Yurok dictionary

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

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chege'royok' I hear with distaste, I hear too often

cheyke'ron' it is small (trees, etc., houses)

chmekohsok' I knock someone out, I stun

chpege'royok' I ask, I inquire

chpe'royok' I listen, I inquire, I ask

chpuerowok' I menstruate

heemuenowok' I grow fast, I grow well

hlmeyohlkweyowok' I am mean

hlmeyowok' I am mean, I am bad, I am hard to kill, I am nasty

hloypeyok' I taste

hohsepeeshonowok' I do something shameful

hooluuelowok' I carry (a load)

huenow' it boils, it sprouts, it grows

kaamuenowok' I grow badly

kemoroyowok' I sneak around, I am a sneak thief

kesomueyowok' I am dead

ke'letuelowok' I release (involuntarily)

keemchuenowok' I have offspring

keeshperwok' I am selfish, I guard jealously

knewe'lon' it is long, it is tall, it is high (plants, trees, body parts, utensils, etc.)

kokonewe'lon' it is long (a tufted thing, grass, hair, etc.)

kergerneryerwok' I am vain

kwooreyowok' I am slow

k'ensonowok' I take care, I am sensible

k'leemowok' I feel ill

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.)

menuenowok' I disappear

mesee'ron' he/she is slender, (human beings) it is thin, it is narrow (trees, etc., body parts, clothes, utensils, boats)

mewee'ron' it is long and smooth

me'womuenowok' I begin as, I grow from

merwerkseeshonowok' I am clean

muelowok' I die (of an animal)

muencheyowok' I am white

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

muescheyowok' I am telling the truth

myooleyonok' I push aside, I push over

nehlpeyowok' I get into an accident

nekteyok' I admire the cleverness of a person

neee'nowok' I watch, I guard, I look, I look for, I look for

nohsuenowok' I grow up (in a place), I pass my childhood (in a place), I am born (in a place)

nooseeshonowok' I am comical, I am funny

noosonowok' I am useful, I am helpful

no'omuenowok' I am old, I endure (of things)

nuenowok' I grow old, I grow up

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

penohpeyowok' I am friendly, I am tame, I am good-natured, I am kind, I am kind-hearted

pereyowok' I grow old (of a woman)

pe'ron' it is big (houses)

peerwerkseeshonowok' I am lovely

pyuerowok' I perform the sacred rites at a dance, I purify myself

rek'eeenowohl they sit

ruerowok'

sa'arkeyowok' I am crazy

sekey' it is hard, it is tough, it is difficult

seeshonowok' I am like, I am so, I am that way

seetohsok' I splinter, I chip into small pieces of uniform size

skeweehlon' it is smooth, it is flat (of roads, etc.)

skewee'ron' it is smooth (of trees, etc.)

skuenowok' I grow well

sonowok' I am, I am like, I behave, I do, I am a kind of

stuenowok' I am middle-aged

sue'lowok' I dash water on

sue'rowok' I splash

sweyokseeshonowok' I am rude

tekuenow' it sticks together, it knits together (of broken bones)

tenohlkeyowok' I am stingy

tenpeyok' I eat much, I eat a lot, I overeat

tenuenowok' I grow thickly, I grow in clumps

testoyowok' I am taut, I am tense (of people or things)

teykuenowok' I grow together (with something)

tkwar' it is short, low (of trees, etc., body parts, clothes, utensils)

tkwe'ron' it is short, low (trees, etc., body parts, clothes, utensils)

t'uenowok' I grow (of a plant)

wa's'eeshonowok' I am pitiful, I am wretched

wa's'oyowok' I am poor (not rich), I am ordinary

weno'omuenowok' I grow in (a particular) place

'ekonorkwok' I keep safe (used of the spirits in regard to men)

'ohlpeyok' I eat from, I bite

'wahpewok' I marry (of a man)

'weskweloyowok' I am brave

Dictionary entry

ruerowok'vt oo-class • I sing • vt o-class • I boil over, I sing [In the early twentieth century, oo-class inflection is documented for this verb; in the modern language only o-class inflection is found.]

Lexicon record # 2922 | Source references: YT1026 R244 JE120
Semantic domain: ceremonies and dances
Derivation: morphological structure rur-ow-o-

According to Weitchpec Frank (ALK78:34), nrrmryek' refers to the leader of a song and rurowok' refers to "the second voice or accompanier".

Other paradigm forms

  • 3sg [oo-class] ruerowom' YT1026

  • 3sg [o-class] ruerow' I3 JE120

  • collective ruerowoom' R244

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (26)

  1. ruerowok' "I sing" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  2. ruerow' (spoken by Violet Moore)

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