Yurok dictionary

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

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tepon'

teekwon' it is broken, it is shattered

saawon' it is cold (of liquid)

rewkwon' it is soft, it is limp

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

chkek'won' it is shallow, it is short

hereekwonek' I cough

myooleyonok' I push aside, I push over

swechon' it is torn, it has a tear

tewon' it breaks (of rope or string)

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

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

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.)

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)

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

swetonepek' I am tired out

sweton' it cracks, it splits

tekonek' I wear (clothes)

tektekon' it is sticky

tektekon' it grows in tufts

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

tepon'vi e-class • it is fixed, it stands (of things), it is rooted, it is vertical [ro'oh is used as the plural]

Lexicon record # 3511 | Source references: R255 JE127 HIC69
Derivation: morphological structure tep-on-e-

Other paradigm form

  • attributive 3sg/3pl teponee R255

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (12)

  1. keromecho' 'o teponee "a place above Sregon (where a lone Ponderosa pine stood)" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

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  2. teponee "standing" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

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  3. tepon' "it stands" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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