Yurok dictionary

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ne-wo-nek'

Dictionary entry

ne-wo-nek'vt e-class • I suck (at the breast, my thumb, etc.)

Lexicon record # 2153 | Source reference(s): FS(B209)

Other paradigm forms

  • imperative sg ne-wo-nes MRH:APS2:125

  • collective ne-wo-ne'm FS(B209)

Representative example

  • Ko-we-cho' ne-wo-ne'm k'ep-le-tew!

    Don't suck your thumb!
    AF(JB-02-10)

Sentence examples (2)

  1. 'Ochkaa ne-wo-nem' hes?
    Are you (a baby) nursing?

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

  2. Ne-wo-nes!
    Nurse! (said to a baby)

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)