Yurok dictionary
Morphology search: l- [l-] • root • empty root (place-holder for suffixes) • Variant -r-
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lech-ke-chok' I pull out
lech-ke-nekw they are flooded
lech-ke-nek' I knock down, I throw aside
lehl-ke-lok' I bury, I bake, I plant seeds
lehl-ke-loy crawl
lehl-ke-loy-pek' I crawl
lehl-ke-nek' I throw, I scatter, I sort
let-ko-lek' I fly
loh-pee-nek' I scrape out
loh-pee'hl clouds gather, it is cloudy
lo-lek' I fly
loo be thrown
loo-lah throw oneself down, plop down
loo-lee-shee' it is knitted
loo-lee-shoy knit (as in making a net)
loo-tek' I throw
lop' it comes in lumps, it flows slowly
lerh saliva, spittle
lerh-per-yehl drool, saliva, spittle
re-goh-pe-tek' I fill
re-goh-pee-nek' I fill
re-gop' it is full (of liquid)
rek'-woy river mouth
Rek'-woy Requa
re'-ro-yok' I hear something which I don't see, as news, rumors, or something from far away
roh-koo-tek' I roll (something)
roh-kor' roll
roh-ko'-re-tek' I roll (something)
roh-ko'-ro-nek' I roll myself
roh-kuen ball
roh-pek'
roh-peer semen
roh-pee'hl it clears (of weather)
roh-see-mek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon
roh-tekw' testicle, scrotum, testes
rok-see-mek' I trust
roo be a particular time, time, hour
roo-gech there is an echo, echo
roo-gech' there is an echo
roo-tah sun ray
roo-tep' it is a particular time
roy flow, melt, river, stream
roy-ke-noh melt (trans.)
royk' it flows, it melts away
rom' it spreads (of a smell, etc.)
'ne-luehl my mouth
Dictionary entry
roh-pek' • vi e-class • I float upward
Lexicon record # 2871 | Source reference: R243
Derivation: morphological structure r-ohpe-
Sentence example
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Kue wo-neek 'we-roh-pek' kue 'wo'hl-p'ey' 'ue-me-raa 'o gam' kue me-wee-mor, Kwe-lekw kue roo-wo's weesh 'we-se-we-pek'; kwe-lekw wee-'eeet kee-kee koo-see rom' tue' 'ee-mok-sue ko te-lo-ge'-mow' mehl hee-ko'ch-'uek ho 'wes-'o-nah.
As the smoke from the angelica root drifted upward the old man said,
This is the breath of the pipe; it will spread everywhere and
there will be no sickness from here to the heavens.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)