Dictionary entry
'ne-let • n dep • my sister, my female cousin (of a woman) • Variant 'ne-leet
Lexicon record # 2395 | Source reference(s):
R216 FS(LA138-009) JE121
Semantic
domain: kin terms
Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (5)
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Kues weno'omue'n kue k'e-let?
How old is your sister?
— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)
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Tue' 'ne-let, kem 'o gesek' kwelokw kee serhkermerypewe'm 'o yoh mo keemee neeege'yue' kue k'e-rahcheen; tue' wo'oot weeshtue' kee 'w-ahpew kue 'ne-let.
I have a sister, and I thought that you would be lonely here if you did not bring your friend; and my sister may be his wife.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Wok 'ne-let.
That is my sister— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Wo'oot kee 'w-ahpew kue 'ne-let.
My sister shall be his wife.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)