Morphology search: -ohs- [-ohs-] • medial suffix • press, strike • Variants -rhs-, -oh-, -rh-
Inflected verbs with this suffix mainly belong to the oo-class. The basic meaning in most cases seems to involve pressure, striking, or sudden action.
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chme-koh knock out (stun)
chme-koh-sok' I knock someone out, I stun
hlke-roh thump
hlke-roh-sok' I thump
lo-moh-sok' I strike gently
lo'-moh pummel
pe-goh-sok' I split
pe-toh-sok' I step on it
per-kwerh peck, knock, beak
per-kwerh-sok' I peck, I knock
rew-kwoh soften, make limp
rew-kwoh-sok' I soften (something), I make (something) limp
see-toh splinter, chip into small pieces of uniform size
see-toh-sok' I splinter, I chip into small pieces of uniform size
swe-choh-sok' I tear (something)
te-kwoh-sok' I hit with something held in the hand (e.g., a rock or a club)
te-poh-sok' I fix
tee-kwoh-sok' I break (trans.)
tke-koh jab, pierce
tke-koh-sok' I jab, I pierce, I prick with a sharp object
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 strike with the nail of the index finger, pressing it against the thumb and releasing it, thump
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
ye-kwoh-sok' I bend (something), I fold
ye-kwoh • vn • fold
Note: The headword ye-kwoh is inferred from its derivatives, but it is not itself directly documented.
Lexicon record # 4129 |
Derivation: morphological structure yekw-oh
Other paradigm form
repetitive ye-kwo-ye-kwoh fold several things FS(B220)
Sentence example (1)
Nek 'och-kaa ye-kwo-ye-kwoh 'neslekw.
I am folding clothes.
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— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)