Dictionary entry
tewon • n • flesh
Lexicon record # 3538 | Source reference(s):
R255 JE55
Semantic
domain: body parts and the body
Other paradigm form
short form tew
Sentence examples (4)
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Neekee koosee lepe'hl 'ne-tew.
My body aches all over.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Kwelekw weet kee mehl hewoloche'm, mo wee'eeet tue' mehl slo'ehlkoo'm, keech mehl mok'w k'e-tewon. Wek hehl neee'nes k'e-'wes!
You will get well from that, for you are thin, you no longer have flesh. Look at yourself!— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)
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So'n 'ekw, keech neemok'w 'we-tewon, 'ohlkuemee weeshtue' keech 'ue me'womechkok'w.
That is just how he was, he now had no flesh, because he had become sick from that.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)
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To' hes keech 'o gohpkok too'm k'e-tewon
Did you weigh the meat?— Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)