Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

too'mar • n • friend, relative, relation

Lexicon record # 3684 | Source reference(s): R259 JE110
Semantic domain: people

Short recordings (6) | Sentence examples (18)

1. Nuemee pe'l soo... k'ee 'ne-too'mar, tue' nuemee tewomehlkook' kee 'ne-komchuesek'.
   My good friend very strongly ..., and I'm glad I know him.

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

2. 'O meguehl ma nee hegook' 'o ma new weet 'o goole'm kue 'ne-too'mar.
   When I went to the store, I saw my friends were there too.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

3. Ko'moyok' 'w-egoyek' leeekoot' 'we-too'mar.
   I heard it was said that someone stabbed his friend.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Action (EJW-01-1-2, 2006)

4. Na'mee lekoot' 'we-too'mar.
   He stabbed his friend twice.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Action (EJW-01-1-2, 2006)

5. Mos weyko' 'we-leeekootek' 'we-too'mar.
   He never stopped stabbing his friend.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Action (EJW-01-1-2, 2006)

6. 'Aiyekwee', 'ne-too'mar.
   Hello, my good friend (or relation).

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 1: "Hello" (GT3-01, 2003)

7. Tee'now k'e-too'mar?
   Who are your relations?

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 15: "Who Are Your Relations?" (GT3-15, 2003)

8. Yo' 'ne-too'mar.
   She or He is my relation.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 15: "Who Are Your Relations?" (GT3-15, 2003)

9. Mocho' kee newook' kue k'e-too'mar, ko 'o heksek'.
   When I see your friend, I'll tell her.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-05-1a) (JB-05-1a, 2002)

10. Mocho' newook' kue 'ne-too'mar, ko 'o hekchek'.
    When I see my friend, I'll tell you.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-05-1a) (JB-05-1a, 2002)

11. Mocho' newook' kue k'e-too'mar, ko 'o heksek'.
    When I see your friend, I'll tell him.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-05-1a) (JB-05-1a, 2002)

12. Neemee... k'e-too'mar.
    Not ... your family.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-010) (LA138-010, 1980)

13. Kwelekw wee'eeet sku'y soo hewech' 'oohl mo nee ko'l 'oole'm tene'm 'we-too'mar 'emsee 'we-cheeek.
    But a person lives happily if somewhere he has plenty of friends and his money.

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

14. Kue meweemor kue wee' megetohlkwomeen kwelekw nek soo 'we-too'mar muehlcho' 'ue-peechowos wee' kue meskwoh hegoh kue nek 'ne-psech ho nergerykermeen.
    The old man who looked after the pipes was a connection or perhaps the grandfather of the man who made the medicine and whom my father helped.

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

15. 'O ga'm kue 'ne-psech, Mos kwelekw wee'eeet ko'l mehl so'n mee' kue 'ne-too'mar komchuemehl kue sootol.
    My father said, This does not matter to me, as my friends know where I have gone.

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

16. Kue ke'l k'e-too'mar nekach tokseepe'n.
    Your friend likes me.

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

17. 'Ne-too'mar kelach neemee k'enrokseye'm.
    My friends do not trust you.

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

18. Nek nooluemek' 'ne-too'mar mee' nuemee skuyaanohl.
    I like my friends because they are good people.

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