Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: l- [l-] • root • empty root (place-holder for suffixes) • Variant -r-

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Search index (46)

lechkechok' I pull out

lechkenekw they are flooded

lechkenek' I knock down, I throw aside

lehlkelok' I bury, I bake, I plant seeds

lehlkeloy crawl

lehlkeloypek' I crawl

lehlkenek' I throw, I scatter, I sort

letkolek' I fly

lohpinek' I scrape out

lohpi'hl clouds gather, it is cloudy

lolek' I fly

loo

loolah throw oneself down, plop down

loolishi' it is knitted

loolishoy knit (as in making a net)

lootek' I throw

lop' it comes in lumps, it flows slowly

lrh saliva, spittle

lrhpryehl drool, saliva, spittle

regohpetek' I fill

regohpinek' I fill

regop' it is full (of liquid)

rek'woy river mouth

Rek'woy Requa

re'royok' I hear something which I don't see, as news, rumors, or something from far away

rohkootek' I roll (something)

rohko'r roll

rohko'retek' I roll (something)

rohko'ronek' I roll myself

rohkun ball

rohpek' I float upward

rohpir semen

rohpi'hl it clears (of weather)

rohsimek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon

rohtek'w testicle, scrotum, testes

roksimek' I trust

roo be a particular time, time, hour

roogech there is an echo, echo

roogech' there is an echo

rootah sun ray

rootep' it is a particular time

roy flow, melt, river, stream

roykenoh melt (trans.)

royk' it flows, it melts away

ro'm it spreads (of a smell, etc.)

'ne-luhl my mouth

Dictionary entry

loo • vn • be thrown

Lexicon record # 1453 | Source reference: R217
Derivation: morphological structure lool-

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Kwelekw kich koosi maama'epoyew, 'yonchik 'eme loo, mi' kich chegeyonahpi' ku Segep ku kich no'omehl 'o wi'.
    He was all tied up, and thrown into the boat, because people were fed up with Coyote ever since he had been there.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  2. Wi kich cho ko'si chegeyonahpi', kwesi wi'iit noohl 'yonchik me ko loo.
    So he was now hated by everyone, and therefore he was thrown into the boat.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  3. Kwesi' hlow hlkeli 'o loo, 'u-'wrhlkr' chpikom.
    Finally they threw him down on the ground, only his bones were left.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)