Yurok dictionary

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

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Search index (70)

so-no-wok' I am, I am like, I behave, I do, I am a kind of

neee'-no-wok' I watch, I guard, I look, I look for, I look for

rue-ro-wok' I sing, I boil over, I sing

hlmey-yo-wok' I am mean, I am bad, I am hard to kill, I am nasty

hue-now' it boils, it sprouts, it grows

noh-sue-no-wok' I grow up (in a place), I pass my childhood (in a place), I am born (in a place)

no-'o-mue-no-wok' I am old, I endure (of things)

te-no-wo-hlek' I talk too much, I gossip, I talk maliciously

pe-rey-yo-wok'

wa's-'o-yo-wok' I am poor (not rich), I am ordinary

stue-no-wok' I am middle-aged

te-no-wohl-kek' I talk too much

chpue-ro-wok' I menstruate

hee-mue-no-wok' I grow fast, I grow well

kaa-mue-no-wok' I grow badly

no-no-wok' I fetch, I invite

se-key' it is hard, it is tough, it is difficult

see-sho-no-wok' I am like, I am so, I am that way

skue-no-wok' I grow well

ke-mo-ro-yo-wok' I sneak around, I am a sneak thief

ker-ger-ner-yer-wok' I am vain

noo-so-no-wok' I am useful, I am helpful

te-no-we-nek' I take much of, I take more of

t'ue-no-wok' I grow (of a plant)

'o'-lo-wok' I give (usually food)

'wes-kwe-lo-yo-wok' I am brave

chke-nue-no-wo-me-chek' I planted only a few (plants), I didn't plant very many (plants)

cho-yo-wok' I am nervous, I am sickly

hlmey-yohl-kwey-yo-wok' I am mean

hoh-se-pee-sho-no-wok' I do something shameful

hue-no-wom bring up (children), rear (children), raise (children)

hue-no-wo-me-chek' I bring up, I rear (a child)

hue-no-woo-chek' I grow

kaa-mue-no-wo-me-chek' I have bad luck with my plants

ke-so-muey-yo-wok' I am dead

ke'-le-tue-lo-wok' I release (involuntarily)

keem-chue-no-wok' I have offspring

keesh-per-wok' I am selfish, I guard jealously

kwoo-rey-yo-wok' I am slow

k'en-so-no-wok' I take care, I am sensible

k'lee-mo-wok' I feel ill

lo-'o-gey-yo-wok' I am black, I am dark-colored (human beings, tools, etc., plants, etc., trees, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc., flat things, house, boats)

me-ne-tue-lo-wok' I abduct

me-nue-no-wok' I disappear

me'-wo-mue-no-wok' I begin as, I grow from

mer-werk-see-sho-no-wok' I am clean

mue-lo-wok' I die (of an animal)

muen-chey-yo-wok' I am white

mues-chey-yo-wok' I am telling the truth

nehl-pey-yo-wok' I get into an accident

noo-see-sho-no-wok' I am comical, I am funny

nue-no-wok' I grow old, I grow up

pe-noh-pey-yo-wok' I am friendly, I am tame, I am good-natured, I am kind, I am kind-hearted

peer-werk-see-sho-no-wok' I am lovely

pyue-ro-wok' I perform the sacred rites at a dance, I purify myself

rek-'eee-no-wohl they sit

sa-'eyr-key-yo-wok' I am crazy

skue-no-wo-me-chek' I grow things well

sue'-lo-wok' I dash water on

sue'-ro-wok' I splash

swey-yok-see-sho-no-wok' I am rude

te-kue-no-wo-me-chek' I stick (things) together for planting

te-kue-now' it sticks together, it knits together (of broken bones)

te-nohl-key-yo-wok' I am stingy

te-nue-no-wok' I grow thickly, I grow in clumps

te-nue-no-wo-me-chek' I planted many (plants)

tes-to-yo-wok' I am taut, I am tense (of people or things)

tey-kue-no-wok' I grow together (with something)

wa's-'ee-sho-no-wok' I am pitiful, I am wretched

we-no-'o-mue-no-wok' I grow in (a particular) place

Dictionary entry

pe-rey-yo-wok'vi o-class • I grow old (of a woman)

Lexicon record # 2546 | Source references: FS(B211) JE233
Derivation: morphological structure perey-ow-o-

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Ha'p-'ehl-kok' kee-tee pe-rey-yo-wok'.
    I'm forgetting lots of things, I'm getting old.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02) (JB-01-02, 2001)

  2. Nek kee-tee ha'p-'ehl sa-'e-nee mee' kee-tee keech pe-rey-yo-wok'.
    I forget sometimes, because I'm getting old.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02) (JB-01-02, 2001)

  3. Kee-tee 'okw' 'nuuek ke'-mee pe-rey-yo-wok'.
    I won't have a child, I'm too old.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

  4. Keech stue-nem', keech stue-no-wok', keech pe-rey-yo-wok', keech me-wee-mork-'aa-yek', keech mee' kom-te-ne-pek'.
    You're mature, I'm mature, I'm an old woman, I'm an old man, I'm blind.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-028) (LA138-028, 1980)

  5. Keech pe-rey-yo-wok'.
    I am an old woman.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-050) (LA138-050, 1980)

  6. Keet pe-rey-yo-wok'.
    I am getting old (a woman).

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-050) (LA138-050, 1980)