Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: l- [l-] • root • empty root (place-holder for suffixes) • Variant -r-

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Search index (46)

roo be a particular time, time, hour

lootek' I throw

Rek'woy Requa

lohpee'hl clouds gather, it is cloudy

roy flow, melt, river, stream

lehlkenek' I throw, I scatter, I sort

rohseemek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon

'ne-luehl my mouth

letkolek' I fly

lechkechok' I pull out

lechkenekw they are flooded

lolek' I fly

looleeshoy knit (as in making a net)

rohkuen ball

loo be thrown

regohpeenek' I fill

rek'woy river mouth

rohkor' roll

rom'

lehlkelok' I bury, I bake, I plant seeds

lehlkeloypek' I crawl

lop' it comes in lumps, it flows slowly

regop' it is full (of liquid)

rohpee'hl it clears (of weather)

rootah sun ray

royk' it flows, it melts away

lechkenek' I knock down, I throw aside

lohpeenek' I scrape out

lerhperyehl drool, saliva, spittle

rohpek' I float upward

rootep' it is a particular time

lehlkeloy crawl

loolah throw oneself down, plop down

looleeshee' it is knitted

lerh saliva, spittle

regohpetek' I fill

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

rohkootek' I roll (something)

rohko'retek' I roll (something)

rohko'ronek' I roll myself

rohpeer semen

rohtekw' testicle, scrotum, testes

rokseemek' I trust

roogech there is an echo, echo

roogech' there is an echo

roykenoh melt (trans.)

Dictionary entry

rom' • vi e-class • it spreads (of a smell, etc.)

Lexicon record # 2880 | Source reference: R243
Derivation: morphological structure ro'm-

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Kue woneek 'we-rohpek' kue 'wo'hlp'ey' 'ue-meraa 'o gam' kue meweemor, Kwelekw kue roowo's weesh 'we-sewepek'; kwelekw wee'eeet keekee koosee rom' tue' 'eemoksue ko teloge'mow' mehl heeko'ch'uek ho 'wes'onah.
    As the smoke from the angelica root drifted upward the old man said, This is the breath of the pipe; it will spread everywhere and there will be no sickness from here to the heavens.

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

  2. Noohl 'o tegeruem' kue roowo's 'o gam', K'ee meraa kwelekw kelew wee k'e-sewepek'; keekee chue rom'.
    Then he spoke to the pipes, and said, This smoke is your breath; it will spread everywhere.

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

  3. K'ee meraa keekee chue rom'.
    The smoke will spread everywhere.

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