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neskwee

Dictionary entry

neskwee • adv • near, soon, close [takes pronominal prefixes]

Lexicon record # 2148 | Source reference(s): R229 JE32 JE93

Special meanings or uses

  • neenee neskwee closer JE32

  • Neskwee sooto's Come closer! JE32 JE33

  • neskee 'o'le'm neighbors [literally, "those that live close"] JE93

  • neskwenee no'ohl soon JE125

  • neskwenee roo soon JE125

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (11)

  1. Neskwee cho' 'orogoo'm.
    Follow (me).

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with oo-Class Verbs (JB-14-1, 2003)

  2. Neskwee laayo'.
    It came close as it passed.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-008) (LA138-008, 1980)

  3. Neskwee kue 'oolo' keech laayekeek'.
    It's flowing past where I live.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-020) (LA138-020, 1980)

  4. Kue cheykenee mewah kue nee'eeh 'ue-kuechos nuemee tewomehl mee keetee nue 'yerhhlkerytehl cheeegery neskwee Kohpey.
    The little boy who lived with his grandmother was very grateful because they were going to go gather huckleberries near Crescent City.

    — Jessie Exline, "The Grey Sea Gull" (CICD2, 1983)

  5. Kue kuechos hem', Kowecho' hegoom' neskwee kue won hehlkew
    The grandmother told him, "Do not go near the other mountain."

    — Jessie Exline, "The Grey Sea Gull" (CICD2, 1983)

  6. Hehlkue nee raayo'r, kwesee kolchee ko'l 'ok'w hehlkue neskwee 'emehl raayo'r kue 'yoch.
    He ran along the bank, and whenever he got to any point on the riverside the boat was passing near him.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  7. Neskwee keech wenok'w.
    He is coming near.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  8. Kolchee ko'l 'ok'w neskwee 'emehl raayo'r kue 'yoch.
    Whenever he was at some point the boat was passing near by there.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  9. Kegoy keech myah, tueweet kem ee keech... see neskwee.
    Every morning she jumped up, and

    — Robert Spott, No'och (RS1, 1933)

  10. 'w-esek' weetue, Kwo 'o legohkue' k'ee neeegem? Neskwee kee neekee 'o tektee' k'ee 'oohl 'o nohsuenowoo'mek'
    He was thinking thus, How will they make obsidians? It will stand close to where people live.

    — Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)

  11. Tue neskwee keekee 'o meroge'y 'w-ohkue'.
    If it is close it will be easy to make.

    — Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)