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koosee

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koosee • adv • all over, everywhere, everything [takes pronominal prefixes] • Variant ko'see

Lexicon record # 1048 | Source reference(s): R210

Sentence examples (36)

  1. Penpenoh kue 'weryhl 'o koosee.
    The eggs fell and were everywhere.

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

  2. Kwesee koosee negoo hek', Nep's! Nep's!
    Then I would always tell him, "Eat it!"

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Eating Fish Heads (AF3, 2001)

  3. Nee ko'see hl'uehl'uehl.
    (I heard) gunshots all over.

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

  4. Keech koosee sesomenoyek'.
    I got scratched up.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)

  5. Keech koosee meykwele'm.
    They're crying all over.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-049) (LA138-049, 1980)

  6. Keech koosee pkwe'm.
    They're all in sight. (They've all come into view.)

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-052) (LA138-052, 1980)

  7. Noohl 'o gee', Kos'elson 'ue-koosee, 'oo, keekee 'e'gah.
    Then they said, Let there be plenty of food.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

  8. Kue nepuy 'ue-'wers hr merner'skwery 'ue-koosee pemey kue 'we-luehl.
    Where they had pulled off the salmon skin their mouths were all grease.

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl" (GM1, 2004)

  9. Kwesee kue 'o kwermhleryerh 'eekee koosee ko'mo'y k'ee kaap' kwelekw 'we-rookwsek'.
    And as he turned around there he heard the wind blowing all around through the leaves.

    — Bessie Fleischman, "The Story of the Klamath River Song" (LA16-2, 1951)

  10. 'O gee', Nee mok'w nepuy, mee' k'e-mer'wermery 'ue-me'y wo'oot 'ee neekee koosee 'ekone'm k'ee nepuy.
    He was told, There is no salmon, because the daughter of the head of your river holds all the salmon by her.

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

  11. Koosee neee'nowee' 'w-eseyk', Kues k'ee kwenee mue'mone'm?
    They all looked at him thinking, Where on earth has he got it from?

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

  12. Kwesee kue keech 'o wey kue ko'l 'we-nepek', 'o ge'm, To' wee' keech roo keekee 'ne-chkeyek', kwesee 'o koosee le'm kue keetee 'we-chkee'mo'w.
    When he had finished eating, he said, Now it is time for me to sleep, and they all went away to sleep.

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

  13. Komchue'm 'ochkeech koosee chkee'mo'w.
    He knew that they had all just gone to sleep.

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

  14. Peesh, weeshtue' 'o laa'y skeleek 'o laa'y kweles kem noolenee kue nepuy koosee hoole'm.
    So he passed along, he passed down (on the river bed) and the salmon went all round him.

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

  15. Kue nepuy 'ue-'wers ho merner'skwery 'ue-koosee pemey kue 'we-luehl.
    Where they had pulled off the salmon skin their mouths were all grease.

    — Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)

  16. Kwesee ye'm kue negeneech, 'Iyah, ke'l kwelekw kolokween toome'weye'm k'ee koosee swektkeloo'weye'm.
    Then the mouse said, Oh, your face is ever so broad and you are covered with warts all over.

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

  17. Tue' koosee muenchey k'ee chaahl, to' kwehl na'a'mo'w 'o wee'eeet noohl reeek'ew nee ko'oh kue 'we-neee'nowoyk' kue wee 'ee ko 'ue-myah kue 'yoch.
    And the sand was all white, and a crowd of people were standing on the shore to watch the boat bounding in there.

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

  18. Noohl kues kee shoo mee' kolonee kahselopehl, kues k'ee kwenee ho wee' nuue'mehl, mee' koosee muenchey k'ee chaahl, mos wee nuuewee' weet 'we-soo ko 'oole'mo'w.
    Then how could they feel strange, (wondering) where on earth they had come to at this place, for the sand was all white, and they had never seen people living like this.

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

  19. Kwelekw keech koosee maama'epoyew, 'yoncheek 'eme loo, mee' keech chegeyonahpee' kue Segep kue keech no'omehl 'o wee'.
    He was all tied up, and thrown into the boat, because people were fed up with Coyote ever since he had been there.

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

  20. Kue woneek 'we-rohpek' kue 'wo'hlp'e'y 'ue-meraa 'o ga'm kue meweemor, Kwelekw kue roowo's weesh 'we-sewepek'; kwelekw wee'eeet keekee koosee ro'm tue' 'eemoksue ko teloge'mo'w mehl heeko'ch'uek ho 'wes'onah.
    As the smoke from the angelica root drifted upward the old man said, This is the breath of the pipe; it will spread everywhere and there will be no sickness from here to the heavens.

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

  21. Kue 'ue-mer'erx 'emsee 'ue-'wa'alox 'emsee kue 'w-aawech 'we-terr 'we-tuuek neekee koosee neemee wo pemue'.
    The gills and the guts, the back, the head, and the tail of the salmon was none of it cooked.

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

  22. Neekee 'ue-koosee ten.
    It was raining everywhere.

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

  23. K'ee 'weryhl kue ke'l nowoneme'm keech koosee hl'ekwhl'ew.
    The eggs that you bought are all broken.

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

  24. Neekee koosee lepe'hl 'ne-tew.
    My body aches all over.

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

  25. Neekee koosee hehlkew le'm.
    They have all gone up into the hills.

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

  26. Neekee koosee tenpewe'hl kue nek ho newoo.
    It was raining everywhere as far as I could look.

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

  27. Keekee koosee skeweep'aak'.
    I will put everything in order.

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

  28. Kos'ela koosee 'oo' k'ee keehl 'e'gah.
    May there everywhere be food to eat.

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

  29. 'I neekee koosee 'ekone'm k'ee nepuy.
    She is holding all the salmon there.

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

  30. Neekee koosee ko 'o hl'ercherr'm.
    You will touch bottom all the way.

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

  31. Wee'eeet neekee koosee neemee wo pemue'.
    None of this was cooked.

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

  32. Neekee koosee mo 'o pegar.
    There was no one at home anywhere.

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

  33. 'U-koosee pa'aamee'.
    It was all wet.

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

  34. Kue nek noohl ho newoo neekee koosee tenpewe'hl.
    As far as I can look it is raining everywhere.

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

  35. Koosee rek'eeen.
    They're all sitting.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

  36. Keech koosee 'ee'eekonew.
    All of them got hold of each other's hands.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)