Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -ep- [-ep-] • intransitive final suffix • action of a person's body, action done to oneself ("reflexive"), or action done for oneself • Variants -p-, -op-, -rp-, -ahp-

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Search index (97)

chegeyonah get on someone's nerves, pest

chegeyonahpimek' I am tired of

chegeyonepek' I am annoyed at (someone)

chegeyoninepek' I am tired of

chinepek' I am irritated, I have an irritation, I am upset

chpaaninepek' I take a long time, I feel the time dragging

chpiigo'repek' I get ready for a race

chpinahpimek' I await

chpinahpumek' I await

chpinepek' I wait

chpurkepek' I take care

chwinkepek' I say, I speak, I pray

hahpelinepek' I am lively, I am happy

hewehlkeloypek' I get up, I get out of bed, I wake up

himo'repek' I run quickly

hlke'mohlkepek' I shut up

hlohlpepek' I lower myself down by my hands

hl'o'repek' I stop (running or walking)

hl'o'ronepek' I stop moving

hohkepek' I am in training, I practice

hohsepek' I am ashamed

hohsepishon shameful thing or person

hohsepishonek' I am shameful

hohsepishonowok' I do something shameful

homchepek' I fool, I trick, I fool around with

homtepek' I play, I play with, I am happy

hooro'repek' I run around

hoyhlkepek' I flap, I roll around, I flop, I wiggle

ho'omepek' I make a fire

hrgrmchrpek' I am unfaithful in marriage

humonepek' I get warm, I am warm

kelomo'opek' I turn round

kesomewepek' I am lonely

kiminepek' I feel bad, I am badly hurt

kimolah be bad

kimolahpek' I am bad

kimolepek' I am bad, I act bad, I am rude

kominepek' I feel

komtenepek' I am blind

koo'opek' I stand (of people, animals)

kwomhlo'repek' I run back

kwomkepek' I groan

kye'wolep' it capsizes, someone turns over (e.g. in a boat or a wagon)

laamyaahlkepek' I jump in front of

lehlkeloypek' I crawl

lenahpimek' I blame, I suspect

lepahtepek' I stretch, I crawl along

megenep' it moves or stretches in an elastic way (like an inchworm, or in a belly-ache or body building), it (someone's stomach) aches

megetohlkwepek' I look after myself

mewolepek' I disappear, I evaporate, I vanish

mo'ohkeloypek' I curl up

mulinepek' I am relieved of pain

myaahlkahpimek' I jump at

myaahlkepek' I jump, I jump at

myo'repek' I challenge, I attack (physically or verbally)

naaginahpek' I am awe-struck, I am afraid

naaginahpimek' I am afraid of

naaginepek' I am awe-struck, I am afraid, I have that nagging feeling of fear, I am worried, I have a premonition

naaginepimek' I am afraid of, I feel apprehensive about

nahschinepek' I do not feel like doing something, I am tired, I am careful

nekchpumek' I meet

noowo'repek' I complete a journey, I run in, I run up

noo'repek' I follow

nosepek' marry into a family (said of a bride)

nowinepek' I am happy, I enjoy

pish'onepek' I am scaly, I have scales on me (e.g., after working with fish)

pkwo'repek' I run out (from an enclosed area)

plep' she is pregnant, (women) it is big (trees, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc.)

plii'nepek' I am sarcastic

pyurinepek' I feel distracted, I feel nervy

raayo'repek' I run past, I move past

remepek' I groan

rootep' it is a particular time

ro'onepek' I run

ro'opek' I run

saawoginepek' I feel cool, I am peaceful

sepinepek' I have my arms folded

sewepek' I breathe, I sigh, I suppress my grief

skewinepek' I am replete, I am full (from eating)

skuyepek' I am good

skuykepek'

sme'lenepek' I masturbate (of men)

sminepek' I am a smart-aleck

soninepek' I feel, I think (a particular way)

soonepek' I wear (clothes)

srmrtrpek' I kill myself

srrhlrpek' I do, I cause

swetonepek' I am tired out

sweyoninepek' I am aloof, I don't want to associate, I fade

tegerupek' I talk to myself

tkwepek' I am short (human beings, animals and birds, worms and ropes, etc.)

wesepek' I bathe myself, I wash myself

weykepek' I stretch

yohpo'repek' I run around (something)

'ekonepek' I hold on to, I hang on to, I hold myself back

'oolo'opek' I stand

'oo'repek' I run behind or in front of someone else

Dictionary entry

skuykepek'vi e-class • I dress myself, I adorn myself

Lexicon record # 3115 | Source reference: R248
Derivation: morphological structure skuy-k-ep-e-

Other paradigm form

  • iterative 3sg skeguykep' s/he is neat, s/he is tidy JE93

Sentence example (1)

  1. Kwesi kich 'ela skuykep' ku locho'm noohl 'o gi' ku negenich, Ney, kus cho' soo newoyek'?
    The toad dressed herself and then said to the mouse, My dear, how do I look?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)