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-'a-nee' It is too hot JE70
Sentence examples (26)
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Ko'-mee ten-pey-yok'. 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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Ko-we-cho' ko'-mee te-noo.
Don't (take) too many (flowers). — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)
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Ko-we-cho' ko'-mee te-noo kue cheee-shep'.
Don't (pick) too many flowers. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)
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Ko'-mee te-no-wo-hle'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 nue-mee kee'm soo te-lek' mee' ke'-mee te-no' 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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Kee-tee 'ok'w 'nuuek ke'-mee pe-rey-yo-wok'.
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 chaahl-ke's.
(The ground) is very sandy. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)
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Ko-we-cho' ko'-mee ten-pey-yo'm!
Don't eat so much! — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-02-13a) (JB-02-13a, 2001)
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Chmey-yaan hes ko'-mee ten-pey-yo'm?
Yesterday, did you eat too much? — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-02-13a) (JB-02-13a, 2001)
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Peesh-kah ko'-mee te-nehl-ke-nek' 'o kue herh-hlkerh.
I put too much salt on the potatoes. — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)
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Mo-cho ko'-mee 'we-loh-pek'...
When it's too soft (you can't use it). — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-010) (LA138-010, 1980)
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Ko'-mee te-no' te-poo wee' nee 'we-ro-'oh.
There are too many trees growing here. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-017) (LA138-017, 1980)
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Ko-we-cho' ko'-mee nee-kee saa-wok-see-ne-pe'm.
Don't get too cold. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-036) (LA138-036, 1980)
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Ko-we-cho'... ko'-mee... hee-me-no-mee saa-wok-see-ne-pe'm.
Don't cool down too quickly. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-036) (LA138-036, 1980)
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Ko'-mee t'ue-mo-yek.
It's still too soft. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-043) (LA138-043, 1980)
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Ko'-mee keech te-nuue-le's.
It is really overloaded. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-052) (LA138-052, 1980)
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Ko'-mee re-gop'.
It's too full.— Maggie Pilgrim and Lulu Donnelly, Yurok field notebook 3 (MRH3, 1966)
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Noohl weesh-tue' 'o soo's 'we-sek', Kwe-see we'-yon wee' kue ho 'ne-ka-'ar, kwe-see weet 'ee mehl ko'-mee ho soo noo-lue-mek'.
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 heee-gee' 'oohl pekw-sue 'o skuye'n mo-cho ko'-mee ha's, Kee-kee 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 te-noo wee' nee 'we-ro-'oh te-poo.
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 chpe-gaak 'e-see wee' nue laa-ye'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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Kwe-see wee-'eeet 'ee mehl ko'-mee ho soo noo-lue-mek'.
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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Nee-mee kee kooych ko'-mee te-ge-no-neehl.
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 me-ge-nep' 'wey-yah mee' ko'-mee te-gen-pe'y.
His stomach aches because he regularly overeats.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Mo-kee kwehl paas ko'-mee te-ne'm weesh kom-chue'm kee 'ne-goyk', Weesh-tue' 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)