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 they are flooded

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

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

loo • vn • be thrown

Lexicon record # 1453 | Source reference: R217
Derivation: morphological structure lool-

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Kwelekw keech koosee maama'epoyew, 'yoncheek 'eme loo, mee' keech chegeyonahpee' kue Segep kue keech no'omehl 'o wee'.
    He was all tied up, and thrown into the boat, because people were fed up with Coyote ever since he had been there.

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

  2. Wee keech cho ko'see chegeyonahpee', kwesee wee'eeet noohl 'yoncheek me ko loo.
    So he was now hated by everyone, and therefore he was thrown into the boat.

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

  3. Kwesee' hlow hlkelee 'o loo, 'ue-'werhlker' chpeekom.
    Finally they threw him down on the ground, only his bones were left.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)