Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -un- [-uen-] • medial suffix • grow

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chaanuen young shoot of a plant

chkenuenowomechek' I planted only a few (plants), I didn't plant very many (plants)

heemuenowok' I grow fast, I grow well

huenowom bring up (children), rear (children), raise (children)

huenowomechek' I bring up, I rear (a child)

huenowoochek' I grow

huenoyohl transform, be transformed (of 'woogey after the coming of people), change into other beings (of animals, etc. in stories)

huenoyohlkoyek' be transformed (of 'woogey after the coming of people)

huenow' it boils, it sprouts, it grows

kaamuenowok' I grow badly

kaamuenowomechek' I have bad luck with my plants

keemchuenowok' I have offspring

menuenowok' I disappear

mesee'ronuen a slim man

me'womuenowok' I begin as, I grow from

nohsuenowok' I grow up (in a place), I pass my childhood (in a place), I am born (in a place)

no'omuen be old, endure (of things)

no'omuenowok' I am old, I endure (of things)

nuenowok' I grow old, I grow up

sa'ahlkuen' it is haunted

skuenowok' I grow well

skuenowomechek' I grow things well

stuenowok' I am middle-aged

tekuenehl they are stuck together, they grow together

tekuenetek' I stick (them) together

tekuenowomechek' I stick (things) together for planting

tekuenoyohlek' I stick (them) together

tekuenoyok' I stick (them) together

tekuenow' it sticks together, it knits together (of broken bones)

tenuenowok' I grow thickly, I grow in clumps

tenuenowomechek' I planted many (plants)

teykuenowok' I grow together (with something)

t'uenowok' I grow (of a plant)

weno'omuenowok'

Dictionary entry

weno'omuenowok'vi o-class • I grow in (a particular) place

Lexicon record # 3849 | Source reference: YN234
Derivation: morphological structure weno'om-un-ow-o-

Special meaning or use

  • chpaak weno'omuen old age, grow old JE97