Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

tema • adv • for a long time, in vain

Lexicon record # 3468 | Source reference: R254

Sentence examples (6)

1. Tema koma chegohchoh kue twegoh.
   The coon still struggled for a long time.

   — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)

2. Kwesee neekee 'ue-pel 'o wee'eeet to' tema koma chegohchoh kue twegoh.
   So the fight went on there and the coon vainly struggled for a long time.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)

3. Tema hloy kee 'ne-kweget tue' yo'hlkoh 'ee nuuem'.
   I tried to visit you but they arrived at the time.

   — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

4. Kwesee' kue 'w-ahpewehl 'em wonkewehl 'o kas keech tem legee' Segep, Kon' nue' nep's.
   His wives were soaking acorns down the river after trying to tell Coyote to go and eat.

   — Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)

5. Nuemee chyue, nuemee chyue tema sootol', 'w-esek', Kues tue ko 'o tektoy'?
   Everywhere, he tried to go everywhere, thinking, Where will it stand?

   — Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)

6. Tue k'ee sonenee, k'ee sonenee menomenehl tue' sonenee tema tektoy', kem tue neemee wo' pyekwchenee serneryerh kee 'we-tektonek'.
   Like a cliff it was to stand there, but it did not look right as it stood there.

   — Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)