Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

too-me-nee • adv • all sorts • Variant too-meek

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

Special meaning or use

• too-me-nee so-no-wo-nee ch'uech-'eesh all sorts of birds R258

Sentence examples (4)

1. Keet 'o pe'l 'em-kee k'ee too-me-nee so-no-wo-nee ch'ue'ch-'eesh tue' nue-mee chue ke-goh-che'w, kem 'o ge'm kue pe-rey:
   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 kwe-lekw kee shoo-se'm k'ee kwen cho kee yue-no-wo-nee kee skue-ne'm; ke'l kwe-lekw wee' kee shoo-se'm kee nue-mee chue sku'y soo 'oo' kee too-me-nee 'we-ne-pue'.
   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 too-me-nee so-no-wo-nee ch'ue'ch-'eesh nue-mee chue ke-goh-che'w.
   He used to catch all sorts of birds.

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

4. 'O lem', " Kwe-lekw kee nue-mee meyrkwe-nee k'ee too-me-nee.
   She said "It will be all over.

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