Yurok dictionary

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

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Search index (50)

tepo'n it is fixed, it stands (of things), it is rooted, it is vertical

tikwo'n it is broken, it is shattered

saawo'n it is cold (of liquid)

rewkwo'n it is soft, it is limp

teko'n it is added (in payment for an injury)

chkek'wo'n it is shallow, it is short

herikwonek' I cough

myooleyonok' I push aside, I push over

swecho'n it is torn, it has a tear

tewo'n it breaks (of rope or string)

cheykek'wo'n it is small (plants, etc.)

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

hl'ewkwo'n it is broken open

hl'ohlko'n it crackles

hl'uhlkwo'n it explodes, shoots, goes off (of a gun, etc.)

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

kohtek'wo'n one (plant, etc.)

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

k'yoykwo'n it is slimy, slippery

lohlko'n it crackles

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

mesi'ronun a slim man

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

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

nahksek'wo'n three (plants, etc.)

na'ak'wo'n two (plants, etc.)

pekoye'ro'n

pe'ro'n it is big (houses)

sito'n it cracks, it chips

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

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

suulikwo'n it is blunt, it is dull

swetonepek' I am tired out

sweto'n it cracks, it splits

tekonek' I wear (clothes)

tekteko'n it is sticky

tekteko'n it grows in tufts

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

tohtkwo'n it is rigid

tomak'wo'n second element of compound numerals (plants, etc.)

toomek'wo'n it is thick (plant, tree, etc.)

to'onek'wo'n four (plants, etc.)

twek'wo'n it is straight

twonek' I am nice (of a girl)

t'weykwo'n it is straight

t'yoykwo'n it is slippery

wehlowaawak'wo'n ten (plants, etc.)

yekwonehl a bend in a road

yekwo'n it is bent, it is folded

Dictionary entry

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

Lexicon record # 2497 | Source reference: R237
Semantic domain: colors
Derivation: morphological structure pekoy-e'r-on-o-