Yurok dictionary

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

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neskwechok' I come, I arrive, I return

tmook' I shoot

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

menechok' I disappear, I vanish, I go away

me'womechok' I come out, I come from

pkwechok' I come out

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

huenkeksok' I open (something)

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

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

kwoychok' I go slowly

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

syaahlkok' I kick

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

hloykok' I try

nergerykok' I help, I rescue

tewomehlkok' I am glad, I am happy

teekwohsok' I break (trans.)

tmoolok' I shoot

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

hlmeyorkwok' I fear, I am afraid

ho'omohtkok' I hurt, I injure

lechkechok' I pull out

rechok' I paddle, I row

sloyhlketok' I sweep

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

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

cheenkok' I change (something)

heemekok' I hurry (doing something)

keneek'wechok' I steer (a boat)

nekomueykok' I know how, I have the mental ability

pegarkok' I dwell, I inhabit

skueykok' I treat well, I repair

sloychok' I descend, I go downhill

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

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

'ohpok' I am choking

heemechok' I hurry (going somewhere)

lehlkelok' I bury, I bake, I plant seeds

nonowok' I fetch, I invite

sekeetkok' I am strong

sooychok' I go quickly

ha'p'ehlkok' I forget

hoktketok' I butcher, I cut up

hopkechok' I go starting from (a place)

hopkekok' I begin, I start, I count

kohtooleeshok' I hit, I club

kwoykok' I do something slowly

laakwomhlechok' I return by a particular route

menekoletkok' I freeze (of people)

no'omehlkok' I am somewhere a long time

slekwechok' I stroke backward, I walk backward

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

woychok' I am away at night

'ekek'olehlkok'

'eketkwelok' I tie up

'o'lowok' I give (usually food)

che'lohlkok' I am stuck high and dry

choykok' I treat roughly

choyowok' I am nervous, I am sickly

chpaanechok' I am away

chergerhcherhlkok' I am lazy

cherperhlkok' I am strong

chyuuek'wechok' I steer (a boat)

hlkerohsok' I thump

hloychok' I walk carefully

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

kekwonok' I break (intr.)

kelomechok' I turn around

kep'ehlkwelok' I deafen

kerhter'eenkok' I hit on the head

lomohsok' I strike gently

markwechok' I go everywhere

megehlkechok' I stroke, I caress, I touch lightly

menetuelowok' I abduct

mewpechok' I am sneaking, I sneak

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)

nuer'uernchok' I climb

pechehlkoomoyehl they have gravel on them

pegohsok' I split

perkwerhsok' I peck, I knock

rechkok' I dance in a particular direction

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

se'letok' I scrape mud off

slekwohsom' s/he dresses someone

smeykok' I pick on, I provoke

sootkok' I am strong, I am able

swehlko' it is scattered, it bursts

syuek'werchok' I stretch my legs

tekuenoyok' I stick (them) together

tepohsok' I fix

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

tkek'we'lok' I boil

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

yegohsok' I squeeze, I press

yekwohsok' I bend (something), I fold

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

Dictionary entry

'ekek'olehlkok'vi oo-class • I have strong legs

Lexicon record # 4208 | Source reference: I4
Derivation: morphological structure 'ekek'ol-ehlk-oo-

Other paradigm form

  • 3sg 'ekek'olehlkokw' I4

Sentence example (1)

  1. Kolo keech nee mokw' ho 'ekek'olehlkokw'. Nee soneen keech che'lee'. Nee mokw' k'ee mehl skuey' soneenep'.
    It was as if he no longer had strong legs. He got dry. There was nothing that made him feel better.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)