Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -ohp- [-ohp-] • medial suffix • water or liquid, especially if contained or rising • Variants -rhp-, -oh-, -oop-, -rh-

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hewomop' it is warm (of liquids)

hlke'goop' slug, banana slug

hlkoop' slime

hoolohpinek' I stir

kaamop'

ket'op' it is in a pot (food), it is barked (shins)

keyomop' whirlpool

ke'mohpechek' I bail out

ke'mohpet bail out water

ke'mohpetechek' I bail out water

k'ohoolop' a liquid in the process of solidifying

laakaamop' it is rough water on a river

laayop' it flows, it runs (of a liquid)

lohpinek' I scrape out

lohpi'hl clouds gather, it is cloudy

lrh saliva, spittle

lrhpryehl drool, saliva, spittle

mo'ohpir fog

mo'ohpirk be foggy

myop' it is crowded

pekoyop' it is red (water)

plop' it is in spate, it floods

plrwrnrp' it is high tide, it is high (of a river)

regohpetek' I fill

regohpinek' I fill

regop' it is full (of liquid)

rekwoh drink

rekwohpeyok' I drink

rohpir semen

rohpi'hl it clears (of weather)

siyoh slide (of a landslide), break (of a wave)

siyohpihl slide (of a landslide), break (of a wave)

siyop' it slides (of a landslide), it breaks (of a wave)

skewop' it is calm (water)

stek'wop' reach a crest of high water, reach the highest point of the tide

swoopinek' spill, pour, empty (trans.)

swoopi'hl pour with rain, rain hard

swoopoyoh burst forth, gush (liquid)

swoop' it spilled

ta'anoop' it is hot, it gets hot (liquid)

tenop be a lot of liquid

tenop' there is a lot of it (liquid)

testop' it coagulates

tikwohpenek' I break a container or a boat

tkop' it is thick (of liquid)

trpryrh be cold (liquids)

trpryrp' it is cold (a liquid)

'ekoyop' it is pliable, it is flexible, it is sticky, it is gummy

'O Keget'oh a place on the sandbar by Big Lagoon

'O Ket'oh Big Lagoon, a town on Big Lagoon

Dictionary entry

kaamop' • v imp e-class • it is rough water

Lexicon record # 730 | Source references: R204 JE113
Derivation: morphological structure kaam-ohp-e-

Special meaning or use

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Mos kich newok' wit 'we-soo kaamopek'.
    I've never seen such rough water.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-015) (LA138-015, 1980)

  2. Tu' kolchi plop', kem 'o kaamop' 'o yu'.
    And whenever it flooded, the water was rough there again.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)

  3. Ku numi laakaamopin tu' laayonekw ku 'yoch kolo nimi kaamop' 'o wi' mi' kolo woru ni raayo'r.
    The boat passed through patches of very rough water as though it was quite smooth, as it seemed to move along on top of the water.

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

  4. To' wi 'we-nuuwoyk' 'u-kaamopek'.
    I have never seen such rough water.

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

  5. 'Imi kaamop'.
    It it not rough water.

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

  6. Niki chu 'o kaamop'.
    It is rough water all the way.

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