Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -o- [-o-] • verb class suffix • o-class verb marker

Index order: alphabetical | text frequency

[click here to display all morphological elements]

Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic

Search index (82)

sonowok' I am, I am like, I behave, I do, I am a kind of

neee'nowok' I watch, I guard, I look, I look for, I look for

ruerowok' I sing, I boil over, I sing

hlmeyowok' I am mean, I am bad, I am hard to kill, I am nasty

huenow' it boils, it sprouts, it grows

nohsuenowok' I grow up (in a place), I pass my childhood (in a place), I am born (in a place)

chpe'royok' I listen, I inquire, I ask

no'omuenowok'

tenpeyok' I eat much, I eat a lot, I overeat

pereyowok' I grow old (of a woman)

wa's'oyowok' I am poor (not rich), I am ordinary

stuenowok' I am middle-aged

chpuerowok' I menstruate

heemuenowok' I grow fast, I grow well

kaamuenowok' I grow badly

myooleyonok' I push aside, I push over

sekey' it is hard, it is tough, it is difficult

seeshonowok' I am like, I am so, I am that way

skuenowok' I grow well

chmekohsok' I knock someone out, I stun

chpege'royok' I ask, I inquire

kemoroyowok' I sneak around, I am a sneak thief

kergerneryerwok' I am vain

noosonowok' I am useful, I am helpful

t'uenowok' I grow (of a plant)

'ekonorkwok' I keep safe (used of the spirits in regard to men)

'weskweloyowok' I am brave

chege'royok' I hear with distaste, I hear too often

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

hlmeyohlkweyowok' I am mean

hloypeyok' I taste

hohsepeeshonowok' I do something shameful

hooluuelowok' I carry (a load)

kesomueyowok' I am dead

ke'letuelowok' I release (involuntarily)

keemchuenowok' I have offspring

keeshperwok' I am selfish, I guard jealously

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

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

kwooreyowok' I am slow

k'ensonowok' I take care, I am sensible

k'leemowok' I feel ill

lo'ogeyowok' I am black, I am dark-colored (human beings, tools, etc., plants, etc., trees, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc., flat things, house, boats)

lo'oge'rok' I am black

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

menuenowok' I disappear

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

me'womuenowok' I begin as, I grow from

merwerkseeshonowok' I am clean

muelowok' I die (of an animal)

muencheyowok' I am white

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

muescheyowok' I am telling the truth

nehlpeyowok' I get into an accident

nekteyok' I admire the cleverness of a person

nooseeshonowok' I am comical, I am funny

nuenowok' I grow old, I grow up

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

penohpeyowok' I am friendly, I am tame, I am good-natured, I am kind, I am kind-hearted

pe'ron' it is big (houses)

peerwerkseeshonowok' I am lovely

pyuerowok' I perform the sacred rites at a dance, I purify myself

rek'eeenowohl they sit

sa'arkeyowok' I am crazy

seetohsok' I splinter, I chip into small pieces of uniform size

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

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

sue'lowok' I dash water on

sue'rowok' I splash

sweyokseeshonowok' I am rude

tekuenow' it sticks together, it knits together (of broken bones)

tenohlkeyowok' I am stingy

tenuenowok' I grow thickly, I grow in clumps

testoyowok' I am taut, I am tense (of people or things)

teykuenowok' I grow together (with something)

tkwar' it is short, low (of trees, etc., body parts, clothes, utensils)

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

wa's'eeshonowok' I am pitiful, I am wretched

weno'omuenowok' I grow in (a particular) place

'ohlpeyok' I eat from, I bite

'wahpewok' I marry (of a man)

Dictionary entry

no'omuenowok'vi o-class • I am old, I endure (of things)

Lexicon record # 2257 | Source references: R231 JE49
Derivation: morphological structure no'om-un-ow-o-

Other paradigm form

  • 3sg no'omuen' R38

Sentence examples (7)

  1. 'Owook kerrmeek' kee no'omuen'.
    Tomorrow he will be nine years old.

    Audio
    | Download | Password required

    — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)

  2. Wek keech no'omuenowok'.
    I am so many years old.

    Audio
    | Download | Password required

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-027) (LA138-027, 1980)

  3. Kel' kwelekw k'ee soo no'omuenowonee k'ee 'wes'onew tue' k'ee nee tegeytko'hl kee chpee 'e'goloyew.
    As long as the heavens endure you will just be hooting in the canyons.

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl" (GM1, 2004)

  4. K'ee kwen cho kee no'omuen' k'ee 'wes'onah, kee noohl megeykwele'weyk'.
    So long as the heavens endure, then I will mourn.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Mourning Dove" (LA16-1, 1951)

  5. Kel' kwelekw k'ee soo no'omuenowonee k'ee 'wes'onah tue' k'ee nee tegeytko'hl kee chpee nee 'e'goloyew.
    As long as the heavens endure you will just be hooting in the canyons.

    — Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)

  6. Noohl 'o gam' kue meweemor, K'ee keech no'omuen' k'ee 'wes'onah tue' nekah keech noohl wee' segonkee'.
    The old man said, As long as the heavens have endured this ceremony has been performed by us.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  7. Keech no'omuenowohl keech noohl 'we-rahcheen.
    They have been friends all their lives.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)