Yurok dictionary

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-aa- [-aa-] • verb class suffix • aa-class verb marker

cheyk- [cheyk-] • root • small • Variant -chryk-

che'l- [chel'-] • root • dry

-e- [-e-] • verb class suffix • e-class verb marker

-ech- [-ech-] • intransitive final suffix • motion • Variants -ch-, -ich-, -rch-

-eg- [-eg-] • infix • iterative (expressing habitual, iterative, repeated, or intensive aspect)

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

-ek- [-ek-] • transitive final suffix • do something in a particular way • Variant -k-

-ekin- [-e-keen-] • medial suffix • strand, something thread-like and twisted

-en- [-en-] • final suffix (transitive or intransitive)

-ep- [-ep-] • intransitive final suffix • action of a person's body, action done to oneself ("reflexive"), or action done for oneself • Variants -p-, -op-, -rp-, -ahp-

-es- [-es-] • final suffix (transitive or intransitive)

-et- [-et-] • transitive final suffix • Variant -rt-

-etew- [-e-tew-] • medial suffix • fingers and palm of hand • Variants -rtrw-, -rtew-

-ew- [-ew-] • medial suffix • mouth

-e'wey- [-e'-wey-] • medial suffix • face, eyes

him- [heem-] • root • fast, quickly, hurriedly

hlk- [hlk-] • root • dirt, earth, ground

hloy- [hloy-] • root • try (to do something), (do something) carefully

-im- [-eem-] • transitive final suffix

kaam- [kaam-] • root • bad • Variant -krrm-

kelom- [ke-lom-] • root • turning, round • Variants -kerom-, -krlrm-

kep'- [kep'-] • root • flat surface

kim- [keem-] • root • bad

kwomhl- [kwomhl-] • root • back (around to a starting point)

kwoy- [kwoy-] • root • slow, slowly

l- [l-] • root • empty root (place-holder for suffixes) • Variant -r-

men- [men-] • root • disappeared, gone, out of view

-o- [-o-] • verb class suffix • o-class verb marker

-och- [-och-] • medial suffix • make sound • Variants -ooch-, -rch-, -oh-

-ohk- [-ohk-] • medial suffix • round • Variants -rhk-, -oh-

-ohp- [-ohp-] • medial suffix • water or liquid, especially if contained or rising • Variants -rhp-, -oh-, -oop-, -rh-

-ohs- [-ohs-] • medial suffix • press, strike • Variants -rhs-, -oh-, -rh-

-oks- [-oks-] • medial suffix • experience, feel, think • Variant -ok-

-oks- [-oks-] • medial suffix • flat

-ol- [-ol-] • medial suffix • fly

-on- [-on-] • intransitive final suffix • often used with inanimate states

-on- [-on-] • medial suffix • carry • Variant -rn-

-oo- [-oo-] • verb class suffix • oo-class verb marker

-ow- [-ow-] • intransitive final suffix • be or act in a particular way

-o'r- [-or'-] • medial suffix • run

-pey- [-pey-] • medial suffix • eat

pkw- [pkw-] • root • out (from an enclosed area into a more open area)

rewkw- [rewkw-] • root • soft, limp

sit- [seet-] • root • chipped, cracked apart, splintered

son- [son-] • root • thus, in a certain way (licensing an adverbial expression)

swech- [swech-] • root • torn, ragged

tm- [tm-] • root • broken, especially in half

-um- [-uem-] • transitive final suffix

-un- [-uen-] • medial suffix • grow

-ur- [-uer-] • medial suffix • swim

-uul- [-uuel-] • medial suffix • carry baggage

wey- [wey-] • root • end, finish • Variant -wry-

woy- [woy-] • root • overnight

yekw- [yekw-] • root • bent, folded