Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -ur- [-uer-] • medial suffix • swim

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Search index (12)

hoorurek' I wade

kepoyurek' I swim

knurek' I float, I swim quietly

kurek' I float quietly on top of the water

nekomurek' I swim well

noorurek' I swim across

raayurek' I swim

rurek' I swim

sekoyurek' I swim quickly

semoyurek' I skim, I swim along the surface of the water, I jump in the river (to swim) while standing in it

tekwonurek' I jump down, I dive

weno'omurek'

Dictionary entry

weno'omurek' • vi e-class • I swim

Lexicon record # 3850 | Source references: R262 FS(LA138-002)
Derivation: morphological structure weno'om-ur-e-

Other paradigm form

  • collective weno'omuri'm

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Poyow weno'omu'r.
    He's swimming in front.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-001) (LA138-001, 1980)

  2. Kus kich weno'omuri'm?
    How far have they gotten (swimming in a race)?

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-006) (LA138-006, 1980)

  3. Tu' po roo, pa'aahl 'ela roo, 'o new kich weno'omu'r, kich ma hloo'm.
    ... I threw it in the water and saw them swim, and they took them.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Feeding Otters" (LA181-31, 1986)

  4. Kwesi ku wit 'owook kechoyk 'o newi' kolo 'i newi' 'w-eseyek' kwelekw ko'l sook poy 'u-weno'omurehl.
    The next morning they looked and fancied they saw some things swimming ahead of them.

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

  5. Kolo 'i newi' 'w-eseyek' ko'l sook poy 'u-weno'omurehl.
    It seemed that some things were swimming in front.

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

  6. Ke'l kem wi' ho weno'omure'm.
    You swam there too.

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