Yurok dictionary

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rohpek'

Dictionary entry

rohpek' • vi e-class • I float upward

Lexicon record # 2871 | Source reference(s): R243
Derivation: morphological structure r-ohpe-

Sentence example (1)

  1. Kue woneek 'we-rohpek' kue 'wo'hlp'e'y 'ue-meraa 'o ga'm kue meweemor, Kwelekw kue roowo's weesh 'we-sewepek'; kwelekw wee'eeet keekee koosee ro'm tue' 'eemoksue ko teloge'mo'w mehl heeko'ch'uek ho 'wes'onah.
    As the smoke from the angelica root drifted upward the old man said, This is the breath of the pipe; it will spread everywhere and there will be no sickness from here to the heavens.

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