Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -ow- [-ow-] • intransitive final suffix • be or act in a particular way

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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' I grow old (of a woman)

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'

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

tenowenek'vt e-class • I take much of, I take more of

Lexicon record # 3485 | Source reference: R254
Derivation: morphological structure ten-ow-en-e-

Special meaning or use

  • tenowen' s/he wears many clothes

Short recording (1) | Sentence example (1)

  1. tenowenek' "I took as much as I could; I took a lot" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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