Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

toomenee • adv • all sorts • Variant toomeek

Lexicon record # 3676 | Source reference(s): R258 R258

Special meaning or use

• toomenee sonowonee ch'uech'eesh all sorts of birds R258

Sentence examples (4)

1. Keet 'o pe'l 'emkee k'ee toomenee sonowonee ch'ue'ch'eesh tue' nuemee chue kegohche'w, kem 'o ge'm kue perey:
   He began to get bigger and then he would catch all sorts of birds, and the old woman said:

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

2. Ke'l kwelekw kee shoose'm k'ee kwen cho kee yuenowonee kee skuene'm; ke'l kwelekw wee' kee shoose'm kee nuemee chue sku'y soo 'oo' kee toomenee 'we-nepue'.
   You will see to it that all that grows will grow well; you will see to it that it will all grow well to be eaten by every sort of person.

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

3. K'ee toomenee sonowonee ch'ue'ch'eesh nuemee chue kegohche'w.
   He used to catch all sorts of birds.

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

4. 'O lem', " Kwelekw kee nuemee meyrkwenee k'ee toomenee.
   She said "It will be all over.

   — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)