Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: kaam- [kaam-] • root • bad • Variant -krrm-

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Search index (21)

kaa-mop' it is rough water

kaa-meg

kaa-me-ge'hl it is bad weather, it is stormy

kaa-mok-see-mek' I dislike, I hate

kaa-mehl dirt, grave, graveyard

kaa-mue-no-wok' I grow badly

kaa-me-we-tek' I have a bad taste in my mouth, I do not like the taste of something

laa-kaa-mop' it is rough water on a river

kaa-mehl-ke-sek' I am dirty, I am rough

kaa-mes evil water creature, shark

kaa-mew it is bitter, it tastes bad, it is sour

kaa-mee-hlek' I dream a doctor's dream, I dream about pain, I have a bad dream

kaa-meehl-kwok' I dream a doctor's dream, I have a bad dream

kaa-mok be disliked

kaa-mo-pee' rough water, rapids

kaa-mom' stink

kaa-mo'-mo-lek' I stink

kaa-mue-no-wo-me-chek' I have bad luck with my plants

kaa-muueks bastard

kerr-merhl be dirty, be murky, not for drinking (liquid, water)

kerr-merhl-kerp' it is dirty (water)

Dictionary entry

kaa-meg • vn imp • be bad weather

Lexicon record # 712 | Source reference: R204
Semantic domain: weather
Derivation: morphological structure kaameg

Sentence examples (5)

  1. Nee-ko'hl 'weten, keech kaa-meg.
    It's always raining, the weather is bad.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-015) (LA138-015, 1980)

  2. To' nue-mee kaa-meg 'ee le'-moh.
    Although the weather was bad we went all the same.

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

  3. Nahk-sey 'ne'-yoch 'we-teekw-tee-kwo-nehl ho soo kaa-meg.
    Three of my boats have been broken it was such bad weather.

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

  4. To' nue-mee kaa-meg 'ee le'-moh so pe-chue.
    Although the weather was bad we went up the river.

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

  5. Ko-lo kee-tee nue-mee kaa-meg.
    It looks like being very bad weather.

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