Morphology search: -eg- [-eg-] • infix • iterative (expressing habitual, iterative, repeated, or intensive aspect)
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chegaanoksek' I forgive
chegahchehl be tired
chegeykekw in small quantities
chegeyoh small knife, pocket knife
chegeyonah get on someone's nerves, pest
chegeyonahpeemek' I am tired of
chegeyonepek' I am annoyed at (someone)
chegeyoneenepek' I am tired of
chegel' seaweed, edible seaweed, sea lettuce, Porphyra, wide summer seaweed
chege'loh gather seaweed
chege'lohsek' I gather seaweed
chege'royok' I hear with distaste, I hear too often
chpegar' hear, ask, ear
chpege'royok'
chpegor' hold races, races
chpego'ronew race in the water
chergerh be lazy
chergerhcherhl be tired, be lazy
chergerhcherhlkok' I am lazy
hlke'goop' slug, banana slug
hergermcherpek' I am unfaithful in marriage
kergerneryerwok' I am vain
megehlkechok' I stroke, I caress, I touch lightly
megenep' it moves or stretches in an elastic way (like an inchworm, or in a belly-ache or body building), it (someone's stomach) aches
megeeegonemek' I poke a fire
meguehl store, peddlar
regohpetek' I fill
regohpeenek' I fill
regop' it is full (of liquid)
seeegolepoch' it growls (of animal)
swegehl gunshot
tegeykeluehl biting animal
tegokseemek' I praise
wegaaneyoochek' I foretell evil
wega'sok be unselfish
wega'sokseemek' I am unselfish
'e'gohlpey eat from habitually
'e'gomeemoh speak Hupa
'ee'eekew hold something in the mouth
chpege'royok' • vt o-class iterative • I ask, I inquire • See chpe'royok'
Lexicon record # 249 |
Derivation: morphological structure chp-e'r-oy-o- + + -eg-
Sentence example (1)
Hewon ko chpega'roy' kue meweemor ho kue 'we-romech 'w-egolek', To's nee mokw' sonolewkwem'?
First the old man questioned his niece and said, Is there anything in
which you are sexually unclean?
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)