Search index (37)
koh-toh one (round thing)
ploh-ke-lo-yek' I am big, (round things, plants, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, houses, boats) I am stout (human beings)
tmoh be broken
mo-'oh curl up
per-ker-yerh be red (round things)
roh-kuen ball
tmoh-ke-loy-tek' I break (trans.)
to-'o-noh four (round things)
nahk-soh three (round things)
roh-kor' roll
tmoh-ke-lo-yehl they are broken, they are broken in pieces (of bones, etc.)
to-mo-woh second element of compound numerals (round things)
s'ey-yoh pounding stone
tmoh-ke-loy-shok' I break (trans.), I break it by twisting or snapping
tmoh-ke-ree half
chey-koh be small (round things, houses)
ke-lo-moh turn (intr.), turn over
mo-'oh-ke-loy curl up
mo-'oh-ke-loy-tek'
ploh be big, (round things, plants, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, houses, boats) be stout (human beings)
po-po-loh be big (round things, muscles)
yerh-perh be round
mo-'oh-ke-lo-yehl they are round (and large)
mo-'oh-ke-loy-pek' I curl up
mo-'oh-ke-ro-yehl they are round (and small)
muen-cherh be white, (of round things) be light-colored (of plants, etc.)
perhl-kwerh be gray (round things)
per-mer-yerh rock used to make pemoyekw, waterproof, water-resistant, rainproof, smooth
roh-koo-tek' I roll (something)
roh-ko'-re-tek' I roll (something)
roh-ko'-ro-nek' I roll myself
sker-werh-kee-nee flat (rocks)
sker-werh-ker-yehl they are smooth, they are level, they are flat (round things, flat things)
ser-ker-yerh be hard, be unripe, be green (of fruit)
ser-per-yerh encircle, something that encircles
tmoh-ke-lue-mek' I break
tok-toh be a certain size (round objects)
Dictionary entry
mo-'oh-ke-loy-tek' • vt e-class • I make (something) into a ball, I clench (a fist)
Lexicon record # 1875 | Source references: R224 JE14 JE31
Derivation: morphological structure mo'-ohkeloy-et-e-
Other paradigm form
Other derivatives of the theme mo'ohk-
Special meaning or use
Sentence example
(1)
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Nee ma mo-'oh-ke-loyt' 'we-che-wes.
So he doubled up his fist.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)