Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

sonowok' • vt o-class • I am, I am like, I behave, I do, I am a kind of

Lexicon record # 3216 | Source references: R250 JE8 JE16 JE17 JE79 YSRO479
Derivation: morphological structure son-ow-o-

Other paradigm forms

• 3sg son' it happens

• collective sonowoom', sonem' R250

• attributive 3sg/3pl sonenee in this way FS(B215)

• attributive 3sg/3pl sonowonee kind, sort R250 JE134

• iterative segon' it happens regularly R250

Special meanings or uses

• kues son' what is the matter? R250

• kues sonowom' how are you? R250

• kwesee wee'eeet son' and that's the way it is JE8

• skue son' good news JE61 JE94

• kol' sonowok' I die [literally, "I do something"] R250

Derived phrase or compound

• kol' 'ne-son' "my genitals (male or female)"

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (206)

1. cheeekol' son' "he or she is unreliable" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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2. kol' son' "he or she is dead" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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3. pel' son' "big doings, celebration" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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4. wee'eeet son' "it is true" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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