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 so'n it happens

• collective sonowoo'm, sone'm R250

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

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

• iterative sego'n it happens regularly R250

Special meanings or uses

• kus so'n what is the matter? R250

• kus sonowo'm how are you? R250

• kwesi wi'iit so'n and that's the way it is JE8

• sku so'n good news JE61 JE94

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

Derived phrase or compound

• ko'l 'ne-so'n "my genitals (male or female)"

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (206)

1. chiiko'l so'n "he or she is unreliable" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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2. ko'l so'n "he or she is dead" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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3. pe'l so'n "big doings, celebration" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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4. wi'iit so'n "it is true" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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