Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -um- [-uem-] • transitive final suffix

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Search index (37)

cheykuemek' I bite (a little bite)

chpeenahpuemek' I await

hegoomuemek' I say, I speak to

hohkuemek' I make, I build, I repair, I gather (flowers, etc.), I cause

kahseluemek' I do not know, I forget

komchuemek' I know

ko'oyuemek' I ask, I hire, I request

kweryuemek'

laahohkuemek' I build alongside

laayoluemek' I teach

markuemek' I eat up, I eat it all, I exhaust food supply

ma'ahskuemek' I spear

menokwoluemek' I swallow, I gulp down

me'lomuemek' I vomit

meek'oluemek' I swallow, I gulp down

mohpuemek' I mourn, I mourn for

moscheyuemek' I pay for services, I pay someone to work

nahchpuemek' I give, I allow

nekchpuemek' I meet

nooluemek' I love, I protect

noonomcheyuemek' I swear at, I attack verbally, I curse

pyewoluemek' I chew

segoluemek' I startle

sewkweluemek' I am bruised

smeykoluemek' I pine, I miss

sooneehlpuemek' I dream of

speryuemek' I blow a whistle at someone

tegeruemek' I talk, I pray, I make medicine

teloguemek' I am in pain, I resent

teykeluemek' I bite

tmohkeluemek' I break

trekwonuemek' I take a sip

terguemek' I greet, I speak to, I talk to

'ee'ee'gerperyuemek' I am a tell-tale

'ohpuemek' I feed

'ohpuemew be fed

'erperyuemek' I tell news, I tell someone

Dictionary entry

kweryuemek'vt e-class • I whistle to (someone)

Lexicon record # 1299 | Source reference: FS(B204)
Semantic domain: sounds and speaking
Derivation: morphological structure kwry-um-e-

Short recordings (3)

  1. kwerykweryuemelek' "a bunch of people whistle at me" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  2. kweryuemek' "I whistled at someone or something" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  3. kweryuemelek' "he or she whistled at me" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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