Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -ep- [-ep-] • intransitive final suffix • action of a person's body, action done to oneself ("reflexive"), or action done for oneself • Variants -p-, -op-, -rp-, -ahp-

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Search index (97)

che-gey-yo-nah get on someone's nerves, pest

che-gey-yo-nah-pee-mek' I am tired of

che-gey-yo-ne-pek' I am annoyed at (someone)

che-gey-yo-nee-ne-pek' I am tired of

chee-ne-pek' I am irritated, I have an irritation, I am upset

chpaa-nee-ne-pek' I take a long time, I feel the time dragging

chpeee-go'-re-pek' I get ready for a race

chpee-nah-pee-mek' I await

chpee-nah-pue-mek' I await

chpee-ne-pek' I wait

chpuer-ke-pek' I take care

chween-ke-pek' I say, I speak, I pray

hah-pe-lee-ne-pek' I am lively, I am happy

he-wehl-ke-loy-pek' I get up, I get out of bed, I wake up

hee-mo'-re-pek' I run quickly

hlke'-mohl-ke-pek' I shut up

hlohl-pe-pek' I lower myself down by my hands

hl'o'-re-pek' I stop (running or walking)

hl'o'-ro-ne-pek' I stop moving

hoh-ke-pek'

hoh-se-pek' I am ashamed

hoh-se-pee-shon shameful thing or person

hoh-se-pee-sho-nek' I am shameful

hoh-se-pee-sho-no-wok' I do something shameful

hom-che-pek' I fool, I trick, I fool around with

hom-te-pek' I play, I play with, I am happy

hoo-ro'-re-pek' I run around

hoyhl-ke-pek' I flap, I roll around, I flop, I wiggle

ho-'o-me-pek' I make a fire

her-germ-cher-pek' I am unfaithful in marriage

hue-mo-ne-pek' I get warm, I am warm

ke-lo-mo-'o-pek' I turn round

ke-so-me-we-pek' I am lonely

kee-mee-ne-pek' I feel bad, I am badly hurt

kee-mo-lah be bad

kee-mo-lah-pek' I am bad

kee-mo-le-pek' I am bad, I act bad, I am rude

ko-mee-ne-pek' I feel

kom-te-ne-pek' I am blind

koo-'o-pek' I stand (of people, animals)

kwom-hlo'-re-pek' I run back

kwom-ke-pek' I groan

kye'-wo-lep' it capsizes, someone turns over (e.g. in a boat or a wagon)

laam-yaahl-ke-pek' I jump in front of

lehl-ke-loy-pek' I crawl

le-nah-pee-mek' I blame, I suspect

le-pah-te-pek' I stretch, I crawl along

me-ge-nep' it moves or stretches in an elastic way (like an inchworm, or in a belly-ache or body building), it (someone's stomach) aches

me-ge-tohl-kwe-pek' I look after myself

me-wo-le-pek' I disappear, I evaporate, I vanish

mo-'oh-ke-loy-pek' I curl up

mue-lee-ne-pek' I am relieved of pain

myaahl-kah-pee-mek' I jump at

myaahl-ke-pek' I jump, I jump at

myo'-re-pek' I challenge, I attack (physically or verbally)

naa-gee-nah-pek' I am awe-struck, I am afraid

naa-gee-nah-pee-mek' I am afraid of

naa-gee-ne-pek' I am awe-struck, I am afraid, I have that nagging feeling of fear, I am worried, I have a premonition

naa-gee-ne-pee-mek' I am afraid of, I feel apprehensive about

nahs-chee-ne-pek' I do not feel like doing something, I am tired, I am careful

nekch-pue-mek' I meet

noo-wo'-re-pek' I complete a journey, I run in, I run up

noo'-re-pek' I follow

no-se-pek' marry into a family (said of a bride)

no-wee-ne-pek' I am happy, I enjoy

peesh-'o-ne-pek' I am scaly, I have scales on me (e.g., after working with fish)

pkwo'-re-pek' I run out (from an enclosed area)

plep' she is pregnant, (women) it is big (trees, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc.)

pleee'-ne-pek' I am sarcastic

pyue-ree-ne-pek' I feel distracted, I feel nervy

raa-yo'-re-pek' I run past, I move past

re-me-pek' I groan

roo-tep' it is a particular time

ro-'o-ne-pek' I run

ro-'o-pek' I run

saa-wo-gee-ne-pek' I feel cool, I am peaceful

se-pee-ne-pek' I have my arms folded

se-we-pek' I breathe, I sigh, I suppress my grief

ske-wee-ne-pek' I am replete, I am full (from eating)

skuey-ye-pek' I am good

skuey-ke-pek' I dress myself, I adorn myself

sme'-le-ne-pek' I masturbate (of men)

smee-ne-pek' I am a smart-aleck

so-nee-ne-pek' I feel, I think (a particular way)

soo-ne-pek' I wear (clothes)

ser-mer-ter-pek' I kill myself

serr-hler-pek' I do, I cause

swe-to-ne-pek' I am tired out

swey-yo-nee-ne-pek' I am aloof, I don't want to associate, I fade

te-ge-rue-pek' I talk to myself

tkwe-pek' I am short (human beings, animals and birds, worms and ropes, etc.)

we-se-pek' I bathe myself, I wash myself

wey-ke-pek' I stretch

yoh-po'-re-pek' I run around (something)

'e-ko-ne-pek' I hold on to, I hang on to, I hold myself back

'oo-lo-'o-pek' I stand

'oo'-re-pek' I run behind or in front of someone else

Dictionary entry

hoh-ke-pek'vi e-class • I am in training, I practice

Lexicon record # 537 | Source references: R200 JE138 YSRO473 MPY190 YLCB108
Derivation: morphological structure hohk-ep-e-

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Kee-tue hoh-ke-pek'.
    I'm going to practice.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 28: "Where are you going?" (GT3-28, 2003)

  2. Nee-kee kue weet 'o no-'ohl 'em-kee 'woh-ke-pek', mos weesh-tue' noo nep' kue maa-geen ne-pee'-mo-nee.
    So from then on at that time he went into training, and did not eat what other people ate.

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

  3. 'O gee' cho', Knok-see-mem' kue 'woo-gey son k'es-lekw; kol-chee wohl-ke-chee' tue' ko' 'o nerr-ger-sem', weet kee chpee 'o ne-pem' kue me-wee-mor 'we-ro-mech 'ue-pe-wo-mek', 'ohl-kue-mee wok kem nee-ko'hl 'woh-ke-pek' tue' wok kee chpee pew mehl kue nee-'ee-yen pe-gerk.
    He was told, Leave behind your white man's type of clothes; every morning you will gather sweathouse wood, and you will only eat the old man's niece's cooking, because she too was always in training and she alone cooked for the two men.

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

  4. Noohl weesh-tue' kem 'ap 'o nerr-ger's tue' 'o koh-toh he-gor noohl weesh-tue' son' 'woh-ke-pek'.
    Then he gathered sweathouse wood and kept himself in training for one month more.

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