Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

keem • adv • badly • Variant kee'm

Lexicon record # 891 | Source reference(s): R207 FS(B202) JE3 JE13
Derivation: morphological structure kim

Special meanings or uses

• keem soo badly, very R207

• Keem soo rook'ws It is terribly windy R207 [weather]

• Keem soneenep' He feels bad, He suffers JE13 JE129 [feelings and emotions]

• Keem soneenepek' I feel bad, I regret R207 [feelings and emotions]

• kee'm it is bad JE13

• Keem soosek' mehl I dislike [literally, "I think badly about"] R207 [feelings and emotions]

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (31)

1. Chee'eeko'l kee'm saa'agochek'.
   ... I speak Yurok badly.

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)

2. Nuemee kee'm soo te'l.
   She's really sick.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 11: "I have a headache. Health" (GT3-11, 2003)

3. Kee'm soneenepek'.
   I am sad (I feel bad).

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

4. Nek kwel meykwele'weyek' mehl kue kee'm sonehl.
   I am crying for those folks having bad luck.

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

5. Kee'm so'n.
   That's too bad.

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

6. Kee'm sooneehlek'.
   I had a bad dream.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-005_4) (JB-005_4, 2002)

7. Kue mewah nuemee kee'm soo ho'omoh.
   The boy got very badly hurt.

   — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-01) (JB-01-01, 2001)

8. Nuemee kee'm soo tyohpeyokseechek'.
   I really hate you.

   — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

9. 'ey nuemee kee'm soo keychek.
   Yes, I'm very tired.

   — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

10. Nek nuemee kee'm soo telek' mee' ke'mee teno' sook.
    I'm really sick because there are too many things.

    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

11. Keech kee'm soo rook'ws.
    The wind is blowing hard.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-01-04) (JB-01-04, 2001)

12. Kee'm soo te'l.
    She is badly sick.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-01-04) (JB-01-04, 2001)

13. Kee'm soo te'l kue wenchokws.
    The woman is still sick.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-01-04) (JB-01-04, 2001)

14. Keech kee'm soo hl'erchee'.
    It has become badly stuck.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-02-13a) (JB-02-13a, 2001)

15. Kee'm soneenep'.
    S/he regrets it.

    — Jessie Van Pelt, Miscellaneous Sentences (JVP-MISC) (JVP-MISC, 2000s)

16. Kee'm soo ho'omoh. Kee'm soosek'.
    Somebody's been badly hurt. I'm thinking a bad thing.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-002) (LA138-002, 1980)

17. Kee'm so'n.
    Something bad has happened.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-002) (LA138-002, 1980)

18. Kee'm soo ko'moyok'.
    I heard something bad (bad news).

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-002) (LA138-002, 1980)

19. Kee'm serneryerh.
    Somebody saw something bad.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-002) (LA138-002, 1980)

20. Keech kee'm sonowok'.
    I'm in trouble, bad trouble.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-016) (LA138-016, 1980)

21. Keech kee'm soonesek'.
    I call someone a bad name.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-031) (LA138-031, 1980)

22. Nuemee kee'm so'noyok'.
    I heard something really bad (that made me angry).

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-038) (LA138-038, 1980)

23. Kee'm so'noyok'.
    I heard something bad (that made me angry).

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-038) (LA138-038, 1980)

24. Sku'y soonepek', kee'm soonepek', I'm not dressed so good today mee keetee ko'l hohkuemek'.
    I'm dressed well, I'm not dressed well ... because I'm going to go to work.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-038) (LA138-038, 1980)

25. Cher'er'y 'o te'l. 'O nuemee kee'm soo te'l.
    Bear was sick. He was very badly sick.

    — Georgiana Trull, Bear and Hummingbird (GT1, 2003)

26. Keem soonokseemek'.
    I disapprove of someone.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)

27. Keem sonkook'.
    I treat someone badly.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)

28. Kue rookws 'o swerrk'ws nuemee keem soo.
    The wind blew very badly.

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

29. Heekon nuemee keem soo yewo'hl tue' 'o tene'm markwewohl.
    Years ago there was a terrible earthquake and many people perished.

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

30. Keem soo rook'ws.
    It is terribly windy.

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