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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
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 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)
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
swecho'n • vi • 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
Representative examples
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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)
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Kich swecho'n
It's split
— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES)
(ES,
1927)
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Jennie swechowecho'n 'we-skry
Jennie's dress is ragged
— Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT)
(GAR-LT,
1922)