Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

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

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

Sentence examples (36)

1. Pen-pe-noh kue 'weryhl 'o koo-see.
   The eggs fell and were everywhere.

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

2. Kwe-see koo-see ne-goo hek', Nep's! Nep's!
   Then I would always tell him, "Eat it!"

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

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

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

4. Keech koo-see se-so-me-no-yek'.
   I got scratched up.

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

5. Keech koo-see mey-kwe-le'm.
   They're crying all over.

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

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

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

7. Noohl 'o gee', Kos-'el-son 'ue-koo-see, 'oo, kee-kee 'e'-gah.
   Then they said, Let there be plenty of food.

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

8. Kue ne-puy 'ue'-wers hr mer-ner's-kwery 'ue-koo-see pe-mey 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. Kwe-see kue 'o kwerm-hler-yerh 'ee-kee koo-see ko'-mo'y k'ee kaap' kwe-lekw 'we-rookw-sek'.
   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 ne-puy, mee' k'e-mer'-wer-mery 'ue-me'y wo-'oot 'ee nee-kee koo-see 'e-ko-ne'm k'ee ne-puy.
    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. Koo-see neee'-no-wee' 'we-seyk', Kues k'ee kwe-nee mue'-mo-ne'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. Kwe-see kue keech 'o wey kue ko'l 'we-ne-pek', 'o ge'm, To' wee' keech roo kee-kee 'nech-key-yek', kwe-see 'o koo-see le'm kue kee-tee 'wech-kee'-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. Kom-chue'm 'och-keech koo-see chkee'-mo'w.
    He knew that they had all just gone to sleep.

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

14. Peesh, weesh-tue' 'o laa'y ske-leek 'o laa'y kwe-les kem noo-le-nee kue ne-puy koo-see hoo-le'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 ne-puy 'ue'-wers ho mer-ner's-kwery 'ue-koo-see pe-mey kue 'we-luehl.
    Where they had pulled off the salmon skin their mouths were all grease.

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

16. Kwe-see ye'm kue ne-ge-neech, 'Iyah, ke'l kwe-lekw ko-lo-kween too-me'-wey-ye'm k'ee koo-see swekt-ke-loo'-wey-ye'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' koo-see muen-chey k'ee chaahl, to' kwehl na-'a'-mo'w 'o wee-'eeet noohl reeek-'ew nee ko-'oh kue 'we-neee'-no-woyk' kue wee 'ee ko 'uem-yah 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' ko-lo-nee kah-se-lo-pehl, kues k'ee kwe-nee ho wee' nuue'-mehl, mee' koo-see muen-chey k'ee chaahl, mos wee nuue-wee' weet 'we-soo ko 'oo-le'-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. Kwe-lekw keech koo-see maa-ma-'e-po-yew, 'yon-cheek 'e-me loo, mee' keech che-gey-yo-nah-pee' kue Se-gep kue keech no-'o-mehl '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 wo-neek 'we-roh-pek' kue 'wo'hl-p'e'y 'ue-me-raa 'o ga'm kue me-wee-mor, Kwe-lekw kue roo-wo's weesh 'we-se-we-pek'; kwe-lekw wee-'eeet kee-kee koo-see ro'm tue' 'ee-mok-sue ko te-lo-ge'-mo'w mehl hee-ko'ch-'uek ho 'wes-'o-nah.
    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 'em-see 'ue'-wa-'a-lox 'em-see kue 'waa-wech 'we-terr 'we-tuuek nee-kee koo-see nee-mee wo pe-mue'.
    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. Nee-kee 'ue-koo-see ten.
    It was raining everywhere.

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

23. K'ee 'weryhl kue ke'l no-wo-ne-me'm keech koo-see hl'ekwhl-'ew.
    The eggs that you bought are all broken.

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

24. Nee-kee koo-see le-pe'hl 'ne-tew.
    My body aches all over.

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

25. Nee-kee koo-see hehl-kew le'm.
    They have all gone up into the hills.

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

26. Nee-kee koo-see ten-pe-we'hl kue nek ho ne-woo.
    It was raining everywhere as far as I could look.

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

27. Kee-kee koo-see ske-weep-'aak'.
    I will put everything in order.

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

28. Kos-'e-la koo-see '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 nee-kee koo-see 'e-ko-ne'm k'ee ne-puy.
    She is holding all the salmon there.

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

30. Nee-kee koo-see ko 'o hl'er-cherr'm.
    You will touch bottom all the way.

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

31. Wee-'eeet nee-kee koo-see nee-mee wo pe-mue'.
    None of this was cooked.

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

32. Nee-kee koo-see mo 'o pe-gar.
    There was no one at home anywhere.

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

33. 'Ukoo-see pa-'aa-mee'.
    It was all wet.

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

34. Kue nek noohl ho ne-woo nee-kee koo-see ten-pe-we'hl.
    As far as I can look it is raining everywhere.

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

35. Koo-see 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 koo-see 'ee-'ee-ko-new.
    All of them got hold of each other's hands.

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