Yurok dictionary

Your search: semantic domain colors

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Broader semantic domain: properties and relations

Related semantic domain(s): directions and locations, sounds and speaking, times and seasons

Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic

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cherhkeryehl they are bright colored

lo'ogenew dark things

lo'ogenee dark

lo'ogey be black, be dark-colored (human beings, tools, etc., plants, etc., trees, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc., flat things, house, boats)

lo'ogeyowok' I am black, I am dark-colored (human beings, tools, etc., plants, etc., trees, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc., flat things, house, boats)

lo'oge'rok' I am black

lo'oge'ron' it is black, it is charred (trees, sticks, etc.)

ler'ergerh be black, be dark-colored, (round things) coffee

ler'ergery be black, be dark-colored (animals, birds)

ler'ergeryek' I am black, I am dark-colored (animals, birds)

ler'ergeryhl be black, be dark-colored (water)

ler'ergeryk be black, be dark-colored (water)

ler'ergerysh dark-skinned person

mer'errwer' mock orange

muenchar' be white (trees, etc.)

muenchey be white

muencheyowok' I am white

muenche'ron' it is white (tree, tree blossoms, etc.)

muenchok's it is white (flat things)

muencherh be white, (of round things) be light-colored (of plants, etc.)

muenchers fair-skinned person, white animal or bird

muenters fair-skinned person

muenter'ery be white (animals, birds)

muenter'eryek' I am white (animals, birds)

pekoyar' be red (round things, tools, etc., plants, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc., houses, boats)

pekoye'ron' it is red (round things, tools, etc., plants, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc., houses, boats)

pekoyoh be red

pekoyok's it is red (flat things)

pekoyop' it is red (water)

perhlkwerh

perhlkwer'ery be gray (animals and birds, worms and ropes, etc.)

perhlkwer'ery' it is gray (animals and birds, worm and ropes, etc.)

perkeryerh be red (round things)

perkeryer'ery be red (animals, birds, human hair)

perkeryer'ery' it is red (animals, birds, human hair)

perkeryue'erweryek' I am blushing, I am sunburnt

perncherh be gray (deer)

pyaap'tery be reddish, be manzanita-colored

skoyon be blue

serrnerh be a particular color

swerykerh be dull-colored

s'oktoy be brown, be light brown, be tan

s'erkter'ery be light brown (animals)

taanep be yellow

tegeen' porcupine, porcupine quill, yellow moss for dying basket materials, anything yellow, canary

tee'npelah be yellow

tee'np'ehl anything yellow

weeshew be jet black

Dictionary entry

perhlkwerhvn adj • be gray (round things)

Lexicon record # 2688 | Source reference: R240
Semantic domain: colors
Derivation: morphological structure prhlkw-ohk

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  1. perhlkwerh "it is gray, turning gray, dusty" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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