Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -oo- [-oo-] • verb class suffix • oo-class verb marker

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Search index (103)

che'lohlkok' I am stuck high and dry

cheenkok' I change (something)

choykok' I treat roughly

choyowok' I am nervous, I am sickly

chpaanechok' I am away

chpuerkok' I take care, I do something carefully, I am easy on something, I touch it gently

chergerhcherhlkok' I am lazy

cherperhlkok' I am strong

chyuuek'wechok' I steer (a boat)

ha'p'ehlkok' I forget

heemechok' I hurry (going somewhere)

heemekok' I hurry (doing something)

hlkerohsok' I thump

hlmeykok' I treat badly, I provoke, I am mean to

hlmeyorkwok' I fear, I am afraid

hloychok' I walk carefully

hloykok' I try

hoktketok' I butcher, I cut up

hopkechok' I go starting from (a place)

hopkekok' I begin, I start, I count

ho'omohtkok' I hurt, I injure

huenkeksok' I open (something)

kaameehlkwok' I dream a doctor's dream, I have a bad dream

kekwonok' I break (intr.)

kelomechok' I turn around

keneek'wechok' I steer (a boat)

kep'ehlkwelok' I deafen

keemkok' I treat badly, I harm, I spoil, I punish

kohtooleeshok' I hit, I club

kerhter'eenkok' I hit on the head

kwomhlechok' I return, I go back, I walk back

kwoychok' I go slowly

kwoykok' I do something slowly

laakwomhlechok' I return by a particular route

lechkechok' I pull out

lehlkelok' I bury, I bake, I plant seeds

lomohsok' I strike gently

markwechok' I go everywhere

megehlkechok' I stroke, I caress, I touch lightly

megetohlkwok' I look after, I care for, I protect, I take care of, I own

menechok' I disappear, I vanish, I go away

menekoletkok' I freeze (of people)

menetuelowok' I abduct

mewpechok' I am sneaking, I sneak

me'womechok' I come out, I come from

myewolesok' I push under water, I beat

myooleeshok' I heave, I shove

naamek'wechok' I slow a boat (by swinging it and quartering on the river, or on the ocean when beaching a boat and it gets ahead of the swell and the bow is likely to pitch down and up-end)

nekomueykok' I know how, I have the mental ability

neskwechok' I come, I arrive, I return

nonowok' I fetch, I invite

no'omehlkok' I am somewhere a long time

nergerykok'

nuer'uernchok' I climb

pechehlkoomoyehl they have gravel on them

pegarkok' I dwell, I inhabit

pegohsok' I split

pkwechok' I come out

perkwerhsok' I peck, I knock

rechkok' I dance in a particular direction

rechok' I paddle, I row

rekwohpeyok' I drink

rewkwohsok' I soften (something), I make (something) limp

re'royok' I hear something which I don't see, as news, rumors, or something from far away

sekeetkok' I am strong

se'letok' I scrape mud off

skeweechok' I go slowly, I go easily, I go carefully, I put it in order, I do fine work, I do housework

skueykok' I treat well, I repair

slekwechok' I stroke backward, I walk backward

slekwohsom' s/he dresses someone

sloychok' I descend, I go downhill

sloyhlketok' I sweep

slo'ehlkok' I am thin, I am skinny (of people, animals)

smeykok' I pick on, I provoke

sonchok' I paddle, I propel a boat, I paddle in a particular direction

sonkok' I do (well or badly), I treat (well or badly)

sootkok' I am strong, I am able

sooychok' I go quickly

swehlko' it is scattered, it bursts

syaahlkok' I kick

syuek'werchok' I stretch my legs

tekuenoyok' I stick (them) together

tekwohsok' I hit with something held in the hand (e.g., a rock or a club)

tepohsok' I fix

tewomehlkok' I am glad, I am happy

teekwohsok' I break (trans.)

tkekohsok' I jab, I pierce, I prick with a sharp object

tkek'we'lok' I boil

tmook' I shoot

tmoolok' I shoot

terwerhsok' I throw a pointed object (e.g. a stick or a rock)

twenohsok' I pry up

t'k'erohsok' I thump, I strike with the nail of the index finger, pressing it against the thumb and releasing it

weykok' I finish, I lay down (regulations), I end, I stop, I am done, I wean (a child)

woychok' I am away at night

yegohsok' I squeeze, I press

yekwohsok' I bend (something), I fold

yohpechok' I walk around, I turn around, I go around in a circle

'ekek'olehlkok' I have strong legs

'eketkwelok' I tie up

'ohpok' I am choking

'onchok' I paddle in a particular place, as in a formation

'o'lowok' I give (usually food)

Dictionary entry

nergerykok'vt oo-class • I help, I rescue

Lexicon record # 2302 | Source references: R232 JE231 JE111 AF(AG-02-2) YLCB24
Derivation: morphological structure nrgry-k-oo-

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Kue meweemor kue wee' megetohlkwomeen kwelekw nek soo 'we-too'mar muehlcho' 'ue-peechowos wee' kue meskwoh hegoh kue nek 'ne-psech ho nergerykermeen.
    The old man who looked after the pipes was a connection or perhaps the grandfather of the man who made the medicine and whom my father helped.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  2. 'O gam' Paa', noohl 'o gee', Kel' kee nergerykerrm'; kel' kee pemem' k'ee hewon koh k'ee nepuey.
    She said No, and then he said, You will help; you will cook the first salmon that we catch.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  3. Tue' wee 'o rek'eeen wenchokws, koleen kue we'yon kue ho nergerykermeen tue' wo'oot neekee 'ue-myah 'o 'erlermerkerhl kue 'ue-kery nows 'o nek' kue nepe'weeshneg 'ue-'wers wonues 'ap nek' kue nepuey 'oyhl.
    Two women were sitting there, and one was the girl who was helping, and she jumped up and untied her hair tie, and took off the otterskin and put it on the salmon where it lay.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  4. Pekwsue hes kelew ko nergerykerpa'?
    Won't you all help me?

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

  5. Kos'elson nonee ho 'we-nergerykerpaahl.
    I wish they had helped me more.

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

  6. Yo' ho nergerykerpa' mocho hohkuemek' 'ne-lew.
    He used to help me when I was mending my nets.

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