Yurok dictionary

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

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tepo'n

tikwo'n it is broken, it is shattered

saawo'n it is cold (of liquid)

rewkwo'n it is soft, it is limp

teko'n it is added (in payment for an injury)

chkek'wo'n it is shallow, it is short

herikwonek' I cough

myooleyonok' I push aside, I push over

swecho'n it is torn, it has a tear

tewo'n it breaks (of rope or string)

cheykek'wo'n it is small (plants, etc.)

cheyke'ro'n it is small (trees, etc., houses)

hl'ewkwo'n it is broken open

hl'ohlko'n it crackles

hl'uhlkwo'n it explodes, shoots, goes off (of a gun, etc.)

knewe'lo'n it is long, it is tall, it is high (plants, trees, body parts, utensils, etc.)

kohtek'wo'n one (plant, etc.)

kokonewe'lo'n it is long (a tufted thing, grass, hair, etc.)

k'yoykwo'n it is slimy, slippery

lohlko'n it crackles

lo'oge'ro'n it is black, it is charred (trees, sticks, etc.)

mesi'ronun a slim man

mesi'ro'n he/she is slender, (human beings) it is thin, it is narrow (trees, etc., body parts, clothes, utensils, boats)

mewi'ro'n it is long and smooth

munche'ro'n it is white (tree, tree blossoms, etc.)

nahksek'wo'n three (plants, etc.)

na'ak'wo'n two (plants, etc.)

pekoye'ro'n it is red (round things, tools, etc., plants, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc., houses, boats)

pe'ro'n it is big (houses)

sito'n it cracks, it chips

skewihlo'n it is smooth, it is flat (of roads, etc.)

skewi'ro'n it is smooth (of trees, etc.)

suulikwo'n it is blunt, it is dull

swetonepek' I am tired out

sweto'n it cracks, it splits

tekonek' I wear (clothes)

tekteko'n it is sticky

tekteko'n it grows in tufts

tkwe'ro'n it is short, low (trees, etc., body parts, clothes, utensils)

tohtkwo'n it is rigid

tomak'wo'n second element of compound numerals (plants, etc.)

toomek'wo'n it is thick (plant, tree, etc.)

to'onek'wo'n four (plants, etc.)

twek'wo'n it is straight

twonek' I am nice (of a girl)

t'weykwo'n it is straight

t'yoykwo'n it is slippery

wehlowaawak'wo'n ten (plants, etc.)

yekwonehl a bend in a road

yekwo'n it is bent, it is folded

Dictionary entry

tepo'nvi e-class • it is fixed, it stands (of things), it is rooted, it is vertical [ro'oh is used as the plural]

Lexicon record # 3511 | Source references: R255 JE127 HIC69
Derivation: morphological structure tep-on-e-

Other paradigm form

  • attributive 3sg/3pl teponi R255

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (12)

  1. keromecho' 'o teponi "a place above Sregon (where a lone Ponderosa pine stood)" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

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  2. teponi "standing" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

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  3. tepo'n "it stands" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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