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tewomehl

Dictionary entry

tewomehl • vn • be glad, happy

Lexicon record # 3536 | Source reference(s): R255 JE60 JE65
Semantic domain: feelings and emotions
Derivation: morphological structure tewom-ehlk

Other paradigm form

  • iterative tuuewomehl

Representative example

  • Tewomehl 'ne-newochek'

    I'm glad to see you
    — RS(ALK1940:3:99bb)

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (14)

  1. Tewomehl.
    I'm glad.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 12: "How do you feel?" (GT3-12, 2003)

  2. Nek tewomehl keech ko k'e-nergery.
    I'm glad that you helped.

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-017) (LA138-017, 1980)

  3. Kue cheykenee mewah kue nee'eeh 'ue-kuechos nuemee tewomehl mee keetee nue 'yerhhlkerytehl cheeegery neskwee Kohpey.
    The little boy who lived with his grandmother was very grateful because they were going to go gather huckleberries near Crescent City.

    — Jessie Exline, "The Grey Sea Gull" (CICD2, 1983)

  4. Pekw 'ue tewomehl kue perey.
    The old woman was very glad.

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

  5. Hasee perwerw 'o so koo'op' 'o kue nepuy noohl 'o ga'm kue meweemor, Ch'ueme'y 'ne-tewomehl keech 'ne-kohchewochek'.
    The old man stood to the south of the salmon and said, I am so glad that I have caught you.

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

  6. K'ee sega'ageyowonee 'emsee k'ee wa'soy keekee chue weesh mehl tewomehl.
    Rich and poor will all rejoice at it.

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

  7. Nek tewomehl kee keech ho k'er-nergery.
    I am glad that you helped.

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

  8. Nuemee tewomehl kue k'e-ma noo'monemek' kue 'n-uuek.
    I am very glad that you carried my child.

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

  9. Tewomehl mehl 'ne-nekcheneechek'.
    I am glad I met you on the way.

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

  10. K'ee sega'ageyn 'emsee k'ee wa'soy keekee chue mehl tewomehl.
    Rich and poor will be glad at it.

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

  11. Tewomehl 'ne-newochek'.
    I am glad to see you.

    — Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT) (GAR-LT, 1922)

  12. mue kweehl noohl weeshtue ol 'ahspee'mehl k'ee nue mehl tuuewomehl
    That's where they drink the money

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)

  13. mo kwelekw weeshtue chpee 'o koma 'ahspee'mehl k'ee nue mehl tuuewomehl k'ee nue 'w-egorew
    because it's where that which makes you glad (money) and arrows only still drink.

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)

  14. yee (?) kwen cho k'e-nohpewome (?), tue 'o'lepeek 'ee kee 'ooluuekwsey k'ee nue mehl tuuewomehl, k'ee cheeek.
    Wherever you are married, what people are always happy about will enter the house, money.

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)