Yurok dictionary

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

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Search index (103)

che'lohlkok' I am stuck high and dry

cheenkok' I change (something)

choykok' I treat roughly

choyowok' I am nervous, I am sickly

chpaanechok' I am away

chpuerkok' I take care, I do something carefully, I am easy on something, I touch it gently

chergerhcherhlkok' I am lazy

cherperhlkok' I am strong

chyuuek'wechok' I steer (a boat)

ha'p'ehlkok' I forget

heemechok' I hurry (going somewhere)

heemekok' I hurry (doing something)

hlkerohsok' I thump

hlmeykok' I treat badly, I provoke, I am mean to

hlmeyorkwok' I fear, I am afraid

hloychok' I walk carefully

hloykok' I try

hoktketok' I butcher, I cut up

hopkechok' I go starting from (a place)

hopkekok' I begin, I start, I count

ho'omohtkok' I hurt, I injure

huenkeksok' I open (something)

kaameehlkwok' I dream a doctor's dream, I have a bad dream

kekwonok' I break (intr.)

kelomechok' I turn around

keneek'wechok' I steer (a boat)

kep'ehlkwelok' I deafen

keemkok' I treat badly, I harm, I spoil, I punish

kohtooleeshok' I hit, I club

kerhter'eenkok' I hit on the head

kwomhlechok' I return, I go back, I walk back

kwoychok' I go slowly

kwoykok' I do something slowly

laakwomhlechok' I return by a particular route

lechkechok' I pull out

lehlkelok' I bury, I bake, I plant seeds

lomohsok' I strike gently

markwechok' I go everywhere

megehlkechok' I stroke, I caress, I touch lightly

megetohlkwok' I look after, I care for, I protect, I take care of, I own

menechok' I disappear, I vanish, I go away

menekoletkok' I freeze (of people)

menetuelowok' I abduct

mewpechok' I am sneaking, I sneak

me'womechok' I come out, I come from

myewolesok' I push under water, I beat

myooleeshok' I heave, I shove

naamek'wechok' I slow a boat (by swinging it and quartering on the river, or on the ocean when beaching a boat and it gets ahead of the swell and the bow is likely to pitch down and up-end)

nekomueykok' I know how, I have the mental ability

neskwechok' I come, I arrive, I return

nonowok' I fetch, I invite

no'omehlkok' I am somewhere a long time

nergerykok' I help, I rescue

nuer'uernchok' I climb

pechehlkoomoyehl they have gravel on them

pegarkok' I dwell, I inhabit

pegohsok' I split

pkwechok' I come out

perkwerhsok' I peck, I knock

rechkok' I dance in a particular direction

rechok' I paddle, I row

rekwohpeyok' I drink

rewkwohsok' I soften (something), I make (something) limp

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

sekeetkok' I am strong

se'letok' I scrape mud off

skeweechok' I go slowly, I go easily, I go carefully, I put it in order, I do fine work, I do housework

skueykok' I treat well, I repair

slekwechok' I stroke backward, I walk backward

slekwohsom' s/he dresses someone

sloychok' I descend, I go downhill

sloyhlketok' I sweep

slo'ehlkok' I am thin, I am skinny (of people, animals)

smeykok' I pick on, I provoke

sonchok' I paddle, I propel a boat, I paddle in a particular direction

sonkok' I do (well or badly), I treat (well or badly)

sootkok' I am strong, I am able

sooychok' I go quickly

swehlko' it is scattered, it bursts

syaahlkok' I kick

syuek'werchok' I stretch my legs

tekuenoyok' I stick (them) together

tekwohsok' I hit with something held in the hand (e.g., a rock or a club)

tepohsok' I fix

tewomehlkok'

teekwohsok' I break (trans.)

tkekohsok' I jab, I pierce, I prick with a sharp object

tkek'we'lok' I boil

tmook' I shoot

tmoolok' I shoot

terwerhsok' I throw a pointed object (e.g. a stick or a rock)

twenohsok' I pry up

t'k'erohsok' I thump, I strike with the nail of the index finger, pressing it against the thumb and releasing it

weykok' I finish, I lay down (regulations), I end, I stop, I am done, I wean (a child)

woychok' I am away at night

yegohsok' I squeeze, I press

yekwohsok' I bend (something), I fold

yohpechok' I walk around, I turn around, I go around in a circle

'ekek'olehlkok' I have strong legs

'eketkwelok' I tie up

'ohpok' I am choking

'onchok' I paddle in a particular place, as in a formation

'o'lowok' I give (usually food)

Dictionary entry

tewomehlkok'vi oo-class • I am glad, I am happy

Lexicon record # 3537 | Source references: FS(B217) JVP(JB-01-3)
Semantic domain: feelings and emotions
Derivation: morphological structure tewom-ehlk-oo-

Other paradigm form

  • 3sg tewomehlko' FS(B217)

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Tue' weet mehl tewomehlkok' kee 'ne-laayolahkee 'ne-saa'agochek'.
    I'm glad you're teaching me how to speak Yurok.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  2. Nuemee pel' son'... k'ee 'ne-too'mar, tue' nuemee tewomehlkok' kee 'ne-komchuesek'.
    It's very important ... you are my good friend, and I'm glad I know you.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  3. Nuemee tewomehlkok'.
    I am very happy (I am very glad).

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 12: "How do you feel?" (GT3-12, 2003)

  4. Tewomehlkok'.
    I'm happy.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

  5. Nek nuemee tewomehlkok'.
    I'm [very] happy.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

  6. Kue ch'uech'eesh keech ruerowohl soo tewomehlkohl.
    The birds are singing, they're so happy.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)