Morphology search: -e'wey- [-e'-wey-] • medial suffix • face, eyes
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meykwele'weyek' I mourn, I cry
nekte'wey bump one's face
no'moye'weyek' I lie pointing or facing in a particular direction
tegoye'wey' it sticks out
kwere'weyek' I have a pointy face, I have a sharp tongue
mue'uekwole'wey
swektkeloo'weyek' I am warty
toome'weyek' I have a broad face
hahkwse'wey smiling face
hergeekwser'weyek' I smile
herkwsue'weryek' I have a smiling face
keykwele'weyek' I close my eyes
keemerlue'erweryek' I am ugly, I am homely
kwere'wey' dugout canoe
mewole'weyek' I wipe one's eyes
mue'uekwole'wey' s/he scowls, it is overcast
mye'wey' it bends sharply (of a river)
perkeryue'erweryek' I am blushing, I am sunburnt
swetkele'wey' s/he is warty
s'oope'weyetek' I hit in the face
s'oope'wey' be hit in the face
tookso'weyetek' I hit (someone) in the face
welogoo'weyek' I am fat faced
'elee'weyek' I am stupid
mue'uekwole'wey • n • swell (at sea), blunt wedge • Variant mue'uehkwole'wey
Lexicon record # 1975 | Source reference: R226
Derivation: morphological structure mu'ukwol-e'wey
Sentence example (1)
Nue hl'os kue mue'uehkwole'wey!
Go and fetch the wedge!
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)