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' I am old, I endure (of things)

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'

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

hunoyohlkoyek'vi e-class • be transformed (of 'woogey after the coming of people)

Lexicon record # 4479 | Source reference: Xd
Derivation: morphological structure h-un-oyohlkoye-

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Kus tu nek ki so lunoyohlkoyk?
    Where shall I be transformed?

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)

  2. Wishtu wish hasek', 'w-esek, Hiii, Kus tu ki so hunoyohlkoyk'?
    I am thinking, Hiii, Where shall I be transformed?

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)