Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -ehlk- [-ehlk-] • medial suffix • ground, body, person • Variants -hlk-, -echk-, -chk-, -etk-, -tk-, -ark-, -rhlk-, -rhl-, -ehl-

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Search index (102)

chaahl sand, beach

chaahlkemoyehl they are sandy

chaahlke's it is sandy (floors, ground, etc.)

chegahchehl be tired

chewihlkep'ak' I clear an area (e.g., by removing rocks from a path)

chewihlkesek' I clear an area (e.g., by removing rocks from a path)

chewihlketek' I clear an area (e.g., by removing rocks from a path)

chrgrhchrhl be tired, be lazy

chrgrhchrhlkok' I am lazy

chrprhl be strong

chrprhlkok' I am strong

ha'p'ehl forget

hewehl get up

hewehlkeloy get up

hewehlkeloyek' I get up

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

hlkr'mrkrhlkinek' I knot, I tie

hoolehlkenek' I stir a fire, I bank a fire

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

ho'omohtkok' I hurt, I injure

humonark' it is warm

humona'r be warm

kaamehl dirt, grave, graveyard

kaamehlkesek' I am dirty, I am rough

kehlkem red clay, floor

kep'ehl there is a housepit, hole in a tree, hole in the ground, housepit

kikrhl be dislocated (joint)

kikrhlkinek' I dislocate

kmoyhl

kmoyhlkesek' I lie down, I die

knetken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge

knetknet arrowhead, cartridge

knuhlkem deep gully, gorge

krrmrhl be dirty, be murky, not for drinking (liquid, water)

krrmrhlkrp' it is dirty (water)

kyrnikrhl sprain

kyrnikrt sprain

laamyaahlkepek' I jump in front of

laayetkolek' I fly along, I fly past, I fly by

lechkechok' I pull out

lechkenek' I knock down, I throw aside

lehlkelok' I bury, I bake, I plant seeds

lehlkeloy crawl

lehlkeloypek' I crawl

lehlkenek' I throw, I scatter, I sort

letkolek' I fly

mekwehl pile up, be in a heap, be piled up, heap, pile

mekwehlkenek' I pile up (trans.)

menehl go out (of a fire)

menehlkenek' I extinguish, I turn off

menekolet freeze (of people)

menekoletkok' I freeze (of people)

me'yehl stinging nettle

me'yehlkemoyehl they are full of nettles

myaahlkahpimek' I jump at

myaahlkepek' I jump, I jump at

myaahlkok' I jump

noowehlkenek' I gather

noowehlkinek' I gather

nrwryhl be clear, be transparent (rock)

nrwryhlkrp' it is clear, it is transparent (liquid, rock, paper, cloth)

pechehlkemoyehl they have gravel on them

pegar dwell, inhabit

pegarke's it has a foundation

pegarkok' I dwell, I inhabit

pegrk man, male person, real man, rich man, independent person, all-grown-up person

raahlkah build up, roof, dam, stepping stones

rechkok' I dance in a particular direction

sa'ahl have a fit, have a tantrum, ghost

sa'ahlkeyek' I have a tantrum

sa'ahlku'n it is haunted

sa'ar be crazy, crazy person, insane person

sa'arkeyek' I am crazy, I am insane

sa'arkeyowok' I am crazy

sekitkok' I am strong

ska'ehlkenek' I scatter by blowing

skewihlkep'ak' I make flat, I clear

skewihlketek' I make flat, I make clear, I level off

skewihlke's it is flat, it is clear

skrwihlkrp' it is clear (of water)

sloyhl dried eel

sloyhlkemek' I filet an eel, I flatten an eel

sloyhlkep'ak' I sweep clean

sloyhlketok' I sweep

sloyhlketoy sweep, broom

sloyhlketo' brush, broom

sloyhlket' it runs downhill (a path)

sloyhlkewek' I flatten eels

slo'ihl be thin, be skinny (of people, animals)

smarkit be toothless

smechken chipmunk

smehlkenek' I pull out (as hair, or grass)

sootkok' I am strong, I am able

swegehl gunshot

syaahl kick

s'rks'rrprhl hit in the mouth

tenehlkenek' I put a lot (of something on something)

tewomehl be glad, happy

'ekek'orehl have strong legs

'oyhl lie (down)

'oyhlkesek' I lie (down)

'woogeyehlkesek' I am holy

Dictionary entry

kmoyhl • vn • lie down, die

Lexicon record # 924 | Source reference: R208
Derivation: morphological structure kmoy-ehlk

Sentence examples (10)

  1. 'I kmoyhl.
    They're lying there.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)

  2. Ku tektoh pa'ahl 'i kmoyhl.
    That log is in the water.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)

  3. Yok ni kmoyhl.
    It's lying down.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-003) (LA138-003, 1980)

  4. Tektoh wi' ni kmoyhl.
    There are logs lying around.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-003) (LA138-003, 1980)

  5. Noohl wek ni kmoyhl.
    People are camping all around.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-003) (LA138-003, 1980)

  6. 'O kew wi' cho' ko lechkene'm, wek 'o kmoyhl skuyeni.
    Throw some (cooking rocks) into your burden basket, they lie nicely.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-008) (LA138-008, 1980)

  7. Cho' ko muhlso'm ki wek 'o kmoyhl.
    Wipe them all off.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-022) (LA138-022, 1980)

  8. 'Yonchik 'ok'w. 'Yonchik 'o kmoyhl.
    It's in the boat. It's lying in the boat.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-046) (LA138-046, 1980)

  9. Ku kich 'u-mechewolo' noohl lekwsish 'o le'mehl 'emki wishtu' 'i kmoyhl, kit 'o ko saawelehl, noohl 'esi me wegesah.
    When it had burned down they went outside and lay down, and began to cool off, and then they went to bathe.

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

  10. Kolo 'ne-'wrhlkr' wi 'i ko kmoyhl ho soo telek'.
    It seemed as if just my bones were left, I was so ill.

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