Yurok dictionary

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to-mo-woh

Dictionary entry

to-mo-wohvi num • second element of compound numerals (round things) [For dollars, tom is used (R257).]

Lexicon record # 3638 | Source reference(s): R257 YLCB60
Derivation: morphological structure tomow-ohk

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Kues to-mo-woh?
    How many (round things)?

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 13: "One, two three..." (GT3-13, 2003)

  2. Kues to-mo-woh ha-'aag?
    How many rocks are there?

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

  3. Ne-kah 'ne-naahl to-mo-woh.
    We are of an age.

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