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tepon' it is fixed, it stands (of things), it is rooted, it is vertical
teekwon' it is broken, it is shattered
saawon' it is cold (of liquid)
rewkwon' it is soft, it is limp
tekon' it is added (in payment for an injury)
chkek'won'
hereekwonek' I cough
myooleyonok' I push aside, I push over
swechon' it is torn, it has a tear
tewon' it breaks (of rope or string)
cheykek'won' it is small (plants, etc.)
cheyke'ron' it is small (trees, etc., houses)
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.)
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)
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
swetonepek' I am tired out
sweton' it cracks, it splits
tekonek' I wear (clothes)
tektekon' it is sticky
tektekon' it grows in tufts
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
Sentence examples
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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)
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Komchuem' 'ochkeech koosee chkee'mow'.
He knew that they had all just gone to sleep.
— Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon"
(LA16-3,
1951)