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to's

Dictionary entry

to's • particle • question particle [contraction of to' hes]

Lexicon record # 3667 | Source reference: R258

Sentence examples (10)

  1. To's nee-mee te-no-wo'hl?
    Doesn't s/he talk too much?

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-042) (LA138-042, 1980)

  2. Cho' hoo nue neeen', to's keech t'ue-nem'.
    Go and see, are they up yet (new plants, poking through the ground).

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-043) (LA138-043, 1980)

  3. To's 'okw' kee mehl 'e'-gah... [?] 'oo-lem'?
    Is there any food at home?

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

  4. Kwe-see keech 'e-la wey 'we-chuerp-'ery kue ne-ge-neech, noohl weet 'e-la myah noohl 'ap ham', Kues cho soo ne-wo-yek'? Ney, to's keech mer-mer-yer-werk'?
    And when the mouse had finished combing her hair, she jumped up and said, How do I look? My dear, am I pretty now?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)

  5. He-won ko chpe-ga'-roy' kue me-wee-mor ho kue 'we-ro-mech 'we-go-lek', To's nee mokw' so-no-lew-kwem'?
    First the old man questioned his niece and said, Is there anything in which you are sexually unclean?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  6. Noohl 'o gam', To's keech 'ee 'we-son kee 'ne-goo'-loh?
    Then he said, Is all ready for us to go?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  7. To's keech skuey' soo 'e-ko-ne-mem'?
    Have you got a good hold of it?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  8. Koh-chew keech 'o choo-moyhl 'o nes-kwe-chokw' 'ue-me'-loh mehl kue Hee-wow 'o tek 'o'-lehl 'o Rek'-woy nue 'wech-pe-geyr', To's wee 'no-'o'hl keech kee 'na-'ahs-pee'-moh 'em-kee weet kee 'ne-soo 'e'-gah?
    Six days passed and a relative of his came from the house at Hiwow in Requa, and asked, May we now drink at home, and eat as we usually do?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  9. To's keet he-we-chem'?
    Are you beginning to get better?

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

  10. To's ter-ger-wer-me-lem'?
    Were you spoken to?

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