Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -ur- [-uer-] • medial suffix • swim

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Search index (12)

ke-po-yue-rek' I swim

kue-rek' I float quietly on top of the water

we-no-'o-mue-rek'

rue-rek' I swim

raa-yue-rek' I swim

te-kwo-nue-rek' I jump down, I dive

hoo-rue-rek' I wade

knue-rek' I float, I swim quietly

ne-ko-mue-rek' I swim well

noo-rue-rek' I swim across

se-ko-yue-rek' I swim quickly

se-mo-yue-rek' I skim, I swim along the surface of the water, I jump in the river (to swim) while standing in it

Dictionary entry

we-no-'o-mue-rek' • vi e-class • I swim

Lexicon record # 3850 | Source references: R262 FS(LA138-002)
Derivation: morphological structure weno'om-ur-e-

Other paradigm form

  • collective we-no-'o-mue-reem'

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Po-yow we-no-'o-muer'.
    He's swimming in front.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-001) (LA138-001, 1980)

  2. Kues keech we-no-'o-mue-reem'?
    How far have they gotten (swimming in a race)?

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-006) (LA138-006, 1980)

  3. Tue' po roo, pa-'aahl 'e-la roo, 'o new keech we-no-'o-muer', keech ma hloom'.
    ... I threw it in the water and saw them swim, and they took them.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Feeding Otters" (LA181-31, 1986)

  4. Kwe-see kue weet 'o-wook ke-choyk 'o ne-wee' ko-lo 'ee ne-wee' 'we-sey-yek' kwe-lekw kol' sook poy 'ue-we-no-'o-mue-rehl.
    The next morning they looked and fancied they saw some things swimming ahead of them.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  5. Ko-lo 'ee ne-wee' 'we-sey-yek' kol' sook poy 'ue-we-no-'o-mue-rehl.
    It seemed that some things were swimming in front.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  6. Kel' kem wee' ho we-no-'o-mue-rem'.
    You swam there too.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)