Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -ep- [-ep-] • intransitive final suffix • action of a person's body, action done to oneself ("reflexive"), or action done for oneself • Variants -p-, -op-, -rp-, -ahp-

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Search index (97)

soneenepek' I feel, I think (a particular way)

ro'opek' I run

serrhlerpek' I do, I cause

chweenkepek' I say, I speak, I pray

koo'opek' I stand (of people, animals)

ro'onepek' I run

chpeenepek' I wait

huemonepek' I get warm, I am warm

komtenepek' I am blind

hl'o'ronepek' I stop moving

skeweenepek' I am replete, I am full (from eating)

hohkepek' I am in training, I practice

hohsepek' I am ashamed

homtepek' I play, I play with, I am happy

noo'repek' I follow

noweenepek' I am happy, I enjoy

sewepek' I breathe, I sigh, I suppress my grief

skueyepek' I am good

hl'o'repek' I stop (running or walking)

hoyhlkepek' I flap, I roll around, I flop, I wiggle

keemolepek' I am bad, I act bad, I am rude

plep' she is pregnant, (women) it is big (trees, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc.)

raayo'repek' I run past, I move past

soonepek' I wear (clothes)

wesepek' I bathe myself, I wash myself

'oo'repek' I run behind or in front of someone else

chegeyonahpeemek' I am tired of

chegeyonepek' I am annoyed at (someone)

lehlkeloypek' I crawl

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

megetohlkwepek' I look after myself

myaahlkepek' I jump, I jump at

noowo'repek' I complete a journey, I run in, I run up

nosepek' marry into a family (said of a bride)

pkwo'repek' I run out (from an enclosed area)

chegeyonah get on someone's nerves, pest

chpaaneenepek' I take a long time, I feel the time dragging

chpeenahpeemek' I await

hewehlkeloypek' I get up, I get out of bed, I wake up

hlke'mohlkepek' I shut up

hlohlpepek' I lower myself down by my hands

hohsepeeshon shameful thing or person

hooro'repek' I run around

ho'omepek' I make a fire

kelomo'opek' I turn round

keemolah be bad

keemolahpek' I am bad

kwomkepek' I groan

myaahlkahpeemek' I jump at

rootep' it is a particular time

skueykepek'

smeenepek' I am a smart-aleck

sweyoneenepek' I am aloof, I don't want to associate, I fade

tkwepek' I am short (human beings, animals and birds, worms and ropes, etc.)

chegeyoneenepek' I am tired of

cheenepek' I am irritated, I have an irritation, I am upset

chpeeego'repek' I get ready for a race

chpeenahpuemek' I await

chpuerkepek' I take care

hahpeleenepek' I am lively, I am happy

heemo'repek' I run quickly

hohsepeeshonek' I am shameful

hohsepeeshonowok' I do something shameful

homchepek' I fool, I trick, I fool around with

hergermcherpek' I am unfaithful in marriage

kesomewepek' I am lonely

keemeenepek' I feel bad, I am badly hurt

komeenepek' I feel

kwomhlo'repek' I run back

kye'wolep' it capsizes, someone turns over (e.g. in a boat or a wagon)

laamyaahlkepek' I jump in front of

lenahpeemek' I blame, I suspect

lepahtepek' I stretch, I crawl along

mewolepek' I disappear, I evaporate, I vanish

mo'ohkeloypek' I curl up

mueleenepek' I am relieved of pain

myo'repek' I challenge, I attack (physically or verbally)

naageenahpek' I am awe-struck, I am afraid

naageenahpeemek' I am afraid of

naageenepek' I am awe-struck, I am afraid, I have that nagging feeling of fear, I am worried, I have a premonition

naageenepeemek' I am afraid of, I feel apprehensive about

nahscheenepek' I do not feel like doing something, I am tired, I am careful

nekchpuemek' I meet

peesh'onepek' I am scaly, I have scales on me (e.g., after working with fish)

pleee'nepek' I am sarcastic

pyuereenepek' I feel distracted, I feel nervy

remepek' I groan

saawogeenepek' I feel cool, I am peaceful

sepeenepek' I have my arms folded

sme'lenepek' I masturbate (of men)

sermerterpek' I kill myself

swetonepek' I am tired out

tegeruepek' I talk to myself

weykepek' I stretch

yohpo'repek' I run around (something)

'ekonepek' I hold on to, I hang on to, I hold myself back

'oolo'opek' I stand

Dictionary entry

skueykepek'vi e-class • I dress myself, I adorn myself

Lexicon record # 3115 | Source reference: R248
Derivation: morphological structure skuy-k-ep-e-

Other paradigm form

  • iterative 3sg skegueykep' s/he is neat, s/he is tidy JE93

Sentence example (1)

  1. Kwesee keech 'ela skueykep' kue lochom' noohl 'o gee' kue negeneech, Ney, kues cho' soo newoyek'?
    The toad dressed herself and then said to the mouse, My dear, how do I look?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)