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noorewok'

Dictionary entry

noorewok' • vi o-class • I am pretty, I am beautiful

Lexicon record # 2284 | Source reference(s): YLCB51 R232 JE17 JE105

Other paradigm form

  • attributive 3sg/3pl noorewonee R232

Short recordings (5) | Sentence examples (16)

  1. Noore'w kue chegemem.
    The hummingbird is pretty.

    Audio 

    — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)

  2. Mos nuemee noore'w, mos nuemee noore'w.
    She was not very beautiful, she was not very beautiful.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Moon and His Wife (GT2, 2003)

  3. Nuemee noore'w kue wenchokws.
    The woman is very pretty.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 8: "Look! Observations" (GT3-08, 2003)

  4. Neemee noore'w kue wer'yers.
    The girl is not pretty.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 8: "Look! Observations" (GT3-08, 2003)

  5. Pekwon won noore'w.
    Pecwan Hill is pretty.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 8: "Look! Observations" (GT3-08, 2003)

  6. Noore'w 'Ernerr' 'We-Roy
    Blue Creek is pretty.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 8: "Look! Observations" (GT3-08, 2003)

  7. Noore'w kue kechoy.
    The day is pretty.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 8: "Look! Observations" (GT3-08, 2003)

  8. Nuemee noorewo'm.
    You are very pretty.

    Audio 

    — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)

  9. Negoore'w k'e-kwerhl.
    You have beautiful dolls.

    Audio 

    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-05-1a) (JB-05-1a, 2002)

  10. noore'w serneryersee'.
    The scenery is pretty.

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-051) (LA138-051, 1980)

  11. [Ch'ue'ch'eesh hes wee' k'ee chegemem?] Chegemem kwel cheeeshep' noore'w wee' t'uue.
    [Is the hummingbird a ch'u'ch'ish?] Hummingird is found around flowers.

    Audio 

    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  12. [Tee'neesho wee' kue 'werrp?] Kue 'werrp kwel to' nee noore'w, hoolet mocho ta'a'noyhl.
    [What are butterflies?] Butterflies are pretty, they fly around when it's sunny.

    Audio 

    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  13. Noore'w chaahl.
    The sand is pretty.

    — Maggie Pilgrim and Lulu Donnelly, Yurok field notebook 3 (MRH3, 1966)

  14. Noore'w k'e-poy.
    Your tattooing is pretty.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  15. Wek k'ee ch'eeshah kwelekw 'eenee noore'w 'o kue ke'l nahchah.
    This dog is prettier than the one you gave me.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)