Yurok dictionary

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

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Search index (50)

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

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

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

herikwonek' I cough

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.)

myooleyonok' I push aside, I push over

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

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

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

pe'ro'n it is big (houses)

rewkwo'n it is soft, it is limp

saawo'n it is cold (of liquid)

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

swecho'n

swetonepek' I am tired out

sweto'n it cracks, it splits

tekonek' I wear (clothes)

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

tekteko'n it is sticky

tekteko'n it grows in tufts

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

tewo'n it breaks (of rope or string)

tikwo'n it is broken, it is shattered

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

swecho'nvi • it is torn, it has a tear

Lexicon record # 3320 | Source references: JE137 JVP(JB-01-13) JJ(JB11/4/2002)
Derivation: morphological structure swech-on...

Other paradigm form

  • repetitive swechowecho'n it's ragged LT(GAR16) • it's torn in more than one place, it's all torn up JJ(JB11/4/2002)

Representative examples

  • Naagin chpi 'o swecho'n

    It's torn on one side
    JJ(JB11/4/2002)
  • Chpi ko'r 'o swecho'n, tu ki kahchemew

    There's only one tear, but it can be mended
    JJ(JB11/4/2002)

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Kich swecho'n
    It's split

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

  2. Jennie swechowecho'n 'we-skry
    Jennie's dress is ragged

    — Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT) (GAR-LT, 1922)