Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

tomeek' • vi e-class • it is thick, it is deep, there is a lot of it (worms, ropes, etc.; fog, snow, etc.)

Lexicon record # 3635 | Source reference(s): R257 JE7

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (5)

1. Kues tomeek' chaahl, kues tomeek' k'ee roreer?
   How deep is the sand, how deep is the snow?

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

2. Kues kee tomeek'?
   How deep do you want it?

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

3. Kues keech tomeek' roreer?
   How deep is the snow?

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

4. Tomeek' roree'
   The snow is deep

   — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences in Jessie Exline's Yurok Dictionary (YD, 1980s)