Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

nahkseyoh • vi e-class num • we are three in number, there are three of us (human beings)

Lexicon record # 2026 | Source reference(s): R227

Other paradigm forms

• 3pl nahkseyehl, nahkseyhl they are three in number, there are three of them

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (10)

1. Nahkseyehl.
   Three (people).

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 13: "One, two three..." (GT3-13, 2003)

2. Wehlowaa nuemee nahkseyehl.
   Thirteen (people).

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 13: "One, two three..." (GT3-13, 2003)

3. Mos nuemee keech skeweechok' mee' nahkseyehl kue skeweechehl.
   My housework isn't hard because there's three of us to do housework.

   — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02) (JB-01-02, 2001)

4. Kue nahkseyehl nekah neekeechyue skeweechohl.
   All three of us are doing housework.

   — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02) (JB-01-02, 2001)

5. Cherwerseek' choo'm k'ep'ew wer'yernerk, mewahsegoh nahkseyhl
   Seven grandchildren are girls, there are three boys.

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

6. Ko'r cheykenee 'oohl, nee'eehl cheykenee 'oohl, nahkseyhl cheykenee 'oohl, cho'oneyhl cheykenee 'oohl, merueh choo'm cheykenee 'oohl, kohchew choo'm cheykenee 'oohl, cherwerseek' choo'm cheykenee 'oohl, kneweteek' choo'm leettle 'oohl, kerrmeek' choo'm cheykenee 'oohl, wehlowaa choo'm cheykenee 'oohl.
   One little Indian, two little Indians, three little Indians, four little Indians, five little Indians, six little Indians, seven little Indians, eight little Indians, nine little Indians, ten little Indians.

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

7. Srperh 'o nohsuenowok', Rek'woy 'o nohsuenowok', nekah nahkseyehl, 'ne-le'y.
   I was born in Srprh, I was born in Rek'woy, three of us, my brothers.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-057) (LA138-057, 1980)

8. Kue 'we-nahkseyhl kue ko 'w-ohkue' kue hehlkue 'we-neeekue' wo'oot.
   The third person present when the salmon taking ceremony was performed was the girl.

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

9. Kue kohchew 'we-choomoyhl, 'o 'owook kee ko rohsee' kue nepuy 'eme ga'm kue meweemor, Cho now le'mo'w 'o kue nuemee 'o'lehl; kwelekw nekah keech chpee ko nahkseyoh.
   On the sixth day and the next day the salmon would be speared, the old man said, Go away all of you from the main house; we three shall be here alone.

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

10. Nek nahkseyehl 'n-uuek.
    I have three children.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)