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)

chegeyonah get on someone's nerves, pest

chegeyonahpeemek' I am tired of

chegeyonepek' I am annoyed at (someone)

chegeyoneenepek' I am tired of

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

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

chpeeego'repek' I get ready for a race

chpeenahpeemek' I await

chpeenahpuemek' I await

chpeenepek' I wait

chpuerkepek' I take care

chweenkepek' I say, I speak, I pray

hahpeleenepek' I am lively, I am happy

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

heemo'repek' I run quickly

hlke'mohlkepek' I shut up

hlohlpepek' I lower myself down by my hands

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

hl'o'ronepek' I stop moving

hohkepek'

hohsepek' I am ashamed

hohsepeeshon shameful thing or person

hohsepeeshonek' I am shameful

hohsepeeshonowok' I do something shameful

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

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

hooro'repek' I run around

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

ho'omepek' I make a fire

hergermcherpek' I am unfaithful in marriage

huemonepek' I get warm, I am warm

kelomo'opek' I turn round

kesomewepek' I am lonely

keemeenepek' I feel bad, I am badly hurt

keemolah be bad

keemolahpek' I am bad

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

komeenepek' I feel

komtenepek' I am blind

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

kwomhlo'repek' I run back

kwomkepek' I groan

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

laamyaahlkepek' I jump in front of

lehlkeloypek' I crawl

lenahpeemek' I blame, I suspect

lepahtepek' I stretch, I crawl along

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

mewolepek' I disappear, I evaporate, I vanish

mo'ohkeloypek' I curl up

mueleenepek' I am relieved of pain

myaahlkahpeemek' I jump at

myaahlkepek' I jump, I jump at

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

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

noo'repek' I follow

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

noweenepek' I am happy, I enjoy

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

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

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

pleee'nepek' I am sarcastic

pyuereenepek' I feel distracted, I feel nervy

raayo'repek' I run past, I move past

remepek' I groan

rootep' it is a particular time

ro'onepek' I run

ro'opek' I run

saawogeenepek' I feel cool, I am peaceful

sepeenepek' I have my arms folded

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

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

skueyepek' I am good

skueykepek' I dress myself, I adorn myself

sme'lenepek' I masturbate (of men)

smeenepek' I am a smart-aleck

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

soonepek' I wear (clothes)

sermerterpek' I kill myself

serrhlerpek' I do, I cause

swetonepek' I am tired out

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

tegeruepek' I talk to myself

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

wesepek' I bathe myself, I wash 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

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

Dictionary entry

hohkepek'vi e-class • I am in training, I practice

Lexicon record # 537 | Source references: R200 JE138 YSRO473 MPY190 YLCB108
Derivation: morphological structure hohk-ep-e-

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Keetue hohkepek'.
    I'm going to practice.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 28: "Where are you going?" (GT3-28, 2003)

  2. Neekee kue weet 'o no'ohl 'emkee 'w-ohkepek', mos weeshtue' noo nep' kue maageen nepee'monee.
    So from then on at that time he went into training, and did not eat what other people ate.

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

  3. 'O gee' cho', Knokseemem' kue 'woogey son k'e-slekw; kolchee wohlkechee' tue' ko' 'o nerrgersem', weet kee chpee 'o nepem' kue meweemor 'we-romech 'ue-pewomek', 'ohlkuemee wok kem neeko'hl 'w-ohkepek' tue' wok kee chpee pew mehl kue nee'eeyen pegerk.
    He was told, Leave behind your white man's type of clothes; every morning you will gather sweathouse wood, and you will only eat the old man's niece's cooking, because she too was always in training and she alone cooked for the two men.

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

  4. Noohl weeshtue' kem 'ap 'o nerrger's tue' 'o kohtoh hegor noohl weeshtue' son' 'w-ohkepek'.
    Then he gathered sweathouse wood and kept himself in training for one month more.

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