Yurok dictionary

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

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

komchuemek' I know

laayoluemek' I teach

tegeruemek' I talk, I pray, I make medicine

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

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

cheykuemek' I bite (a little bite)

nooluemek' I love, I protect

teykeluemek' I bite

hegoomuemek' I say, I speak to

teloguemek' I am in pain, I resent

kahseluemek' I do not know, I forget

ko'oyuemek'

'ohpuemek' I feed

ma'ahskuemek' I spear

meek'oluemek' I swallow, I gulp down

nahchpuemek' I give, I allow

pyewoluemek' I chew

laahohkuemek' I build alongside

segoluemek' I startle

chpeenahpuemek' I await

kweryuemek' I whistle to (someone)

menokwoluemek' I swallow, I gulp down

me'lomuemek' I vomit

mohpuemek' I mourn, I mourn for

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

nekchpuemek' I meet

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

sewkweluemek' I am bruised

smeykoluemek' I pine, I miss

sooneehlpuemek' I dream of

speryuemek' I blow a whistle at someone

tmohkeluemek' I break

trekwonuemek' I take a sip

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

'ohpuemew be fed

'erperyuemek' I tell news, I tell someone

Dictionary entry

ko'oyuemek'vt e-class • I ask, I hire, I request

Lexicon record # 1042 | Source references: R210 JE68
Derivation: morphological structure ko'oy-um-e-

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (3)

  1. ko'oyuemek' "I hire someone (ask someone to do something for me)" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  2. ko'oyuemelek' "someone hired me" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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