Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -oks- [-oks-] • medial suffix • experience, feel, think • Variant -ok-

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chegaanoksek' I forgive

che'look be thirsty

che'looksek' I am dry, I am thirsty

chkenoowok be very stupid, be very poor

chkenoowoksek' I am very stupid, I am very poor

chmeyowok stubborn

chmrk be angry, person who pouts, moody person

chpoksek' I think, I meditate

chpoksimek' I remember, I think back, I recollect

chprwrk remember, think of, miss, pine for, become lonesome for

chprwrksek' I remember, I long for, I think about

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

heyomoksek' I am lucky

heyomoksishon lucky person

himrksek' I hurry (going somewhere)

hlmeyoksimek' I am suspicious of

hooroksek' I am cunning, I am clever

kaamok be disliked

kaamoksimek' I dislike, I hate

keychok act on purpose

keychoksimek' I act on purpose

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

kochpoksek' I think over, I meditate

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

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

me'lomoksishon nauseating person

me'lomoksishonek' I am a nauseating person

mrwrksishon be clean, clean person

mrwrksishonowok' I am clean

nektok like (a favorite), pity

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

nektoksisho'n likable person

noksimek' I think of

nrryrksek' I betray a trust

nrryrwrksek' I am betrayed

pirwrk love

pirwrksimek' I love

pirwrksinew lovely

pirwrksishon loveable person

pirwrksishonowok' I am lovely

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

pyrwrksimek' I love

roksimek' I trust

skewok want, wish, love, like

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

soonoksek' I think

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

sweyoksishonowok' I am rude

tegoksimek' I praise

tektomoksek' I am angry, I am mad

tenoowok be very wise, be very rich, educated person, well educated, high man

tenoowoksek' I am very wise, I am very rich

tenumonok have bad luck wished on one, bad luck, spirits, insane

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

tenumonoksoyek' I have bad luck wished upon me

toksimek' I admire, I respect

tyohpeyok hate, dislike

tyohpeyoksimek' I hate, I dislike

tyohpeyoksishon hateful person

wa's'ok

wa's'oksimek' I pity

wa's'oksishon object of pity

wega'sok be unselfish

wega'soksimek' I am unselfish

weyoksek' I am poisoned, I have cancer

'ohpok be poisoned, poison

'ohpoksek' I am choking

'ohpoksimek' I poison (someone)

Dictionary entry

wa's'okvn • pity • Variant wa'sok

Lexicon record # 3786 | Source references: R261 JE104 YLCB50 R261
Semantic domain: feelings and emotions
Derivation: morphological structure wa's'-oks

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Wishtu' wish soo wa'sok 'w-esek' kwesi wit ho soo hoole'm 'oohl tu' kwelas kich ho noo wishtu' ko hohku'm.
    And so he was full of pity that this was how they the people had lived and now he himself had taken part.

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

  2. Kich mo'ok'w nekach ki wa'sok to' yo' nowkwope'n.
    There was no one to pity me, so she is looking after me.

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