Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

teen' • pron interrogative • what?

Lexicon record # 3559 | Source reference: R256

Sentence examples (8)

1. [Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee ne-pe'-weesh-neg?] 'Ee, teen' tue' mehl hee' ne-pe'-weesh-neg. Nee-kee-chue 'wene-pek'.
   [Is the otter a hoore'mos?] Yes, that's why he's called otter. He eats anything.

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   — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

2. Teen' k'ee kwe-nee so-no-wo-nee teen' kwe-nee nuek'-wo 'o yoh?
   Who are you and what on earth are you doing here?

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

3. Teen' mehl nue he-goom'?
   What are you going for?

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

4. Teen' ske-wok?
   What do you want?

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

5. Teen' mehl nue he-goom'?
   What have you come for?

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

6. Teen' kye kwen kee kol' mehl ne-pe'-moh?
   How are we going to get our food?

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

7. 'O lem' Se-gep, Teen' kee nah-cha' mo-cho' kee yekw-sek'?
   Coyote said,What will you give me if I find it?

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