Yurok dictionary

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

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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' it is torn, it has a tear

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'

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

tewon'vi e-class • it breaks (of rope or string)

Lexicon record # 3539 | Source reference: FS(B218)
Derivation: morphological structure tew-on-e-

Other paradigm forms

  • iterative tuuewon' it breaks all the time, it is brittle FS(B218)

  • attributive 3sg/3pl tewonee FS(B218)

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (2)

  1. tewon' "it breaks" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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