Yurok dictionary

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roh-pek'

Dictionary entry

roh-pek' • vi e-class • I float upward

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

Sentence example (1)

  1. Kue wo-neek 'we-roh-pek' kue 'wo'hl-p'e'y 'ue-me-raa 'o ga'm kue me-wee-mor, Kwe-lekw kue roo-wo's weesh 'we-se-we-pek'; kwe-lekw wee-'eeet kee-kee koo-see ro'm tue' 'ee-mok-sue ko te-lo-ge'-mo'w mehl hee-ko'ch-'uek ho 'wes-'o-nah.
    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)