Yurok dictionary
Your search: semantic domain rocks and inanimate natural objects
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency
Broader semantic domain: physical world
Related semantic domain(s):
landscape, place names, astronomy and the sky, weather
Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic
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chaahl sand, beach
chek-che-'eehl prayer rock
chkem-koh flint used in face tattooing
ha-'aag rock
hlkehl land, ground, clay, dirt
hlkey-yom clay
hlke'-mah ladder, stepping stones
hlkohl mud
hlkoo-lon be muddy, mud
kehl-kem red clay, floor
koy-kuuel' hollow rock (lucky)
neee-gem flint, obsidian
pehl-kohl pebbles, gravel
pehl-koo pebble
pe-mo-yekw rock dish, a hollowed rock used in cooking to collect grease drippings
pe-wo-lah terrace, stones used to pave a floor
pey-ken colored mud
pe'-wol soapstone
pon-tet ashes
per-mer-yerh
pern-cherch dust
re-ko-yoysh white flint used for cutting
s'ey-yoh pounding stone
t'ohl-t'ohl mud, swampy ground
'ehl-kehl clay
'ne-kwol my fishing rock, my claim, my title, my fishing place
Dictionary entry
per-mer-yerh 1 • n • rock used to make pemoyekw 2 • vn • waterproof, water-resistant, rainproof, smooth
Lexicon record # 2692 | Source references: R240 JE33 JE109 AF(JB-02-09)
Semantic
domain: rocks and inanimate natural objects
Derivation: morphological structure pemey-rhk
Representative examples
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Prmer-yerh son'
It is smooth
— R240 -
Kol-nee per-meryh kue ha-'aag
The rock is smooth
— AF(JB-02-09)
Short recordings (2)
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per-mer-yerh 'wech'-wo-na' "rain coat" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)
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per-mer-yerh 'we-'e-kah "rain hat" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)