Yurok dictionary

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

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Search index (46)

roo be a particular time, time, hour

lootek' I throw

Rek'woy Requa

lohpi'hl clouds gather, it is cloudy

roy flow, melt, river, stream

lehlkenek' I throw, I scatter, I sort

rohsimek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon

'ne-luhl my mouth

letkolek' I fly

lechkechok' I pull out

lechkenekw they are flooded

lolek' I fly

loolishoy knit (as in making a net)

rohkun ball

loo be thrown

regohpinek' I fill

rek'woy river mouth

rohko'r roll

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

lehlkelok' I bury, I bake, I plant seeds

lehlkeloypek' I crawl

lop' it comes in lumps, it flows slowly

regop' it is full (of liquid)

rohpi'hl it clears (of weather)

rootah sun ray

royk' it flows, it melts away

lechkenek' I knock down, I throw aside

lohpinek' I scrape out

lrhpryehl drool, saliva, spittle

rohpek'

rootep' it is a particular time

lehlkeloy crawl

loolah throw oneself down, plop down

loolishi' it is knitted

lrh saliva, spittle

regohpetek' I fill

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

rohkootek' I roll (something)

rohko'retek' I roll (something)

rohko'ronek' I roll myself

rohpir semen

rohtek'w testicle, scrotum, testes

roksimek' I trust

roogech there is an echo, echo

roogech' there is an echo

roykenoh melt (trans.)

Dictionary entry

rohpek'vi e-class • I float upward

Lexicon record # 2871 | Source reference: R243
Derivation: morphological structure r-ohpe-

Sentence example (1)

  1. Ku wonik 'we-rohpek' ku 'wo'hlp'e'y 'u-meraa 'o ga'm ku mewimor, Kwelekw ku roowo's wish 'we-sewepek'; kwelekw wi'iit kiki koosi ro'm tu' 'imoksu ko teloge'mo'w mehl hiko'ch'uk ho 'wes'onah.
    As the smoke from the angelica root drifted upward the old man said, This is the breath of the pipe; it will spread everywhere and there will be no sickness from here to the heavens.

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