Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

nekomuey • vn • know how, be able • n • ability

Lexicon record # 2113 | Source references: FS(B209) R228 JE3

Special meaning or use

• mos nekomuey don't know how JE43

Sentence examples (15)

1. Mos kol' nekomuey kee 'we-che'lohtek' nepuey kue 'ne-peechowos 'we-sonkok'.
   Nobody makes smoked salmon as well as my grandfather does.

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   — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

2. Nekomuey k'e-saa'agochek'.
   You know how to speak Yurok.

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   — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)

3. Skuey' soo t'p'ohlkwek' ... nekomuey.
   I understand it very well.

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   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Emphasis (EJW-01-1-4, 2006)

4. Nekomuey cheekol' 'nr-serrhlerh.
   I know how to do things.

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   — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (AG-02-2) (AG-02-2, 2004)

5. Yo' nekomuey.
   S/he knows how to do it.

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   — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (AG-02-2) (AG-02-2, 2004)

6. Nekomuey kee k'e-pemek' kegoh hes?
   Do you know how to make acorn soup?

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   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 3: "Are you hungry?" (GT3-03, 2003)

7. 'Iee, nekomuey 'ne-pew.
   Yes, I know how to cook.

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   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 3: "Are you hungry?" (GT3-03, 2003)

8. Nekomuey k'e-holeemek' kue luemon hes?
   Do you know how to make eel baskets?

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   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 9: "What are you making? Making, Doing, Fishing" (GT3-09, 2003)

9. Nekomuey hes k'r-'er'gerp chpeyuer'?
   Do you like to tell stories?

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   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1b, 2001)

10. Nekah nekomuey 'nr-'er'gerp chpeyuer'.
    We like to tell stories.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1b, 2001)

11. ... mos nekomuey... pop, 'oohl 'ue-pop.
    .. don't know how ... bread, Indian bread.

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    — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)

12. 'O gem', Kwelekw, wo'oot nekomuey.
    He said, Well, she knows how.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)

13. Wo'oot nekomuey kee 'ue- keromoh kue wer'yers.
    That girl knows how to drive.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)

14. Nekomuey 'n-o'opek'.
    I know how to build a fire.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences in Berman's "Supplement to Robins" (HB, 1970-1972)

15. Nek keetkwela nekomuey 'ne-saa'agochek'.
    I can still speak Yurok.

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