Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: l- [l-] • root • empty root (place-holder for suffixes) • Variant -r-

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roo be a particular time, time, hour

loo-tek' I throw

Rek'-woy Requa

loh-pee'hl clouds gather, it is cloudy

roy flow, melt, river, stream

lehl-ke-nek'

roh-see-mek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon

'ne-luehl my mouth

let-ko-lek' I fly

lech-ke-chok' I pull out

lech-ke-nekw they are flooded

lo-lek' I fly

loo-lee-shoy knit (as in making a net)

roh-kuen ball

loo be thrown

re-goh-pee-nek' I fill

rek'-woy river mouth

roh-kor' roll

rom' it spreads (of a smell, etc.)

lehl-ke-lok' I bury, I bake, I plant seeds

lehl-ke-loy-pek' I crawl

lop' it comes in lumps, it flows slowly

re-gop' it is full (of liquid)

roh-pee'hl it clears (of weather)

roo-tah sun ray

royk' it flows, it melts away

lech-ke-nek' I knock down, I throw aside

loh-pee-nek' I scrape out

lerh-per-yehl drool, saliva, spittle

roh-pek' I float upward

roo-tep' it is a particular time

lehl-ke-loy crawl

loo-lah throw oneself down, plop down

loo-lee-shee' it is knitted

lerh saliva, spittle

re-goh-pe-tek' I fill

re'-ro-yok' I hear something which I don't see, as news, rumors, or something from far away

roh-koo-tek' I roll (something)

roh-ko'-re-tek' I roll (something)

roh-ko'-ro-nek' I roll myself

roh-peer semen

roh-tekw' testicle, scrotum, testes

rok-see-mek' I trust

roo-gech there is an echo, echo

roo-gech' there is an echo

roy-ke-noh melt (trans.)

Dictionary entry

lehl-ke-nek'vt e-class • I throw, I scatter, I sort

Lexicon record # 1372 | Source reference: R216
Derivation: morphological structure l-ehlk-ene-

Special meanings or uses

  • now lehl-ke-nek' I clear away, I make clear R216 JE31

  • nue lehl-ken sort JE125

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (9)

  1. lehl-ke-nek' "I throw, I scatter" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  2. lehl-ke-nee' "it is thrown, dropped" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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