Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -e'wey- [-e'-wey-] • medial suffix • face, eyes

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Search index (24)

meykwele'weyek' I mourn, I cry

nekte'wey bump one's face

no'moye'weyek' I lie pointing or facing in a particular direction

tegoye'wey' it sticks out

kwere'weyek' I have a pointy face, I have a sharp tongue

mue'uekwole'wey swell (at sea), blunt wedge

swektkeloo'weyek' I am warty

toome'weyek' I have a broad face

hahkwse'wey smiling face

hergeekwser'weyek' I smile

herkwsue'weryek' I have a smiling face

keykwele'weyek' I close my eyes

keemerlue'erweryek' I am ugly, I am homely

kwere'wey' dugout canoe

mewole'weyek' I wipe one's eyes

mue'uekwole'wey' s/he scowls, it is overcast

mye'wey' it bends sharply (of a river)

perkeryue'erweryek' I am blushing, I am sunburnt

swetkele'wey' s/he is warty

s'oope'weyetek' I hit in the face

s'oope'wey'

tookso'weyetek' I hit (someone) in the face

welogoo'weyek' I am fat faced

'elee'weyek' I am stupid

Dictionary entry

s'oope'wey'vn • be hit in the face

Lexicon record # 3377 | Source reference: FS(B216)
Derivation: morphological structure s'oop-e'wey-...

Other paradigm form

  • repetitive s'oks'oope'wey be hit in the face repeatedly FS(B216)

Short recording (1)

  1. s'oope'wey' "be hit in the face with a fist" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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