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'

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' I dress myself, I adorn myself

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

hohkepek'vi e-class • I am in training, I practice

Lexicon record # 537 | Source references: R200 JE138 YSRO473 MPY190 YLCB108
Derivation: morphological structure hohk-ep-e-

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Kitu hohkepek'.
    I'm going to practice.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 28: "Where are you going?" (GT3-28, 2003)

  2. Niki ku wit 'o no'ohl 'emki 'w-ohkepek', mos wishtu' noo nep' ku maagin nepi'moni.
    So from then on at that time he went into training, and did not eat what other people ate.

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

  3. 'O gi' cho', Knoksime'm ku 'woogey son k'e-slekw; kolchi wohlkechi' tu' ko' 'o nrrgrse'm, wit ki chpi 'o nepe'm ku mewimor 'we-romech 'u-pewomek', 'ohlkumi wok kem niko'hl 'w-ohkepek' tu' wok ki chpi pew mehl ku ni'iyen pegrk.
    He was told, Leave behind your white man's type of clothes; every morning you will gather sweathouse wood, and you will only eat the old man's niece's cooking, because she too was always in training and she alone cooked for the two men.

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

  4. Noohl wishtu' kem 'ap 'o nrrgr's tu' 'o kohtoh hegor noohl wishtu' so'n 'w-ohkepek'.
    Then he gathered sweathouse wood and kept himself in training for one month more.

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