Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -ohp- [-ohp-] • medial suffix • water or liquid, especially if contained or rising • Variants -rhp-, -oh-, -oop-, -rh-

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rekwoh drink

lohpee'hl clouds gather, it is cloudy

plop' it is in spate, it floods

kaamop'

ket'op' it is in a pot (food), it is barked (shins)

swoopee'hl pour with rain, rain hard

mo'ohpeer fog

plerwernerp' it is high tide, it is high (of a river)

regohpeenek' I fill

mo'ohpeerk be foggy

myop' it is crowded

regop' it is full (of liquid)

rohpee'hl it clears (of weather)

'ekoyop' it is pliable, it is flexible, it is sticky, it is gummy

laakaamop' it is rough water on a river

lohpeenek' I scrape out

lerhperyehl drool, saliva, spittle

pekoyop' it is red (water)

swoopeenek' spill, pour, empty (trans.)

swoopoyoh burst forth, gush (liquid)

ta'anoop' it is hot, it gets hot (liquid)

testop' it coagulates

terperyerh be cold (liquids)

hewomop' it is warm (of liquids)

hlke'goop' slug, banana slug

hlkoop' slime

hoolohpeenek' I stir

keyomop' whirlpool

ke'mohpechek' I bail out

ke'mohpet bail out water

ke'mohpetechek' I bail out water

k'ohoolop' a liquid in the process of solidifying

laayop' it flows, it runs (of a liquid)

lerh saliva, spittle

regohpetek' I fill

rekwohpeyok' I drink

rohpeer semen

seeyoh slide (of a landslide), break (of a wave)

seeyohpeehl slide (of a landslide), break (of a wave)

seeyop' it slides (of a landslide), it breaks (of a wave)

skewop' it is calm (water)

stek'wop' reach a crest of high water, reach the highest point of the tide

swoop' it spilled

tenop be a lot of liquid

tenop' there is a lot of it (liquid)

teekwohpenek' I break a container or a boat

tkop' it is thick (of liquid)

terperyerp' it is cold (a liquid)

'O Keget'oh a place on the sandbar by Big Lagoon

'O Ket'oh Big Lagoon, a town on Big Lagoon

Dictionary entry

kaamop' • v imp e-class • it is rough water

Lexicon record # 730 | Source references: R204 JE113
Derivation: morphological structure kaam-ohp-e-

Special meaning or use

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Mos keech newok' weet 'we-soo kaamopek'.
    I've never seen such rough water.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-015) (LA138-015, 1980)

  2. Tue' kolchee plop', kem 'o kaamop' 'o yue'.
    And whenever it flooded, the water was rough there again.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)

  3. Kue nuemee laakaamopeen tue' laayonekw kue 'yoch kolo neemee kaamop' 'o wee' mee' kolo worue nee raayor'.
    The boat passed through patches of very rough water as though it was quite smooth, as it seemed to move along on top of the water.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  4. To' wee 'we-nuuewoyk' 'ue-kaamopek'.
    I have never seen such rough water.

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

  5. 'Imee kaamop'.
    It it not rough water.

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

  6. Neekee chue 'o kaamop'.
    It is rough water all the way.

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