Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

kolokween • adv • very

Lexicon record # 996 | Source reference(s): R209

Sentence examples (3)

1. Kwesee 'o ge'm kue negeneech, 'Iyoh, ke'l kwelekw kolokween... keech ko'see swektkeloo'weye'm.
   Then the mouse said, Oh ... you are covered with warts all over.

   — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Toad and The Mouse" (GM3, 2004)

2. Kwesee ye'm kue negeneech, 'Iyah, ke'l kwelekw kolokween toome'weye'm k'ee koosee swektkeloo'weye'm.
   Then the mouse said, Oh, your face is ever so broad and you are covered with warts all over.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)

3. Kwesee 'ap hlo'm 'o nege'm kolokween soo sku'y soneenep'.
   And he took it and carried it away and felt very pleased.

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