Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -o- [-o-] • verb class suffix • o-class verb marker

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sonowok' I am, I am like, I behave, I do, I am a kind of

nii'nowok' I watch, I guard, I look, I look for, I look for

rurowok' I sing, I boil over, I sing

hlmeyowok' I am mean, I am bad, I am hard to kill, I am nasty

huno'w it boils, it sprouts, it grows

nohsunowok'

chpe'royok' I listen, I inquire, I ask

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

tenpeyok' I eat much, I eat a lot, I overeat

pereyowok' I grow old (of a woman)

wa's'oyowok' I am poor (not rich), I am ordinary

stunowok' I am middle-aged

chpurowok' I menstruate

himunowok' I grow fast, I grow well

kaamunowok' I grow badly

myooleyonok' I push aside, I push over

seke'y it is hard, it is tough, it is difficult

sishonowok' I am like, I am so, I am that way

skunowok' I grow well

chmekohsok' I knock someone out, I stun

chpege'royok' I ask, I inquire

kemoroyowok' I sneak around, I am a sneak thief

krgrnryrwok' I am vain

noosonowok' I am useful, I am helpful

t'unowok' I grow (of a plant)

'ekonorkwok' I keep safe (used of the spirits in regard to men)

'weskweloyowok' I am brave

chege'royok' I hear with distaste, I hear too often

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

hlmeyohlkweyowok' I am mean

hloypeyok' I taste

hohsepishonowok' I do something shameful

hooluulowok' I carry (a load)

kesomuyowok' I am dead

ke'letulowok' I release (involuntarily)

kimchunowok' I have offspring

kishprwok' I am selfish, I guard jealously

knewe'lo'n it is long, it is tall, it is high (plants, trees, body parts, utensils, etc.)

kokonewe'lo'n it is long (a tufted thing, grass, hair, etc.)

kwooreyowok' I am slow

k'ensonowok' I take care, I am sensible

k'limowok' 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)

lo'oge'rok' I am black

lo'oge'ro'n it is black, it is charred (trees, sticks, etc.)

menunowok' I disappear

mesi'ro'n he/she is slender, (human beings) it is thin, it is narrow (trees, etc., body parts, clothes, utensils, boats)

mewi'ro'n it is long and smooth

me'womunowok' I begin as, I grow from

mrwrksishonowok' I am clean

mulowok' I die (of an animal)

muncheyowok' I am white

munche'ro'n it is white (tree, tree blossoms, etc.)

muscheyowok' I am telling the truth

nehlpeyowok' I get into an accident

nekteyok' I admire the cleverness of a person

noosishonowok' I am comical, I am funny

nunowok' I grow old, I grow up

pekoye'ro'n it is red (round things, tools, etc., plants, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc., houses, boats)

penohpeyowok' I am friendly, I am tame, I am good-natured, I am kind, I am kind-hearted

pe'ro'n it is big (houses)

pirwrksishonowok' I am lovely

pyurowok' I perform the sacred rites at a dance, I purify myself

rek'iinowohl they sit

sa'arkeyowok' I am crazy

sitohsok' I splinter, I chip into small pieces of uniform size

skewihlo'n it is smooth, it is flat (of roads, etc.)

skewi'ro'n it is smooth (of trees, etc.)

su'lowok' I dash water on

su'rowok' I splash

sweyoksishonowok' I am rude

tekuno'w it sticks together, it knits together (of broken bones)

tenohlkeyowok' I am stingy

tenunowok' I grow thickly, I grow in clumps

testoyowok' I am taut, I am tense (of people or things)

teykunowok' I grow together (with something)

tkwa'r it is short, low (of trees, etc., body parts, clothes, utensils)

tkwe'ro'n it is short, low (trees, etc., body parts, clothes, utensils)

wa's'ishonowok' I am pitiful, I am wretched

weno'omunowok' I grow in (a particular) place

'ohlpeyok' I eat from, I bite

'wahpewok' I marry (of a man)

Dictionary entry

nohsunowok' • vi o-class • I grow up (in a place), I pass my childhood (in a place), I am born (in a place)

Lexicon record # 2211 | Source references: R230 JE21 JE30 JE63
Derivation: morphological structure nohs-un-ow-o-

Sentence examples (12)

  1. Nohsuno'w.
    She grew up (there).

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

  2. Srprh 'o nohsunowok', Rek'woy 'o nohsunowok', nekah nahkseyehl, 'ne-le'y.
    I was born in Srprh, I was born in Rek'woy, three of us, my brothers.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-057) (LA138-057, 1980)

  3. Tu' wit 'i mehl 'w-ew ku Tege'mur tu' wishtu' ni shoo nohsunowohl.
    And that is why their name is Snowbird, and so they grow like that.

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl" (GM1, 2004)

  4. Tu' wit mehl 'w-ew we'y ku Tege'mur tu' wishtu' ni shoo nohsunowohl.
    And that is why their name is Snowbird, and so they grow like that.

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl" (GM1, 2004)

  5. Tu' wit 'i mehl 'w-ew we'y ku Tege'mur tu' wishtu' ni shoo nohsunowohl.
    And that is why their name is Snowbird, and so they grow like that.

    — Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)

  6. 'W-esek'witu, Kwo 'o legohku' k'i niigem? Neskwi ki niki 'o tekti' k'i 'oohl 'o nohsunowoo'mek'
    He was thinking thus, How will they make obsidians? It will stand close to where people live.

    — Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)

  7. K'i kwen kit 'o lunoyohl kwen hewoni 'o nohsunowoni k'i 'wes'onah.
    Wherever I transform to, I come from the heavens.

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)

  8. 'W-esek', Chuhl, Tu' witu ki... nohsunowok'.
    (She is) thinking, Yes, that's where I'll live.

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)

  9. K'i 'wes'onew 'o wi' nohsu'n.
    She was born in the heavens.

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)

  10. ... o' nohsu'n pi'ih 'ap u kwel neki' 'ne-skuyahpelek'.
    ... mussels are from there because I was good.

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)

  11. Mishchiks wishtu' o' nohsunowok'.
    I grew up in Mishchiks.

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)