Dictionary entry
maageen • n • some, the rest, remainder
Lexicon record # 1601 | Source reference(s): R220 FS(LA138-012) JE111 JE124
Special meaning or use
'ne-maageen the rest of us R220
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (17)
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Sa'n maageen, maageen pope'l.
Some (rattlesnakes) are, some are big.
— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)
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Maageen kokonewolek'.
Some (slugs) are long. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)
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Maageen chegeyke'n.
Some (slugs) are small. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)
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Maageen popeleen, maageen popeleen, maageen tue' chegeykenee nepuy, maageen tue' regok.
Some (salmon) are big, some are big, and some salmon are small, and some are trout. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)
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[Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee leyes?] Leyes, 'ee, weet kem hoore'mos, k'ee leyes. Maageen hlmeyowo'm.
[Is the snake a hoore'mos?] Snake, yes, snake is an animal too, snake. Some are mean. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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Neekee kue weet 'o no'ohl 'emkee 'w-ohkepek', mos weeshtue' noo nep' kue maageen nepee'monee.
So from then on at that time he went into training, and did not eat what other people ate.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Noohl 'o gee', Kerrcherh 'O Legok'w cho 'o nerrgerse'm, mee' weet 'o guene'm stowstek', maageen k'ee 'oohl kwelekw weesh neemee hegohkuemehl stowstek' 'ue-'weskwen neemee mehl hego'omah 'o 'er'gerrch.
Then he was told, Go and gather sweathouse wood at Krrchrh 'O Legok'w, because small fir trees grew there, but other people did not pick their branches and did not use them for making fire in the sweathouse.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Maageen 'eekee 'ue-wey, maageen kyue' 'ee 'o goole'm.
Some of them stopped fishing at once, and others stayed around there.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Noohl 'o chpega'ro'y kue 'ne-psech ho kue meweemor 'o ga'm, Kues sonkee' kue maageen kue nepuy?
Then my father questioned the old man, and said, What was done with the rest of the salmon?— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Mos noo nep' kue maageen nepee'monee.
He did not himself eat what others ate.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Maageen k'ee 'oohl neemee mehl hego'omah.
The rest of the people did not use it to make fires.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Mos noo nep' kue maageen nepee'monee.
He did not himself eat what other people ate.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)