Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -ohp- [-ohp-] • medial suffix • water or liquid, especially if contained or rising • Variants -rhp-, -oh-, -oop-, -rh-

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hewomop' it is warm (of liquids)

hlke'goop' slug, banana slug

hlkoop' slime

hoolohpeenek' I stir

kaamop'

ket'op' it is in a pot (food), it is barked (shins)

keyomop' whirlpool

ke'mohpechek' I bail out

ke'mohpet bail out water

ke'mohpetechek' I bail out water

k'ohoolop' a liquid in the process of solidifying

laakaamop' it is rough water on a river

laayop' it flows, it runs (of a liquid)

lohpeenek' I scrape out

lohpee'hl clouds gather, it is cloudy

lerh saliva, spittle

lerhperyehl drool, saliva, spittle

mo'ohpeer fog

mo'ohpeerk be foggy

myop' it is crowded

pekoyop' it is red (water)

plop' it is in spate, it floods

plerwernerp' it is high tide, it is high (of a river)

regohpetek' I fill

regohpeenek' I fill

regop' it is full (of liquid)

rekwoh drink

rekwohpeyok' I drink

rohpeer semen

rohpee'hl it clears (of weather)

seeyoh slide (of a landslide), break (of a wave)

seeyohpeehl slide (of a landslide), break (of a wave)

seeyop' it slides (of a landslide), it breaks (of a wave)

skewop' it is calm (water)

stek'wop' reach a crest of high water, reach the highest point of the tide

swoopeenek' spill, pour, empty (trans.)

swoopee'hl pour with rain, rain hard

swoopoyoh burst forth, gush (liquid)

swoop' it spilled

ta'anoop' it is hot, it gets hot (liquid)

tenop be a lot of liquid

tenop' there is a lot of it (liquid)

testop' it coagulates

teekwohpenek' I break a container or a boat

tkop' it is thick (of liquid)

terperyerh be cold (liquids)

terperyerp' it is cold (a liquid)

'ekoyop' it is pliable, it is flexible, it is sticky, it is gummy

'O Keget'oh a place on the sandbar by Big Lagoon

'O Ket'oh Big Lagoon, a town on Big Lagoon

Dictionary entry

kaamop' • v imp e-class • it is rough water

Lexicon record # 730 | Source references: R204 JE113
Derivation: morphological structure kaam-ohp-e-

Special meaning or use

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Mos keech newok' weet 'we-soo kaamopek'.
    I've never seen such rough water.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-015) (LA138-015, 1980)

  2. Tue' kolchee plop', kem 'o kaamop' 'o yue'.
    And whenever it flooded, the water was rough there again.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)

  3. Kue nuemee laakaamopeen tue' laayonekw kue 'yoch kolo neemee kaamop' 'o wee' mee' kolo worue nee raayor'.
    The boat passed through patches of very rough water as though it was quite smooth, as it seemed to move along on top of the water.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  4. To' wee 'we-nuuewoyk' 'ue-kaamopek'.
    I have never seen such rough water.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  5. 'Imee kaamop'.
    It it not rough water.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  6. Neekee chue 'o kaamop'.
    It is rough water all the way.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)