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
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Ko-we-cho' ne-wo-ne'm k'ep-le-tew!
Don't suck your thumb!
— AF(JB-02-10)
Sentence examples (2)
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'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)
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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)