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 be bad weather
kaa-me-ge'hl it is bad weather, it is stormy
kaa-mok-see-mek' I dislike, I hate
kaa-mehl
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-mehl • n • dirt, grave, graveyard
Lexicon record # 714 | Source references: R204 JE42 JE62
Derivation: morphological structure kaam-ehl
Sentence examples
(2)
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Cho' ne-goh-se-nem' k'ee k'ehee-meyr k'e-'oon. Keech kaa-mehl, cho' kee k'e-wo-lee'.
Take off your dirty underwear. It's dirty, so it can be washed.
— Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1)
(AG-07-1,
2006)
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Kaa-mehl ko 'o ge-gok'.
I will go to the grave.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
