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taa

Dictionary entry

taa • adv • not at all, nothing at all • Variant chee-taa

Lexicon record # 3397 | Source reference(s): R253

Special meaning or use

  • mos taa tee'-nee-show nothing at all R253

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Nee-kee chue now lehl-ke-nee', mos taa ko'l kem ko 'oyhl pe-cheykw-sehl kue nue-mee 'we-chey kem now lehl-ke-nee'.
    Everything was cleared away, and nothing lay on the path; even the smallest bit of gravel was cleared away.

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

  2. Mos taa tee'-nee-show kee ko knok-see-chek'.
    I shall not leave you anything.

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

  3. Nee-kee wee' 'wet-kwa'-ro-nek', chpee nee chpee taa k'ee 'ue-kerr-cherh.
    And this ridge was short.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)