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kenuemee

Dictionary entry

kenuemee • adv • exactly

Lexicon record # 811 | Source reference: R205

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Kel' cho kenuemee sonowom', 'emkee kwelekw kuey' 'ue-pahtuen kue k'e-smechoy kue k'e-nekomewet kee so 'okw', kue 'ue-werhl k'e-kesomewet kee so 'okw', 'emsee k'e-roowo's kwelekw nuemee k'e-yaahl kee 'okw'.
    You do just as I do, and then the neck of your deerskin will be on your right, and its tail will be on your left, and your pipe will be right over your belly.

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

  2. Kenuemee wee 'o son' kue meweemor 'o kue hewonee newonee nepuey kue 'we-newoyk'.
    The old man did just as he did with the first salmon to appear when this one appeared.

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

  3. Kenuemee 'o son' 'o kue hewonee newonee nepuey.
    He did just the same as with the first salmon that appeared.

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