Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

hehlpa' • vi aa-class • it is rising (water)

Lexicon record # 438 | Source reference(s): YLCB71 GT(AG3/27/2007)

Other paradigm form

• iterative hegehlpa'

Sentence examples (5)

1. Keech hegehlpa'.
   The river is rising.

   — Jimmie James, Discussion of boats and boating (JJ-VC-1, 2005)

2. Keet hegehlpa'.
   The water is rising.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)

3. Hegehlpa'.
   The river's rising.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 30: "Environment." (GT3-30, 2003)

4. Keech hegehlpa'.
   The river is rising.

   — Georgiana Trull, Jimmie James, and Josephine James, "Yurok Sentences" (CICD1, 1985)

5. Keetee hegehlpa'.
   The river is going to rise.

   — Georgiana Trull, Jimmie James, and Josephine James, "Yurok Sentences" (CICD1, 1985)