Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -ehlk- [-ehlk-] • medial suffix • ground, body, person • Variants -hlk-, -echk-, -chk-, -etk-, -tk-, -ark-, -rhlk-, -rhl-, -ehl-

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Search index (102)

pegerk man, male person, real man, rich man, independent person, all-grown-up person

'oyhl lie (down)

tewomehl be glad, happy

kmoyhl

lehlkenek' I throw, I scatter, I sort

mekwehl pile up, be in a heap, be piled up, heap, pile

chaahl sand, beach

ha'p'ehl forget

letkolek' I fly

me'yehl stinging nettle

raahlkah build up, roof, dam, stepping stones

ho'omohtkok' I hurt, I injure

laayetkolek' I fly along, I fly past, I fly by

lechkechok' I pull out

noowehlkenek' I gather

pegar dwell, inhabit

sloyhlketok' I sweep

kyerneekerhl sprain

menekolet freeze (of people)

sa'ar be crazy, crazy person, insane person

sloyhlketoy sweep, broom

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

pegarkok' I dwell, I inhabit

sloyhl dried eel

'oyhlkesek' I lie (down)

chergerhcherhl be tired, be lazy

hewehl get up

hoolehlkenek' I stir a fire, I bank a fire

kaamehl dirt, grave, graveyard

kmoyhlkesek' I lie down, I die

lehlkelok' I bury, I bake, I plant seeds

lehlkeloypek' I crawl

myaahlkepek' I jump, I jump at

pegarke's it has a foundation

sekeetkok' I am strong

ska'ehlkenek' I scatter by blowing

slo'eehl be thin, be skinny (of people, animals)

chaahlke's it is sandy (floors, ground, etc.)

chegahchehl be tired

cherperhl be strong

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

huemonark' it is warm

keekerhl be dislocated (joint)

knuehlkem deep gully, gorge

lechkenek' I knock down, I throw aside

menehl go out (of a fire)

menehlkenek' I extinguish, I turn off

menekoletkok' I freeze (of people)

myaahlkahpeemek' I jump at

sloyhlkewek' I flatten eels

smechken chipmunk

tenehlkenek' I put a lot (of something on something)

'woogeyehlkesek' I am holy

chaahlkemoyehl they are sandy

cheweehlkep'ak' I clear an area (e.g., by removing rocks from a path)

cheweehlkesek' I clear an area (e.g., by removing rocks from a path)

cheweehlketek' I clear an area (e.g., by removing rocks from a path)

chergerhcherhlkok' I am lazy

cherperhlkok' I am strong

hewehlkeloy get up

hewehlkeloyek' I get up

hlker'merkerhlkeenek' I knot, I tie

huemonar' be warm

kaamehlkesek' I am dirty, I am rough

kehlkem red clay, floor

kep'ehl there is a housepit, hole in a tree, hole in the ground, housepit

keekerhlkeenek' I dislocate

knetken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge

knetknet arrowhead, cartridge

kerrmerhl be dirty, be murky, not for drinking (liquid, water)

kerrmerhlkerp' it is dirty (water)

kyerneekert sprain

laamyaahlkepek' I jump in front of

lehlkeloy crawl

mekwehlkenek' I pile up (trans.)

me'yehlkemoyehl they are full of nettles

myaahlkok' I jump

noowehlkeenek' I gather

nerweryhl be clear, be transparent (rock)

nerweryhlkerp' it is clear, it is transparent (liquid, rock, paper, cloth)

pechehlkemoyehl they have gravel on them

rechkok' I dance in a particular direction

sa'ahl have a fit, have a tantrum, ghost

sa'ahlkeyek' I have a tantrum

sa'ahlkuen' it is haunted

sa'arkeyek' I am crazy, I am insane

sa'arkeyowok' I am crazy

skeweehlkep'ak' I make flat, I clear

skeweehlketek' I make flat, I make clear, I level off

skeweehlke's it is flat, it is clear

skerweehlkerp' it is clear (of water)

sloyhlkemek' I filet an eel, I flatten an eel

sloyhlkep'ak' I sweep clean

sloyhlketo' brush, broom

sloyhlket' it runs downhill (a path)

smarkeet be toothless

smehlkenek' I pull out (as hair, or grass)

sootkok' I am strong, I am able

swegehl gunshot

syaahl kick

s'erks'errperhl hit in the mouth

'ekek'orehl have strong legs

Dictionary entry

kmoyhl • vn • lie down, die

Lexicon record # 924 | Source reference: R208
Derivation: morphological structure kmoy-ehlk

Sentence examples (10)

  1. 'I kmoyhl.
    They're lying there.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)

  2. Kue tektoh pa'ahl 'ee kmoyhl.
    That log is in the water.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)

  3. Yok nee kmoyhl.
    It's lying down.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-003) (LA138-003, 1980)

  4. Tektoh wee' nee kmoyhl.
    There are logs lying around.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-003) (LA138-003, 1980)

  5. Noohl wek nee kmoyhl.
    People are camping all around.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-003) (LA138-003, 1980)

  6. 'O kew wee' cho' ko lechkenem', wek 'o kmoyhl skueyenee.
    Throw some (cooking rocks) into your burden basket, they lie nicely.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-008) (LA138-008, 1980)

  7. Cho' ko muehlsom' kee wek 'o kmoyhl.
    Wipe them all off.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-022) (LA138-022, 1980)

  8. 'Yoncheek 'okw'. 'Yoncheek 'o kmoyhl.
    It's in the boat. It's lying in the boat.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-046) (LA138-046, 1980)

  9. Kue keech 'ue-mechewolo' noohl lekwseesh 'o le'mehl 'emkee weeshtue' 'ee kmoyhl, keet 'o ko saawelehl, noohl 'esee me wegesah.
    When it had burned down they went outside and lay down, and began to cool off, and then they went to bathe.

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

  10. Kolo 'ne-'werhlker' wee 'ee ko kmoyhl ho soo telek'.
    It seemed as if just my bones were left, I was so ill.

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