Yurok dictionary

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

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Search index (50)

cheykek'won' it is small (plants, etc.)

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

chkek'won'

hereekwonek' I cough

hl'ewkwon' it is broken open

hl'ohlkon' it crackles

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

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

kohtek'won' one (plant, etc.)

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

k'yoykwon' it is slimy, slippery

lohlkon' it crackles

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

mesee'ronuen a slim man

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

mewee'ron' it is long and smooth

muenche'ron' it is white (tree, tree blossoms, etc.)

myooleyonok' I push aside, I push over

nahksekw'on' three (plants, etc.)

na'ak'won' two (plants, etc.)

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

pe'ron' it is big (houses)

rewkwon' it is soft, it is limp

saawon' it is cold (of liquid)

seeton' it cracks, it chips

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

skewee'ron' it is smooth (of trees, etc.)

suueleekwon' it is blunt, it is dull

swechon' it is torn, it has a tear

swetonepek' I am tired out

sweton' it cracks, it splits

tekonek' I wear (clothes)

tekon' it is added (in payment for an injury)

tektekon' it is sticky

tektekon' it grows in tufts

tepon' it is fixed, it stands (of things), it is rooted, it is vertical

tewon' it breaks (of rope or string)

teekwon' it is broken, it is shattered

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

tohtkwon' it is rigid

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

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

to'onek'won' four (plants, etc.)

twek'won' it is straight

twonek' I am nice (of a girl)

t'weykwon' it is straight

t'yoykwon' it is slippery

wehlowaawak'won' ten (plants, etc.)

yekwonehl a bend in a road

yekwon' it is bent, it is folded

Dictionary entry

chkek'won'vi e-class • it is shallow, it is short

Lexicon record # 152 |
Derivation: morphological structure chk-ek'w-on-e-

Other paradigm form

  • attributive 3sg/3pl chkek'wonee R192

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Kwesee kue keech 'o wey kue kol' 'we-nepek', 'o gem', To' wee' keech roo keekee 'ne-chkeyek', kwesee 'o koosee lem' kue keetee 'we-chkee'mow'.
    When he had finished eating, he said, Now it is time for me to sleep, and they all went away to sleep.

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

  2. Komchuem' 'ochkeech koosee chkee'mow'.
    He knew that they had all just gone to sleep.

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)