Yurok dictionary

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

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Search index (50)

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' it is shallow, it is short

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'

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

muenche'ron'vi o-class • it is white (tree, tree blossoms, etc.)

Lexicon record # 1952 | Source references: R225 JE148
Semantic domain: colors
Derivation: morphological structure munch-e'r-on-o-

Other paradigm form

  • attributive 3sg/3pl muenche'rononee