Yurok dictionary

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

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Search index (37)

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'

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' I ask, I hire, I request

'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

nooluemek' • vt e-class • I love, I protect

Lexicon record # 2275 | Source reference: R232
Derivation: morphological structure nool-um-e-

Sentence examples (5)

  1. Nooluemek'.
    I love.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 12: "How do you feel?" (GT3-12, 2003)

  2. Nooluemek' 'ne-keromoh.
    I love my car.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 12: "How do you feel?" (GT3-12, 2003)

  3. Noohl weeshtue' 'o soo's 'w-esek', Kwesee we'yon wee' kue ho 'ne-ka'ar, kwesee weet 'ee mehl ko'mee ho soo nooluemek'.
    And then he thought, So this girl is my former pet, and that is why I loved her so much.

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

  4. Kwesee wee'eeet 'ee mehl ko'mee ho soo nooluemek'.
    And I loved you so very much for that reason.

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

  5. Nek nooluemek' 'ne-too'mar mee' nuemee skueyaanohl.
    I like my friends because they are good people.

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