Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -oo- [-oo-] • verb class suffix • oo-class verb marker

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nes-kwe-chok' I come, I arrive, I return

tmook' I shoot

wey-kok' I finish, I lay down (regulations), I end, I stop, I am done, I wean (a child)

me-ne-chok' I disappear, I vanish, I go away

me'-wo-me-chok' I come out, I come from

pkwe-chok' I come out

son-kok' I do (well or badly), I treat (well or badly)

huen-kek-sok' I open (something)

kwom-hle-chok' I return, I go back, I walk back

ske-wee-chok' I go slowly, I go easily, I go carefully, I put it in order, I do fine work, I do housework

kwoy-chok' I go slowly

me-ge-tohl-kwok' I look after, I care for, I protect, I take care of, I own

syaahl-kok' I kick

chpuer-kok' I take care, I do something carefully, I am easy on something, I touch it gently

hloy-kok' I try

ner-gery-kok'

te-wo-mehl-kok' I am glad, I am happy

tee-kwoh-sok' I break (trans.)

tmoo-lok' I shoot

yoh-pe-chok' I walk around, I turn around, I go around in a circle

hlmey-yor-kwok' I fear, I am afraid

ho-'o-moht-kok' I hurt, I injure

lech-ke-chok' I pull out

re-chok' I paddle, I row

sloyhl-ke-tok' I sweep

hlmey-kok' I treat badly, I provoke, I am mean to

keem-kok' I treat badly, I harm, I spoil, I punish

cheen-kok' I change (something)

hee-me-kok' I hurry (doing something)

ke-neek'-we-chok' I steer (a boat)

ne-ko-muey-kok' I know how, I have the mental ability

pe-geyr-kok' I dwell, I inhabit

skuey-kok' I treat well, I repair

sloy-chok' I descend, I go downhill

slo-'ehl-kok' I am thin, I am skinny (of people, animals)

son-chok' I paddle, I propel a boat, I paddle in a particular direction

'oh-pok' I am choking

hee-me-chok' I hurry (going somewhere)

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

no-no-wok' I fetch, I invite

se-keet-kok' I am strong

sooy-chok' I go quickly

ha'p-'ehl-kok' I forget

hokt-ke-tok' I butcher, I cut up

hop-ke-chok' I go starting from (a place)

hop-ke-kok' I begin, I start, I count

koh-too-lee-shok' I hit, I club

kwoy-kok' I do something slowly

laa-kwom-hle-chok' I return by a particular route

me-ne-ko-let-kok' I freeze (of people)

no-'o-mehl-kok' I am somewhere a long time

sle-kwe-chok' I stroke backward, I walk backward

te-kwoh-sok' I hit with something held in the hand (e.g., a rock or a club)

woy-chok' I am away at night

'e-kek-'o-lehl-kok' I have strong legs

'e-ket-kwe-lok' I tie up

'o'-lo-wok' I give (usually food)

che'-lohl-kok' I am stuck high and dry

choy-kok' I treat roughly

cho-yo-wok' I am nervous, I am sickly

chpaa-ne-chok' I am away

cher-gerh-cherhl-kok' I am lazy

cher-perhl-kok' I am strong

chyuuek'-we-chok' I steer (a boat)

hlke-roh-sok' I thump

hloy-chok' I walk carefully

kaa-meehl-kwok' I dream a doctor's dream, I have a bad dream

ke-kwo-nok' I break (intr.)

ke-lo-me-chok' I turn around

kep-'ehl-kwe-lok' I deafen

kerh-ter-'een-kok' I hit on the head

lo-moh-sok' I strike gently

meyr-kwe-chok' I go everywhere

me-gehl-ke-chok' I stroke, I caress, I touch lightly

me-ne-tue-lo-wok' I abduct

mew-pe-chok' I am sneaking, I sneak

mye-wo-le-sok' I push under water, I beat

myoo-lee-shok' I heave, I shove

naa-mek'-we-chok' I slow a boat (by swinging it and quartering on the river, or on the ocean when beaching a boat and it gets ahead of the swell and the bow is likely to pitch down and up-end)

nuer-'uern-chok' I climb

pe-chehl-koo-mo-yehl they have gravel on them

pe-goh-sok' I split

per-kwerh-sok' I peck, I knock

rech-kok' I dance in a particular direction

re-kwoh-pey-yok' I drink

rew-kwoh-sok' I soften (something), I make (something) limp

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

se'-le-tok' I scrape mud off

sle-kwoh-som' s/he dresses someone

smey-kok' I pick on, I provoke

soot-kok' I am strong, I am able

swehl-ko' it is scattered, it bursts

syuek'-wer-chok' I stretch my legs

te-kue-no-yok' I stick (them) together

te-poh-sok' I fix

tke-koh-sok' I jab, I pierce, I prick with a sharp object

tkek'-we'-lok' I boil

ter-werh-sok' I throw a pointed object (e.g. a stick or a rock)

twe-noh-sok' I pry up

t'k'e-roh-sok' I thump, I strike with the nail of the index finger, pressing it against the thumb and releasing it

ye-goh-sok' I squeeze, I press

ye-kwoh-sok' I bend (something), I fold

'on-chok' I paddle in a particular place, as in a formation

Dictionary entry

ner-gery-kok'vt oo-class • I help, I rescue

Lexicon record # 2302 | Source references: R232 JE231 JE111 AF(AG-02-2) YLCB24
Derivation: morphological structure nrgry-k-oo-

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Kue me-wee-mor kue wee' me-ge-tohl-kwo-meen kwe-lekw nek soo 'we-too'-meyr muehl-cho' 'ue-pee-cho-wos wee' kue mes-kwoh he-goh kue nek 'nep-sech ho ner-gery-ker-meen.
    The old man who looked after the pipes was a connection or perhaps the grandfather of the man who made the medicine and whom my father helped.

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

  2. 'O gam' Paa', noohl 'o gee', Kel' kee ner-gery-kerrm'; kel' kee pe-mem' k'ee he-won koh k'ee ne-puey.
    She said No, and then he said, You will help; you will cook the first salmon that we catch.

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

  3. Tue' wee 'o rek-'eeen wen-chokws, ko-leen kue we'-yon kue ho ner-gery-ker-meen tue' wo-'oot nee-kee 'uem-yah 'o 'er-ler-mer-kerhl kue 'ue-kery nows 'o nek' kue ne-pe'-weesh-neg 'ue'-wers wo-nues 'ap nek' kue ne-puey 'oyhl.
    Two women were sitting there, and one was the girl who was helping, and she jumped up and untied her hair tie, and took off the otterskin and put it on the salmon where it lay.

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

  4. Pekw-sue hes ke-lew ko ner-gery-ker-pa'?
    Won't you all help me?

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

  5. Kos-'el-son no-nee ho 'we-ner-gery-ker-paahl.
    I wish they had helped me more.

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

  6. Yo' ho ner-gery-ker-pa' mo-cho hoh-kue-mek' 'ne-lew.
    He used to help me when I was mending my nets.

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