Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -oks- [-oks-] • medial suffix • experience, feel, think • Variant -ok-

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chegaanoksek' I forgive

che'look be thirsty

che'looksek' I am dry, I am thirsty

chkenoowok be very stupid, be very poor

chkenoowoksek' I am very stupid, I am very poor

chmeyowok stubborn

chmerk be angry, person who pouts, moody person

chpoksek' I think, I meditate

chpokseemek' I remember, I think back, I recollect

chperwerk remember, think of, miss, pine for, become lonesome for

chperwerksek' I remember, I long for, I think about

chperwerkseemek' I remember, I think of someone, I miss someone, I pine for

heyomoksek' I am lucky

heyomokseeshon lucky person

heemerksek' I hurry (going somewhere)

hlmeyokseemek' I am suspicious of

hooroksek' I am cunning, I am clever

kaamok be disliked

kaamokseemek' I dislike, I hate

keychok act on purpose

keychokseemek' I act on purpose

knokseemek' I leave it (behind), I abandon it, I forget it

kochpoksek' I think over, I meditate

k'enrokseemek' I trust, I admire, I respect

k'ensoonokseemek' I dislike, I have hateful thoughts about

me'lomokseeshon nauseating person

me'lomokseeshonek' I am a nauseating person

merwerkseeshon be clean, clean person

merwerkseeshonowok' I am clean

nektok like (a favorite), pity

nektokseemek' I adore, I admire, I like (someone)

nektokseeshon' likable person

nokseemek' I think of

nerryerksek' I betray a trust

nerryerwerksek' I am betrayed

peerwerk love

peerwerkseemek' I love

peerwerkseenew lovely

peerwerkseeshon loveable person

peerwerkseeshonowok' I am lovely

pkwokseemek' I find out (what somebody is thinking), I find (somebody) out

pyerwerkseemek' I love

rokseemek' I trust

skewok want, wish, love, like

skewokseemek' I want, I wish, I love, I like

soonoksek' I think

sweyokseemek' I slight, I insult, I am aloof, I am disrespectful

sweyokseeshonowok' I am rude

tegokseemek' I praise

tektomoksek' I am angry, I am mad

tenoowok be very wise, be very rich, educated person, well educated, high man

tenoowoksek' I am very wise, I am very rich

tenuemonok have bad luck wished on one, bad luck, spirits, insane

tenuemonokseemek' I wish bad luck on, I cast a spell on

tenuemonoksoyek' I have bad luck wished upon me

tokseemek' I admire, I respect

tyohpeyok hate, dislike

tyohpeyokseemek' I hate, I dislike

tyohpeyokseeshon hateful person

wa's'ok

wa's'okseemek' I pity

wa's'okseeshon object of pity

wega'sok be unselfish

wega'sokseemek' I am unselfish

weyoksek' I am poisoned, I have cancer

'ohpok be poisoned, poison

'ohpoksek' I am choking

'ohpokseemek' I poison (someone)

Dictionary entry

wa's'okvn • pity • Variant wa'sok

Lexicon record # 3786 | Source references: R261 JE104 YLCB50 R261
Semantic domain: feelings and emotions
Derivation: morphological structure wa's'-oks

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Weeshtue' weesh soo wa'sok 'w-esek' kwesee weet ho soo hoolem' 'oohl tue' kwelas keech ho noo weeshtue' ko hohkuem'.
    And so he was full of pity that this was how they the people had lived and now he himself had taken part.

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

  2. Keech mo'okw' nekach kee wa'sok to' yo' nowkwopen'.
    There was no one to pity me, so she is looking after me.

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