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 dirt, grave, graveyard
kaa-mue-no-wok' I grow badly
kaa-me-we-tek'
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-me-we-tek' • vi e-class • I have a bad taste in my mouth, I do not like the taste of something
Lexicon record # 721 | Source references: R204 JE134
Semantic
domain: food, drink, and cooking
Derivation: morphological structure kaam-ew-et-e-
Sentence example
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'Imee chee-wey' kue 'nep-sech 'ohl-kue-mee keet-kwo 'o kaa-me-wet' nee 'we-lue-hleek mehl kue ho ne-peen ne-puey.
My father was not hungry because he still had a bitter taste in his mouth
from the salmon he had eaten.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)