Dictionary entry
ko'mee • adv • very, excessively • Variant ke'mee
Lexicon record # 1013 | Source reference(s): R210 JE50 JE137
Special meaning or use
Ke'mee ta'anee' It is too hot JE70
Sentence examples (26)
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Ko'mee tenpeyok'. Kee mok'w 'ne-sew.
I ate so much I can't breathe.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 3: "Are you hungry?" (GT3-03, 2003)
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Kowecho' ko'mee tenoo.
Don't (take) too many (flowers). — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)
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Kowecho' ko'mee tenoo kue cheeeshep'.
Don't (pick) too many flowers. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)
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Ko'mee tenowohle'm.
You talk too much. — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-005_4) (JB-005_4, 2002)
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Ke'l ke'mee slo'eehl.
You're too skinny. — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)
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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)
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Keetee 'ok'w 'n-uuek ke'mee pereyowok'.
I won't have a child, I'm too old. — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)
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Ko'mee chaahlke's.
(The ground) is very sandy. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)
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Kowecho' ko'mee tenpeyo'm!
Don't eat so much! — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-02-13a) (JB-02-13a, 2001)
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Chmeyaan hes ko'mee tenpeyo'm?
Yesterday, did you eat too much? — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-02-13a) (JB-02-13a, 2001)
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Peeshkah ko'mee tenehlkenek' 'o kue herhhlkerh.
I put too much salt on the potatoes. — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)
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Mocho ko'mee 'we-lohpek'...
When it's too soft (you can't use it). — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-010) (LA138-010, 1980)
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Ko'mee teno' tepoo wee' nee 'we-ro'oh.
There are too many trees growing here. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-017) (LA138-017, 1980)
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Kowecho' ko'mee neekee saawokseenepe'm.
Don't get too cold. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-036) (LA138-036, 1980)
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Kowecho'... ko'mee... heemenomee saawokseenepe'm.
Don't cool down too quickly. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-036) (LA138-036, 1980)
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Ko'mee t'uemoyek.
It's still too soft. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-043) (LA138-043, 1980)
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Ko'mee keech tenuuele's.
It is really overloaded. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-052) (LA138-052, 1980)
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Ko'mee regop'.
It's too full.— Maggie Pilgrim and Lulu Donnelly, Yurok field notebook 3 (MRH3, 1966)
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Noohl weeshtue' 'o soo's 'w-esek', Kwesee we'yon wee' kue ho 'ne-ka'ar, kwesee weet 'ee mehl ko'mee ho soo nooluemek'.
And then he thought, So this girl is my former pet, and that is why I loved her so much.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Tue' wee'eeet mehl heeegee' 'oohl pekwsue 'o skuye'n mocho ko'mee ha's, Keekee chue 'ok'w.
And so for this we say that it is not good if a person thinks too much, I will have everything.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Ko'mee tenoo wee' nee 'we-ro'oh tepoo.
There are too many trees growing here.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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To' ko'mee chpegaak 'esee wee' nue laaye'm.
It is too long since you last passed this way.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Kwesee wee'eeet 'ee mehl ko'mee ho soo nooluemek'.
And I loved you so very much for that reason.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Neemee kee kooych ko'mee tegenoneehl.
I shall not buy it, it is too expensive.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Mehl megenep' 'we-yah mee' ko'mee tegenpe'y.
His stomach aches because he regularly overeats.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Mokee kwehl paas ko'mee tene'm weesh komchue'm kee 'n-egoyk', Weeshtue' so'n.
Nevertheless there will not be many people who know and will tell about me how I did.— Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy (MM5, 1927)