Dictionary entry
tokseemek' • vt e-class • I admire, I respect
Lexicon record # 3622 | Source reference(s):
R257 JE5 JE225
Semantic
domain: feelings and emotions
Derivation: morphological structure t-oks-im-e-
Representative example
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Kee tokseemek' 'ne-chnew
I will respect my son-in-law (if said by a father on accepting payment for a half-marriage, implying that his son-in-law's family would share in the marriage payments for the new couple's daughters)
— WK-YM:3
Sentence examples (7)
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Tokseechek'.
I admire you.
— Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)
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Nuemee tokseechek'.
I really like you. — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)
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Tokseepa' hes?
Do you admire me? — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)
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Nuemee tokseemek'.
I really like (someone). — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)
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Nek kwehl tokseemek'.
I admire (someone). — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)
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Kue ke'l k'e-too'mar nekach tokseepe'n.
Your friend likes me.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Kelew hes neekee chue tokseemue' kue yo'hlkoh?
Do you all admire them?— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)