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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)
no'omuenowok' I am old, I endure (of things)
tenowohlek' I talk too much, I gossip, I talk maliciously
pereyowok'
wa's'oyowok' I am poor (not rich), I am ordinary
stuenowok' I am middle-aged
tenowohlkek' I talk too much
chpuerowok' I menstruate
heemuenowok' I grow fast, I grow well
kaamuenowok' I grow badly
nonowok' I fetch, I invite
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
kemoroyowok' I sneak around, I am a sneak thief
kergerneryerwok' I am vain
noosonowok' I am useful, I am helpful
tenowenek' I take much of, I take more of
t'uenowok' I grow (of a plant)
'o'lowok' I give (usually food)
'weskweloyowok' I am brave
chkenuenowomechek' I planted only a few (plants), I didn't plant very many (plants)
choyowok' I am nervous, I am sickly
hlmeyohlkweyowok' I am mean
hohsepeeshonowok' I do something shameful
huenowom bring up (children), rear (children), raise (children)
huenowomechek' I bring up, I rear (a child)
huenowoochek' I grow
kaamuenowomechek' I have bad luck with my plants
kesomueyowok' I am dead
ke'letuelowok' I release (involuntarily)
keemchuenowok' I have offspring
keeshperwok' I am selfish, I guard jealously
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)
menetuelowok' I abduct
menuenowok' I disappear
me'womuenowok' I begin as, I grow from
merwerkseeshonowok' I am clean
muelowok' I die (of an animal)
muencheyowok' I am white
muescheyowok' I am telling the truth
nehlpeyowok' I get into an accident
nooseeshonowok' I am comical, I am funny
nuenowok' I grow old, I grow up
penohpeyowok' I am friendly, I am tame, I am good-natured, I am kind, I am kind-hearted
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
skuenowomechek' I grow things well
sue'lowok' I dash water on
sue'rowok' I splash
sweyokseeshonowok' I am rude
tekuenowomechek' I stick (things) together for planting
tekuenow' it sticks together, it knits together (of broken bones)
tenohlkeyowok' I am stingy
tenuenowok' I grow thickly, I grow in clumps
tenuenowomechek' I planted many (plants)
testoyowok' I am taut, I am tense (of people or things)
teykuenowok' I grow together (with something)
wa's'eeshonowok' I am pitiful, I am wretched
weno'omuenowok' I grow in (a particular) place
Dictionary entry
pereyowok' • vi o-class • I grow old (of a woman)
Lexicon record # 2546 | Source references: FS(B211) JE233
Derivation: morphological structure perey-ow-o-
Sentence examples
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Ha'p'ehlkok' keetee pereyowok'.
I'm forgetting lots of things, I'm getting old.
— Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02)
(JB-01-02,
2001)
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Nek keetee ha'p'ehl sa'enee mee' keetee keech pereyowok'.
I forget sometimes, because I'm getting old.
— Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02)
(JB-01-02,
2001)
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Keetee 'okw' 'n-uuek ke'mee pereyowok'.
I won't have a child, I'm too old.
— Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03)
(JB-01-03,
2001)
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Keech stuenem', keech stuenowok', keech pereyowok', keech meweemork'aayek', keech mee' komtenepek'.
You're mature, I'm mature, I'm an old woman, I'm an old man, I'm blind.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-028)
(LA138-028,
1980)
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Keech pereyowok'.
I am an old woman.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-050)
(LA138-050,
1980)
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Keet pereyowok'.
I am getting old (a woman).
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-050)
(LA138-050,
1980)