Yurok dictionary

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

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huno'w it boils, it sprouts, it grows

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

no'omunowok'

stunowok' I am middle-aged

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

himunowok' I grow fast, I grow well

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

kaamunowok' I grow badly

skunowok' I grow well

t'unowok' I grow (of a plant)

chaanun young shoot of a plant

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

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

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

hunowoochek' I grow

kaamunowomechek' I have bad luck with my plants

kimchunowok' I have offspring

menunowok' I disappear

mesi'ronun a slim man

me'womunowok' I begin as, I grow from

no'omun be old, endure (of things)

nunowok' I grow old, I grow up

sa'ahlku'n it is haunted

skunowomechek' I grow things well

tekunehl they are stuck together, they grow together

tekunetek' I stick (them) together

tekunowomechek' I stick (things) together for planting

tekunoyohlek' I stick (them) together

tekunoyok' I stick (them) together

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

tenunowok' I grow thickly, I grow in clumps

tenunowomechek' I planted many (plants)

teykunowok' I grow together (with something)

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

Dictionary entry

no'omunowok' • vi o-class • I am old, I endure (of things)

Lexicon record # 2257 | Source references: R231 JE49
Derivation: morphological structure no'om-un-ow-o-

Other paradigm form

  • 3sg no'omu'n R38

Sentence examples (7)

  1. 'Owook krrmik' ki no'omu'n.
    Tomorrow he will be nine years old.

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    — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)

  2. Wek kich no'omunowok'.
    I am so many years old.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-027) (LA138-027, 1980)

  3. Ke'l kwelekw k'i soo no'omunowoni k'i 'wes'onew tu' k'i ni tegeytko'hl ki chpi 'e'goloyew.
    As long as the heavens endure you will just be hooting in the canyons.

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

  4. K'i kwen cho ki no'omu'n k'i 'wes'onah, ki noohl megeykwele'weyk'.
    So long as the heavens endure, then I will mourn.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Mourning Dove" (LA16-1, 1951)

  5. Ke'l kwelekw k'i soo no'omunowoni k'i 'wes'onah tu' k'i ni tegeytko'hl ki chpi ni 'e'goloyew.
    As long as the heavens endure you will just be hooting in the canyons.

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

  6. Noohl 'o ga'm ku mewimor, K'i kich no'omu'n k'i 'wes'onah tu' nekah kich noohl wi' segonki'.
    The old man said, As long as the heavens have endured this ceremony has been performed by us.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  7. Kich no'omunowohl kich noohl 'we-rahchin.
    They have been friends all their lives.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)