Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -ohk- [-ohk-] • medial suffix • round • Variants -rhk-, -oh-

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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

  • repetitive moo-mo-'oh-ke-loy-tek' I make several balls R224

Other derivatives of the theme mo'ohk-

Special meaning or use

  • Mo-'oh-ke-loyt' che-wes He is clenching his fist JE31

Sentence example (1)

  1. 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)