Dictionary entry
negeneech • n • 1 mouse 2 bastard child
Lexicon record # 2086 | Source reference(s):
R228 JE91 WF(ALK10:25)
Semantic
domains: mice and rats; people
Special meaning or use
chuelue nee negeneech jumping mouse [literally, "mouse on Bald Hills"] FS(B200)
chuelue nee negeneech "jumping mouse"
Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (16)
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Negeneech.
Mouse.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 31: "Animals" (GT3-31, 2003)
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Kue negeneech ... ho myah 'o hee' kue locho'm.
The mouse jumped up and told the frog (something). — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-2, 2001)
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Kue negeneech tue' kem wee' 'o gegok'w, kolonee wee' neenee hak'ws.
The mouse, he was there too, and he was kind of laughing to himself, kind of giggling around to himself.— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Toad and The Mouse" (GM3, 2004)
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Kwesee keech 'ela skuykep' kue locho'm noohl 'o gee' kue negeneech, Ney, kues cho' soo newoyek'?
So the toad dressed himself, and then he said to the mouse, Dear, how do I look?— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Toad and The Mouse" (GM3, 2004)
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Kwesee 'o ge'm kue negeneech, 'Iyoh, ke'l kwelekw kolokween... keech ko'see swektkeloo'weye'm.
Then the mouse said, Oh ... you are covered with warts all over.— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Toad and The Mouse" (GM3, 2004)
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Kwesee wee' neenee noo's kue negeneech.
Of course that mouse was just kind of laughing around.— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Toad and The Mouse" (GM3, 2004)
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Kwesee keech 'ela wey 'we-chuerp'ery kue negeneech, noohl weet 'ela myah noohl 'ap he'm, Kues cho soo newoyek'? To's keech mermeryerwerk'?
After the mouse got through combing, he jumped in front of the frog, and said, How do I look? Am I pretty now?— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Toad and The Mouse" (GM3, 2004)
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Negeneech 'we-rahcheen locho'm keetee nue hlkyegor 'o wohpewk.
Mouse (and) his pal toad were going to go watch (something) across the ocean.— Frank Douglas, Mouse and Toad (FD3, 1970)
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Negeneech poy keycheenep'.
Mouse got dressed first.— Frank Douglas, Mouse and Toad (FD3, 1970)
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'O le'm negeneech, To' wee' chpee shoo newoye'm k'e-swetkele'weyek'.
Mouse said,"You just look like you have warts."— Frank Douglas, Mouse and Toad (FD3, 1970)
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Kue negeneech tue' kem wee' 'o gegok'w, kolo wee' neenee hak'ws 'w-esek', Kwelekw soo mermeryerwerk', Nek kem kue hlkyorkwek'.
The mouse was walking around there too, she was laughing around a bit, thinking, Well, I am good looking, I will go and watch too.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)
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Kwesee keech 'ela skuykep' kue locho'm noohl 'o gee' kue negeneech, Ney, kues cho' soo newoyek'?
The toad dressed herself and then said to the mouse, My dear, how do I look?— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)
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Kwesee ye'm kue negeneech, 'Iyah, ke'l kwelekw kolokween toome'weye'm k'ee koosee swektkeloo'weye'm.
Then the mouse said, Oh, your face is ever so broad and you are covered with warts all over.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)
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Kwesee wee' neenee noo's kue negeneech.
The mouse went giggling around.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)
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Kwesee keech 'ela wey 'we-chuerp'ery kue negeneech, noohl weet 'ela myah noohl 'ap ha'm, Kues cho soo newoyek'? Ney, to's keech mermeryerwerk'?
And when the mouse had finished combing her hair, she jumped up and said, How do I look? My dear, am I pretty now?— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)
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Kue negeneech wee' neenee hak'ws.
The mouse was laughing around.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)