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'

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 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

herikwonek'vi e-class • I cough

Lexicon record # 442 | Source references: R199 JE35
Derivation: morphological structure herikw-on-e-

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Kich herikwonek'.
    I'm coughing.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns (JB-01-12, 2001)

  2. Kich herikwonek' pekoyek.
    I'm coughing blood.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns (JB-01-12, 2001)