Dictionary entry
mo'ohkeloytek' • vt e-class • I make (something) into a ball, I clench (a fist)
Lexicon record # 1875 | Source reference(s):
R224 JE14 JE31
Derivation: morphological structure mo'-ohkeloy-et-e-
Other paradigm form
repetitive moomo'ohkeloytek' I make several balls R224
Other derivatives of the theme mo'ohk-
- mo'oh "curl up"
- mo'ohkeloy "curl up"
- mo'ohkeloyehl "they are round (and large)"
- mo'ohkeloypek' "I curl up"
- mo'ohkeroyehl "they are round (and small)"
Sentence examples (2)
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Mo'ohkeloyt' chewes.
He is clenching his fist.— Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences in Jessie Exline's Yurok Dictionary (YD, 1980s)
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Nee ma mo'ohkeloyt' 'we-chewes.
So he doubled up his fist.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)