Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: l- [l-] • root • empty root (place-holder for suffixes) • Variant -r-

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Search index (46)

lechkechok' I pull out

lechkenekw

lechkenek' I knock down, I throw aside

lehlkelok' I bury, I bake, I plant seeds

lehlkeloy crawl

lehlkeloypek' I crawl

lehlkenek' I throw, I scatter, I sort

letkolek' I fly

lohpeenek' I scrape out

lohpee'hl clouds gather, it is cloudy

lolek' I fly

loo be thrown

loolah throw oneself down, plop down

looleeshee' it is knitted

looleeshoy knit (as in making a net)

lootek' I throw

lop' it comes in lumps, it flows slowly

lerh saliva, spittle

lerhperyehl drool, saliva, spittle

regohpetek' I fill

regohpeenek' I fill

regop' it is full (of liquid)

rek'woy river mouth

Rek'woy Requa

re'royok' I hear something which I don't see, as news, rumors, or something from far away

rohkootek' I roll (something)

rohkor' roll

rohko'retek' I roll (something)

rohko'ronek' I roll myself

rohkuen ball

rohpek' I float upward

rohpeer semen

rohpee'hl it clears (of weather)

rohseemek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon

rohtekw' testicle, scrotum, testes

rokseemek' I trust

roo be a particular time, time, hour

roogech there is an echo, echo

roogech' there is an echo

rootah sun ray

rootep' it is a particular time

roy flow, melt, river, stream

roykenoh melt (trans.)

royk' it flows, it melts away

rom' it spreads (of a smell, etc.)

'ne-luehl my mouth

Dictionary entry

lechkenekwvi 3pl • they are flooded

Lexicon record # 1334 | Source reference: LA181-17
Derivation: morphological structure lechkenekw-

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (5)

  1. lechkenekw "they are drifting away, floating away" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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