Yurok dictionary

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

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Search index (103)

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'

hloy-kok' I try

ner-gery-kok' I help, I rescue

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

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

Lexicon record # 277 | Source references: R194 JE28 AF(JB-02-11)
Derivation: morphological structure chpur-k-oo-

Other paradigm form

  • attributive 3sg/3pl chpuer-ko-nee careful R194

Special meaning or use

  • cho' chpuer-kom' be careful!, be gentle with it! AF(JB-02-11)

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Cho' chpuer-ko'-mow' wee' k'e-laa-yeem' ow' kue laas, ... kee k'e-lehl-koo'.
    Be careful walking on that trail. You might fall ...

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  2. Cho' chpuer-kom' kee k'e-saa-'a-go-chek'.
    Be careful in speaking Yurok.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)

  3. Cho' chpuer-kom'.
    Be careful.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)

  4. Cho' nue-mee chpuer-koom' wo-neek k'e-soo-nek' weet nue-mee 'o kwoy-te-mel' cho 'o-lo-ne-mem'.
    Lift it up very carefully, and carry it like this right on your shoulder.

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

  5. Noohl 'e-nue-mee chpuer-kom' soo chyuuek'-wen' 'o me-chee.
    Then she sat down carefully by the fire.

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

  6. Tue chuehl ne'-ges 'nekaap-'ehl! Cho' chpuer-koom' 'ne-kaap-'ehl!
    Take my plant! Take care of my plant!

    — Lame Billy, Gambling medicine formula (Ac, 1902)