v. to stand (erect); to be standing; to stop
Var.: (nowon-)
Redup.: nownowo

1. tšnowo, 'he stops' (said of a man walking).
2. tšnowonti’iy si’ikmen, 'the wave comes standing high.'
3. tšnowo hesik̓oxwo, 'my hair stood on end (when I was scared).'
4. huknowo, hukʰkǝyǝmi, 'I have to get up and straighten out.'
5. ya nowo, lakʰan nowo, lakʰan !, 'stop, just stop!' (said to someone walking).
6. kane’e’é kašnowo kane’e’é lokasununanmu, 'it was near to the beginning place that it stood.'
7. kay ’an tšnownowonwaš kahe salitakuy sirifle, 'I am seated holding a gun.'
8. lokapistuk ’an tšnowo he’ismitǝpǝ ’is’ap kikas’ip ǝ̨, 'the squirrel stands at the mouth of his hole and says ǝ̨.'
9. tšnowo hekakʰkawayu, kikamušʰuyana’ał, kušušmaxyǝt ’an tsʰukunoywu he’ispu kimušalušk̓ǝy, kinupan tsʰuyaxšilit, 'my horse stopped and did not want to go, I kept pulling him but he planted his front feet in front of him and tried to bite me too.'
Cross References: IPA: ˈnɔwɔ
Ref: 90.65.4, 218.4-222.2

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