Dictionary entry
cheenes • n • young man, teenage boy
Lexicon record # 124 | Source reference(s):
R191 JE22 JE87
Semantic
domain: people
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (18)
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Lenekw 'ne-'yoch, keech lenekw kue cheenes, keech lenekw kue ch'eeshah.
My boat is drifting, the boy has drowned, the dog has drowned.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-009) (LA138-009, 1980)
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Cho' wegene'm kue cheenes.
Mention that young man. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-043) (LA138-043, 1980)
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Kwesee nah wonekw so nur'urn ter'l wonekw 'o le'm nee'eeyehl kue cheenes keech...
So the young men climbed up, they went up ...— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
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Kue koreen, kue cheenes 'o ge'm, Wek nee 'oolo'oh! Wek nee 'oolo'oh puuek!
The young man said, There it is! There's the deer!— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
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Kolchee ko'l sootok'w kue cheenes kem tue' sega'nee poy 'o chee nue raayo'r kue 'ue-ka'ar.
Whenever the young man went anywhere his pet would often run right on ahead of him.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Kohchee 'o ge'we'hl kue cheenes, 'ap new, temaloh negeee'n kue 'ue-ka'ar.
Once the young man woke up, looked, (and) searched in vain for his pet.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Tue' 'w-ooro'r, tue' 'ok'ws 'we-rahcheen kue cheenes, weeshtue' 'o sooto'l.
Then he ran off, and the young man had a friend, and so he went to him.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Tue' noo so'n; tue' meykwele'we'y kue cheenes keech so'n nekeelet' kue ho 'ue-ka'ar.
So it went on; and the young man mourned its loss and came to pine for his pet.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Kwesee hehlkew 'ela new kue ko'l weno'omo'r kwesee Segep, keech ko'mo'y 'w-egoyek' kwelekw keech hloyehl kue cheenes mehl heeko'ch'uek.
From up in the hills Coyote had seen where something was moving along, (and) had heard tell that the two young men were being carried down from across the river.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Wonew 'o le'm 'o'lep 'ela nohpewee'm; kwesee 'o koo'op' cheenes.
The two young men went up to the house and entered; and there stood another young man.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Lekwseek 'o le'm keech tegoo'mehl kue nee 'ohkween cheenes.
They went outside and were all together at the young man's dwelling.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Tuerep 'o nohsue'n cheenes.
In Turep a young man was born.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)
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Chpee nee 'we-tmeeegook' kue cheenes.
The young man always hunted.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)
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Kwesee 'o le'wonee'hl kue cheenes, 'o nohlpe'y mehl 'er'gerrk.
And the young man woke up, he went out of the sweathouse.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)
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'O nohlpe'y kue cheenes.
The young man went outside.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)
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Kem 'o le'm kue cheenes, Cho' hohpkokseeme'm.
Again he (the dog) told the young man, Count them.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)
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Kue cheenes soo ge's: Keetee yuenoyohl.
The young man thought this: They will leave.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)
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Skelee neenomoyo kue cheenes.
The young man bowed his head.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)