Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -ech- [-ech-] • intransitive final suffix • motion • Variants -ch-, -ich-, -rch-

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nes-kwe-chok' I come, I arrive, I return

me-ne-chok' I disappear, I vanish, I go away

me'-wo-me-chok' I come out, I come from

pkwe-chok' I come out

kwom-hle-chok' I return, I go back, I walk back

ske-wee-chok' I go slowly, I go easily, I go carefully, I put it in order, I do fine work, I do housework

kwoy-chok' I go slowly

yoh-pe-chok' I walk around, I turn around, I go around in a circle

lech-ke-chok' I pull out

re-chok' I paddle, I row

sloy-chok' I descend, I go downhill

son-chok' I paddle, I propel a boat, I paddle in a particular direction

hee-mech

hee-me-chok' I hurry (going somewhere)

ro-'o-me-chek' I pursue, I chase

sooy-chok' I go quickly

hop-ke-chok' I go starting from (a place)

laa-kwom-hle-chok' I return by a particular route

sle-kwe-chok' I stroke backward, I walk backward

woh-pe-chek' I go across by boat

woy-chok' I am away at night

chpaa-ne-chok' I am away

hloy-chok' I walk carefully

ke-lo-me-chok' I turn around

laa-ye-chek' I go by a particular way

meyr-kwe-chok' I go everywhere

me-gehl-ke-chok' I stroke, I caress, I touch lightly

me-ne-cho-lek' I disappear

mew-pe-chok' I am sneaking, I sneak

me'-wo-mech come from

nuer-'uern-chok' I climb

re-cho-yek' I paddle a boat

rue-ro-wech dance in a particular direction, move across the sky (of stars)

sroy-kwe-chek' I slide

syuek'-wer-chok' I stretch my legs

wer-'er-ger-ye-chek' I go last

yue-'ueh-pe-chek' I take across (habitually), I ferry across (habitually)

'on-chok' I paddle in a particular place, as in a formation

'o-ro-gech' s/he walks (in relation to someone else)

Dictionary entry

hee-mechadv • front, in front [takes pronominal prefixes]

Lexicon record # 495 | Source references: R200 JE58
Semantic domain: directions and locations
Derivation: morphological structure him-ech

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (2)

  1. hee-mech "front" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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