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cheykoh be small (round things, houses)
kelomoh turn (intr.), turn over
kohtoh one (round thing)
mo'oh curl up
mo'ohkeloy curl up
mo'ohkeloyehl they are round (and large)
mo'ohkeloypek' I curl up
mo'ohkeloytek' I make (something) into a ball, I clench (a fist)
mo'ohkeroyehl they are round (and small)
muencherh be white, (of round things) be light-colored (of plants, etc.)
nahksoh three (round things)
ploh be big, (round things, plants, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, houses, boats) be stout (human beings)
plohkeloyek'
popoloh be big (round things, muscles)
perhlkwerh be gray (round things)
perkeryerh be red (round things)
permeryerh rock used to make pemoyekw, waterproof, water-resistant, rainproof, smooth
rohkootek' I roll (something)
rohkor' roll
rohko'retek' I roll (something)
rohko'ronek' I roll myself
rohkuen ball
skerwerhkeenee flat (rocks)
skerwerhkeryehl they are smooth, they are level, they are flat (round things, flat things)
serkeryerh be hard, be unripe, be green (of fruit)
serperyerh encircle, something that encircles
s'eyoh pounding stone
tmoh be broken
tmohkeloyehl they are broken, they are broken in pieces (of bones, etc.)
tmohkeloyshok' I break (trans.), I break it by twisting or snapping
tmohkeloytek' I break (trans.)
tmohkeluemek' I break
tmohkeree half
toktoh be a certain size (round objects)
tomowoh second element of compound numerals (round things)
to'onoh four (round things)
yerhperh be round
Dictionary entry
plohkeloyek' • vi e-class pass • I am big (round things, plants, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, houses, boats) I am stout (human beings)
Lexicon record # 2623 | Source reference: R239
Derivation: morphological structure pl-ohk-eloye-
Other paradigm forms
3sg plohkelee' s/he is fat, s/he is stout, s/he is overweight JE51 JE67
collective plohkeloym' R239
Sentence examples
(5)
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Nue negeee'nes... plohkelee' nee ha'aag.
Go find some big rocks.
— Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2)
(LC-01-2,
2007)
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Kue cheykenee huuek plohkelee'.
The baby is fat.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 15: "Who Are Your Relations?"
(GT3-15,
2003)
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Nuemee plohkelee' kue ha'aag.
The rock is very big.
— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Bipersonal Verbs and Descriptive Verbs
(JB-02-08b,
2001)
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Kee nee plohkelee', kue nuemee ploh kem ko 'o regop'.
It's going to be big, the very biggest one was filled.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-033)
(LA138-033,
1980)
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Wek k'ee 'o'lehl yok 'eenee plohkelee'.
This house is bigger than that.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
