah; ke'ween cho' chpee kegoh, cho' neee'nowo'w mehl nepuy.
Then the old man said, Stop catching sturgeon; catch eels only, and watch for salmon.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kue so heer sootoh kue meweemor kolo 'eme lekwo'hl 'ue-meykweluue'm 'o Rek'woy, kue keech 'o kohchewonee kue nepuy.
When the old man went away from the water the air seemed full of wailing over at Requa, now that the salmon was caught.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Hasee perwerw 'o so koo'op' 'o kue nepuy noohl 'o ga'm kue meweemor, Ch'ueme'y 'ne-tewomehl keech 'ne-kohchewochek'.
The old man stood to the south of the salmon and said, I am so glad that I have caught you.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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K'ee toomenee sonowonee ch'ue'ch'eesh nuemee chue kegohche'w.
He used to catch all sorts of birds.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Neemee 'uema kohchewok'.
I did not catch it.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Kohchewom' puuek.
He's killing deer.— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
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Keech ma kohchewee'.
He's been killed (an animal)— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)
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Kues choo'm k'e-kohchewook'?
How many did you catch?— Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT) (GAR-LT, 1922)