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)

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

ro'opek' I run

srrhlrpek' I do, I cause

chwinkepek' I say, I speak, I pray

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

ro'onepek' I run

chpinepek' I wait

humonepek' I get warm, I am warm

komtenepek' I am blind

hl'o'ronepek' I stop moving

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

hohkepek'

hohsepek' I am ashamed

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

noo'repek' I follow

nowinepek' I am happy, I enjoy

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

skuyepek' I am good

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

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

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

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

raayo'repek' I run past, I move past

soonepek' I wear (clothes)

wesepek' I bathe myself, I wash myself

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

chegeyonahpimek' I am tired of

chegeyonepek' I am annoyed at (someone)

lehlkeloypek' I crawl

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

myaahlkepek' I jump, I jump at

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

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

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

chegeyonah get on someone's nerves, pest

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

chpinahpimek' I await

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

hlke'mohlkepek' I shut up

hlohlpepek' I lower myself down by my hands

hohsepishon shameful thing or person

hooro'repek' I run around

ho'omepek' I make a fire

kelomo'opek' I turn round

kimolah be bad

kimolahpek' I am bad

kwomkepek' I groan

myaahlkahpimek' I jump at

rootep' it is a particular time

skuykepek' I dress myself, I adorn myself

sminepek' I am a smart-aleck

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

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

chegeyoninepek' I am tired of

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

chpiigo'repek' I get ready for a race

chpinahpumek' I await

chpurkepek' I take care

hahpelinepek' I am lively, I am happy

himo'repek' I run quickly

hohsepishonek' I am shameful

hohsepishonowok' I do something shameful

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

hrgrmchrpek' I am unfaithful in marriage

kesomewepek' I am lonely

kiminepek' I feel bad, I am badly hurt

kominepek' I feel

kwomhlo'repek' I run back

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

laamyaahlkepek' I jump in front of

lenahpimek' I blame, I suspect

lepahtepek' I stretch, I crawl along

mewolepek' I disappear, I evaporate, I vanish

mo'ohkeloypek' I curl up

mulinepek' I am relieved of pain

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

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

plii'nepek' I am sarcastic

pyurinepek' I feel distracted, I feel nervy

remepek' I groan

saawoginepek' I feel cool, I am peaceful

sepinepek' I have my arms folded

sme'lenepek' I masturbate (of men)

srmrtrpek' I kill myself

swetonepek' I am tired out

tegerupek' I talk to 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

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)