Dictionary entry
teekwo'n • vi e-class • it is broken, it is shattered
Lexicon record # 3553 | Source reference(s):
R256
Derivation: morphological structure tikw-on-e-
Other paradigm forms
3sg teekwo'n JE22 JE227
attributive 3sg/3pl teekwonee R256
repetitive teekwteekwo'n it is broken in pieces
Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (5)
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Chpee kohchee teekwo'n.
It just cracked once.
— Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Plurals and Repeated Events (EJW-01-2-1, 2006)
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Hlmeyorkwo'm 'w-esek' kwelekw muehlcho' now sootok'w kue roowo's 'ohlkuemee keech teekwo'n kue 'ue-'wahpemew.
He was afraid that the other pipe might go away because its mate had been broken.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Weeshtue' mehl hohkue'm woogeen roowo's nuemee 'we-son kue teekwonee, 'oteesh no'ome'l.
So he made another pipe just like the one that was broken; it was a foot long.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Nahksey 'ne-'yoch 'we-teekwteekwonehl ho soo kaameg.
Three of my boats have been broken it was such bad weather.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Nahksey 'yoch neekee chue keech teekwteekwonehl.
All three boats have broken up.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)