Dictionary entry
pereyowok' • vi o-class • I grow old (of a woman)
Lexicon record # 2546 | Source reference(s):
FS(B211) JE233
Derivation: morphological structure perey-ow-o-
Sentence examples (7)
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Ha'p'ehlkok' keetee pereyowok'.
I'm forgetting lots of things, I'm getting old.
— Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02) (JB-01-02, 2001)
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Nek keetee ha'p'ehl sa'enee mee' keetee keech pereyowok'.
I forget sometimes, because I'm getting old. — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02) (JB-01-02, 2001)
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Keetee 'ok'w 'n-uuek ke'mee pereyowok'.
I won't have a child, I'm too old. — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)
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Keech stuene'm, keech stuenowok', keech pereyowok', keech meweemork'aayek', keech mee' komtenepek'.
You're mature, I'm mature, I'm an old woman, I'm an old man, I'm blind. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-028) (LA138-028, 1980)
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Keech pereyowok'.
I am an old woman. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-050) (LA138-050, 1980)
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Keet pereyowok'.
I am getting old (a woman). — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-050) (LA138-050, 1980)
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Keech pereyow' puesee.
(The) cat is old.— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)