Dictionary entry
na'amee • num adv • twice, two times, for a long time
Lexicon record # 2042 | Source reference(s): R227 JE140
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (5)
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Hewon 'we-newoyhl 'woogey negee'eehl chaahl 'we-laaye'mek' 'o ko tye'wolee' koleen kue 'o'lehl kue 'o megetohlkwonee kue roowo's, na'amee tmohkelee' k'ee roowo's.
When white men were first seen there were two of them walking along the sands, and at that time one of the houses was burnt down where the pipes were kept, and one pipe was broken in two places.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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'Enuemee wee' 'we-son tue' na'amee terrlue'l 'o 'we-luehl mee' kee soo komchue'm 'w-esek' wee'eeet kue ho goh.
It was just like the other, but he made two ridges round its mouth so that he should know that this was the one that he had made.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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To kwelekw keech na'amee yegook' To soneen keech meneykwenoomelek' 'ne-'wes.
[Girl:] "I have been walking for a long time because people are afraid of me.— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)
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To kweele keech na'amee hegook'.
I have gone about long.— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)
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To kwelekw keech na'amee yego'm, 'oloolekweeshol, 'aawokw.
Twice you have gone, human being, alas.— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)