Dictionary entry
no'omuenowok' • vi o-class • I am a certain age, I endure for a certain length of time (of things)
Lexicon record # 2257 | Source reference(s):
R231 JE49
Derivation: morphological structure no'om-un-ow-o-
Other paradigm form
3sg no'omue'n R38
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (7)
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'Owook kerrmeek' kee no'omue'n.
Tomorrow he will be nine years old.
— Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)
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Wek keech no'omuenowok'.
I am so many years old. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-027) (LA138-027, 1980)
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Ke'l kwelekw k'ee soo no'omuenowonee k'ee 'wes'onew tue' k'ee nee tegetko'hl kee chpee 'e'goloyew.
As long as the heavens endure you will just be hooting in the canyons.— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl" (GM1, 2004)
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K'ee kwen cho kee no'omue'n k'ee 'wes'onah, kee noohl megeykwele'weyk'.
So long as the heavens endure, then I will mourn.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Mourning Dove" (LA16-1, 1951)
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Ke'l kwelekw k'ee soo no'omuenowonee k'ee 'wes'onah tue' k'ee nee tegetko'hl kee chpee nee 'e'goloyew.
As long as the heavens endure you will just be hooting in the canyons.— Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)
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Noohl 'o ga'm kue meweemor, K'ee keech no'omue'n k'ee 'wes'onah tue' nekah keech noohl wee' segonkee'.
The old man said, As long as the heavens have endured this ceremony has been performed by us.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Keech no'omuenowohl keech noohl 'we-rahcheen.
They have been friends all their lives.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)