Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -et- [-et-] • transitive final suffix Variant -rt-

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cheweehlketek' I clear an area (e.g., by removing rocks from a path)

cheyohpeketek' I put by, I store

cheyohpetesek' I hide, I put by, I store safely

cheeweyetek' I crave, I am hungry for

chyuuep'eryertek' I comb (transitive)

hoktketok' I butcher, I cut up

hoo'yk'etek' I lose

kaamewetek' I have a bad taste in my mouth, I do not like the taste of something

knekwomeytek' I leave

knoyketek' I leave behind (more than one thing)

leketek'

lekomeyetek' I put, I set the table

lewoleyetek' I pull (a boat) through shallow water by hand

maawetek' I hit

ma'epetek' I tie up, I am greedy for, I wrap

menuueletek' I abduct

meworegetek' I spend, I spend everything

mewpetek' I choke

mewpewetek' I strangle, I murder (by choking)

mo'ohkeloytek' I make (something) into a ball, I clench (a fist)

myewoletek' I immerse

myooleyetek' I shove, I stick

myueletek' I dip, I immerse

naametek' I step on, I tread on, I walk

naamewetek' I grab in my mouth (chiefly of an animal), I tread, I bite

nekeeletek' I pine, I miss, I have forgotten where

nohpueyetek' I bring something into a house

nookwomeyetek' I gather together, bring together

nerhserpertek' I shave (trans.), I shave myself

pkwekomeyetek' I bring out my treasures, I bring out carefully

regohpetek' I fill

reweyetek' I tow

rohko'retek' I roll (something)

ro'ohpetek' I stand something

se'letok' I scrape mud off

skuewetek' I like, I enjoy, I like the taste of

sermertek' I beat, I kill

sermerterpek' I kill myself

swoo'metek' I smell (something)

swoyhlkweyetek' I scatter, I pour out

s'oope'weyetek' I hit in the face

tektetek' I build, I erect, I set down something heavy

tekuenetek' I stick (them) together

tee'npeloytek' I dye (something) yellow

tmohkeloytek' I break (trans.)

tookso'weyetek' I hit (someone) in the face

toore'retek' I lay (something) across

weno'omewtek' I carry in the mouth

weyewetek' I weave, I finish (baskets)

'elomenetek' I unravel, I unwind, I untie, I unstrap, I take stitches out

Dictionary entry

leketek'vt e-class • I pick up

Lexicon record # 1345 | Source reference: R215
Derivation: morphological structure lek-et-e-

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (10)

  1. leketek' "I place it, I put it down" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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