Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

ke-nee-mee • pv • emphatic negative

Lexicon record # 810 | Source reference: R205

Sentence examples (8)

1. Ke-nee-mee ne-puey ne-pee'-moh.
   We never eat salmon.

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   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Action (EJW-01-1-3, 2006)

2. [Kaap'ehl hes wee' k'ee stos-tek'?] Paa', wee' ke-nee-mee kaap-'ehl wee' stos-tek'
   [Is the small fir tree a kaap'ehl?] No, the small fir tree isn't kaap'ehl

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   — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

3. Nee-muech 'ok'ws 'werkw-terks 'ee-ko'hl 'ue-we-se-pek' ke-nee-mee chee re-kwoh pa-'ah 'ohl-kue-mee kue 'ue-ke-goh chpee re-kwoh.
   He had his own drinking basket, and was constantly cleansing himself, and did not even drink water, as he drank only his own acorn soup.

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

4. 'O gam' kue 'nep-sech, Kue keech no-'ohl ho ne-poh kue ne-puey tue' 'o cher-perhl so-nee-ne-pek'; ke-nee-mee chee-wey-yek' 'ee-mee che'-look-sek'.
   My father said, Since I ate the salmon I feel strong from it; I am not hungry and I am not thirsty.

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

5. Ke-nee-mee wo ko'-mo-yok' 'em-see nee-mee wo ne-wook'.
   I neither heard it nor saw it.

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

6. Ke-nee-mee wo ko'-mo-yok' 'em-see nee-mee wo ne-wook'.
   I did not hear or see it.

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

7. Ke-nee-mee chee-taa wo ko neeen'.
   She did not even look at all.

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

8. Ke-nee-mee wo ko'-mo-yok' 'em-see nee-mee wo ne-wook'.
   I did not hear it nor see it.

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