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too'm

Dictionary entry

too'm • v collective • be together, be in a group, all together

Lexicon record # 3683 | Source reference(s): R258 JE6

Special meanings or uses

  • too'monee all kinds JE6

  • kue too'mo'w all of you JE6

  • kue too'moneehl all people JE7

  • chpee tok'w too'mehl generation JE59 [people]

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (23)

  1. Kues kee too'm k'e-lew keehl lewete'm?
    How many nets are you going to fish with?

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    — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

  2. Kues too'm k'e-nepuy?
    How many did you catch?

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 9: "What are you making? Making, Doing, Fishing" (GT3-09, 2003)

  3. Neekee too'm 'w-ookwchee'mek'.
    They're all gambling.

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

  4. To's kem kee ro'ope'm, 'o ge'm, 'Ey, 'o gee', Keech wek too'm kee rego'.
    So you're going to run, and he says, Yes, and they said, All of these are going to be runners.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-033) (LA138-033, 1980)

  5. Neekee testo' wonekw 'we-laayo' too'm puuek.
    Everything on the trail is shaking because there are so many deer.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-054) (LA138-054, 1980)

  6. [Kus soo ch'ue'ch'eesh 'oole'm 'o yoh?] Nuemeechue so'n kue ch'ue'ch'eesh. Too'm ko gohkue'm Wohpekuemew wee' ch'ue'ch'eesh.
    [What kinds of birds are around here?] Lots of kinds. Wohpekumew made all different kinds of birds.

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

  7. Kwesee kue keetee 'ue-merwerch 'eekee too'm nue hlkegor.
    When the dance was winding up, a lot of people came to watch.

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Toad and The Mouse" (GM3, 2004)

  8. Nekah wee' neenee too'moh wohpekw 'o seekwer'.
    A lot of us here ... out in the water.

    — Jessie Van Pelt, Rattlesnake medicine (JVP1, 2001)

  9. Heekon 'enuemee pe'l soo melee', kwesee kue keetee 'ue-merweryk' 'eekee too'm nue hlkeeegor.
    Once upon a time a very big brush dance was held, and when the final dance was about to take place everyone went to watch.

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

  10. Lekwseek 'o le'm keech tegoo'mehl kue nee 'ohkween cheenes.
    They went outside and were all together at the young man's dwelling.

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

  11. Kue raayo'r so Pewolew k'ee 'oohl 'eekee too'm 'w-egolehl, Kos cho 'ela tene'mehl k'ee nepuy 'ne-peeshkaahl, hehlkue tue' kee nee tene'm hoore'mos, kee tenoo cheee'sh!
    When he made his way to Pewolew the people all shouted May there be many salmon in our sea, and many animals on land, and many woodpecker scalps!

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

  12. Neekee too'm 'we-negeee'nowohl.
    Then they all looked for it.

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

  13. Neekee ma too'moh 'ne-laayo'omah.
    Then we all passed by in a group.

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

  14. 'Ikee too'm 'w-ookwchehl.
    They were all gambling.

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

  15. Neekee too'moh 'ne-laayo'omah.
    We all passed by in a group.

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

  16. Neekee too'm 'w-ookwchehl.
    They were all gambling.

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

  17. Hewolon neekee too'm kue nee 'oole'monee.
    He healed everyone who was there.

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

  18. Neekee ma too'mehl we'y 'we-laayo'omah.
    We all passed that way together.

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

  19. Pekw too'mo'w.
    There were a great many people.

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

  20. Neekee too'moh 'ne-neee'nowoh.
    We all looked.

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

  21. Ko'l neekee mok'w k'ee wek 'we-raayoy, too'm neekee kepetoyhl, 'we-s'echoh too'm.
    It was as if this river wasn't there, ..., its horns were so big.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)

  22. To' hes keech 'o gohpkok too'm k'e-tewon
    Did you weigh the meat?

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)