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ten-pe-we'hl it is raining, rain, storm
ten rain
rook'ws it blows (of wind), s/he is flatulent
loh-pee'hl clouds gather, it is cloudy
ror' it snows
ta-'a-noy'hl it is hot weather, it is sunny
ske-weg be good weather, be clear weather, be sunny weather
kaa-meg be bad weather
ro-ree' it snows
swoo-pee'hl
che-po-reg be cold weather
me-wech' it blows (wind), the wind is blowing in this direction
sah-ksah hail, hail
swerrk'ws there is a gust of wind, wind is blowing in this direction
kaa-me-ge'hl it is bad weather, it is stormy
mo-'oh-peer fog
ro-reer snow
ta' be hot weather, be sunny
che-po-re-ge'hl it is cold weather
che'-loy'hl it is dry weather, it evaporates, the river is narrow
mo-'oh-peerk be foggy
roh-pee'hl it clears (of weather)
rookw wind
hl'oh-ko'hl it thunders
lep-te-nok cloud, clouds blowing
mew blow in a particular direction (of wind)
me-wo-mech' it blows in a particular direction (of the wind)
me-wo-roh it is clearing (of weather), clouds are gone
ne-gah-se'-wey rainbow
ne-ge'hl the weather is (a certain way)
ske-we-ge'hl it is good weather, it is clear weather
serr-nerk'ws it is very windy weather
swe-goo-peehl pour with rain
ta-'ehl be hot weather
ton-pe-we'hl it is showery
che-po-re'hl it is cold weather
ho'-gon north wind, storm
ke-gey' there is lightning
ke'-ween 'we-leen hail
ke'y-pe'hl there is a flicker of lightning
k'e'-go' there is lightning
len-kwe'hl it is overcast, there is an eclipse
lep-te-nok-see'hl it is cloudy, it gets cloudy
lep-te-noyhl be cloudy, be misty
lew-kwe-nohl be cloudy
loh-kwo'hl it is dull weather
lerp-sue-wery' it is covered in mist
lerp-ter-nue-'er-wery' it is bad weather
maay clear (of weather), pass by
me-we's
ne-keech-wey rainbow
rew-kwo'hl it is misty
se-gep 'ue-pery rainbow
skue-weg be good weather
skue-we-ge'hl it is good weather
wo-news-le-pah rainbow
wo-nue 'we-laa-ye-kah rainbow
Dictionary entry
swoo-pee'hl • vn • pour with rain, rain hard
Lexicon record # 3340 | Source references: JE66 JE109 YLCB70
Semantic
domain: weather
Derivation: morphological structure sw--oopihl-
Sentence examples
(5)
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Keech swoo-pee'hl.
It's really raining.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the
sky.)"
(GT3-17,
2003)
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Keech swe-goo-pee'hl.
It's raining really hard off and on.
— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns
(JB-01-12,
2001)
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Keech swoo-pee'hl.
It's pouring.
— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns
(JB-01-12,
2001)
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Swoo-pee'hl.
It's pouring.
— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Bipersonal Verbs and Descriptive Verbs
(JB-02-08b,
2001)
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K'e-ne-go'hl keech swoo-pee'hl, k'e-ne-go'hl keech wee' raa-yor'.
It repeatedly rains, it repeatedly runs past.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-005)
(LA138-005,
1980)