Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -im- [-eem-] • transitive final suffix

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Search index (32)

chegeyonahpimek' I am tired of

chpinahpimek' I await

chpoksimek' I remember, I think back, I recollect

chprwrksimek' I remember, I think of someone, I miss someone, I pine for

hlmeyoksimek' I am suspicious of

kaamoksimek' I dislike, I hate

keychoksimek' I act on purpose

knoksimek' I leave it (behind), I abandon it, I forget it

k'enroksimek' I trust, I admire, I respect

k'ensoonoksimek' I dislike, I have hateful thoughts about

lenahpimek' I blame, I suspect

lohlkimek' I scold

ma'ahskimek' I spear

myaahlkahpimek' I jump at

naaginahpimek' I am afraid of

naaginepimek' I am afraid of, I feel apprehensive about

nektoksimek' I adore, I admire, I like (someone)

noksimek' I think of

pirwrksimek' I love

pkwoksimek' I find out (what somebody is thinking), I find (somebody) out

pyrwrksimek' I love

rohsimek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon

roksimek' I trust

skewoksimek' I want, I wish, I love, I like

sweyoksimek' I slight, I insult, I am aloof, I am disrespectful

tegoksimek' I praise

tenumonoksimek' I wish bad luck on, I cast a spell on

toksimek'

tyohpeyoksimek' I hate, I dislike

wa's'oksimek' I pity

wega'soksimek' I am unselfish

'ohpoksimek' I poison (someone)

Dictionary entry

toksimek' • vt e-class • I admire, I respect

Lexicon record # 3622 | Source references: R257 JE5 JE225
Semantic domain: feelings and emotions
Derivation: morphological structure t-oks-im-e-

Representative example

  • Ki toksimek' 'ne-chnew

    I will respect my son-in-law (if said by a father on accepting payment for a half-marriage, implying that his son-in-law's family would share in the marriage payments for the new couple's daughters)
    — WK-YM:3

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Ku ke'l k'e-too'mar nekach toksipe'n.
    Your friend likes me.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  2. Kelew hes niki chu toksimu' ku yo'hlkoh?
    Do you all admire them?

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)