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che-gaa-nok-sek' I forgive
che'-look be thirsty
che'-look-sek' I am dry, I am thirsty
chke-noo-wok be very stupid, be very poor
chke-noo-wok-sek' I am very stupid, I am very poor
chmey-yo-wok stubborn
chmerk be angry, person who pouts, moody person
chpok-sek' I think, I meditate
chpok-see-mek' I remember, I think back, I recollect
chper-werk
chper-werk-sek' I remember, I long for, I think about
chper-werk-see-mek' I remember, I think of someone, I miss someone, I pine for
hey-yo-mok-sek' I am lucky
hey-yo-mok-see-shon lucky person
hee-merk-sek' I hurry (going somewhere)
hlmey-yok-see-mek' I am suspicious of
hoo-rok-sek' I am cunning, I am clever
kaa-mok be disliked
kaa-mok-see-mek' I dislike, I hate
key-chok act on purpose
key-chok-see-mek' I act on purpose
knok-see-mek' I leave it (behind), I abandon it, I forget it
koch-pok-sek' I think over, I meditate
k'en-rok-see-mek' I trust, I admire, I respect
k'en-soo-nok-see-mek' I dislike, I have hateful thoughts about
me'-lo-mok-see-shon nauseating person
me'-lo-mok-see-sho-nek' I am a nauseating person
mer-werk-see-shon be clean, clean person
mer-werk-see-sho-no-wok' I am clean
nek-tok like (a favorite), pity
nek-tok-see-mek' I adore, I admire, I like (someone)
nek-tok-see-shon' likable person
nok-see-mek' I think of
nerr-yerk-sek' I betray a trust
nerr-yer-werk-sek' I am betrayed
peer-werk love
peer-werk-see-mek' I love
peer-werk-see-new lovely
peer-werk-see-shon loveable person
peer-werk-see-sho-no-wok' I am lovely
pkwok-see-mek' I find out (what somebody is thinking), I find (somebody) out
pyer-werk-see-mek' I love
rok-see-mek' I trust
ske-wok want, wish, love, like
ske-wok-see-mek' I want, I wish, I love, I like
soo-nok-sek' I think
swey-yok-see-mek' I slight, I insult, I am aloof, I am disrespectful
swey-yok-see-sho-no-wok' I am rude
te-gok-see-mek' I praise
tek-to-mok-sek' I am angry, I am mad
te-noo-wok be very wise, be very rich, educated person, well educated, high man
te-noo-wok-sek' I am very wise, I am very rich
te-nue-mo-nok have bad luck wished on one, bad luck, spirits, insane
te-nue-mo-nok-see-mek' I wish bad luck on, I cast a spell on
te-nue-mo-nok-so-yek' I have bad luck wished upon me
tok-see-mek' I admire, I respect
tyoh-pey-yok hate, dislike
tyoh-pey-yok-see-mek' I hate, I dislike
tyoh-pey-yok-see-shon hateful person
wa's-'ok pity
wa's-'ok-see-mek' I pity
wa's-'ok-see-shon object of pity
we-ga'-sok be unselfish
we-ga'-sok-see-mek' I am unselfish
wey-yok-sek' I am poisoned, I have cancer
'oh-pok be poisoned, poison
'oh-pok-sek' I am choking
'oh-pok-see-mek' I poison (someone)
Dictionary entry
chper-werk • vn • remember, think of, miss, pine for, become lonesome for
Lexicon record # 271 | Source references: R194 JE111 YLCB34
Semantic
domain: feelings and emotions
Derivation: morphological structure chprw-oks
Special meaning or use
Sentence examples
(9)
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Keech chper-werk 'ne-chek.
I'm lonely for my mother.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 8: "Look! Observations"
(GT3-08,
2003)
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Keech chper-werk.
I'm remembering.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 12: "How do you feel?"
(GT3-12,
2003)
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Nee-kol' 'nechper-werk kue 'e-ma neee-ge'-yoh.
I always think of the time we were together.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-017)
(LA138-017,
1980)
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Keech wey 'nechper-werk.
I quit thinking about it.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021)
(LA138-021,
1980)
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Mo-cho keech chper-werk noohl 'o te-ge-tehl.
Whenever she thinks of that person she cries.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-057)
(LA138-057,
1980)
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Nee-ko'hl 'nech-per-werk kue me 'ne-neee-ge'-yoh.
I always remember the walk we took together.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
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Noohl 'o chper-werk 'ne-sek' kyue' nee 'okw' 'ne-cheeek.
Then I remembered my money was there.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
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'Ochkeech chper-werk.
I have just thought of it.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
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Nek nee-ko'hl 'nech-per-werk kue 'wehl-ke-lo-nah kue 'o ko ne-wo-choh.
I always remember the place where I saw you.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
