Yurok dictionary

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

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Search index (50)

cheykek'won' it is small (plants, etc.)

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

chkek'won' it is shallow, it is short

hereekwonek' I cough

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.)

myooleyonok' I push aside, I push over

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)

rewkwon' it is soft, it is limp

saawon' it is cold (of liquid)

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

swechon'

swetonepek' I am tired out

sweton' it cracks, it splits

tekonek' I wear (clothes)

tekon' it is added (in payment for an injury)

tektekon' it is sticky

tektekon' it grows in tufts

tepon' it is fixed, it stands (of things), it is rooted, it is vertical

tewon' it breaks (of rope or string)

teekwon' it is broken, it is shattered

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

swechon'vi • it is torn, it has a tear

Lexicon record # 3320 | Source references: JE137 JVP(JB-01-13) JJ(JB11/4/2002)
Derivation: morphological structure swech-on...

Other paradigm form

  • repetitive swechowechon' it's ragged LT(GAR16) • it's torn in more than one place, it's all torn up JJ(JB11/4/2002)

Representative examples

  • Naageen chpee 'o swechon'

    It's torn on one side
    JJ(JB11/4/2002)
  • Chpee kor' 'o swechon', tue kee kahchemew

    There's only one tear, but it can be mended
    JJ(JB11/4/2002)

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Keech swechon'
    It's split

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

  2. Jennie swechowechon' 'we-skery
    Jennie's dress is ragged

    — Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT) (GAR-LT, 1922)