Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

'ne-nos • n dep • my husband

Lexicon record # 2405 | Source reference(s): R231 JE72 JE126 FS(B209) YSU995
Semantic domain: kin terms

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (13)

1. 'Ne-nos.
   My husband.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 22: "People/Relatives" (GT3-22, 2003)

2. Nos.
   Husband.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 22: "People/Relatives" (GT3-22, 2003)

3. Kue 'ne-nos keech ho kekwonoot' kue nahko'.
   My husband already cut the board.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with oo-Class Verbs (JB-14-2, 2003)

4. Kue 'ne-nos keech ho swetowetoh kue nahko'.
   My husband already split the board.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with oo-Class Verbs (JB-14-2, 2003)

5. Kue 'ne-me'y keech 'ok'w 'we-nos.
   My daughter finally got married (has her husband).

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

6. Keech hoo'yk'e'n 'we-nos.
   She lost her husband (he died).

   — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-05-1a) (JB-05-1a, 2002)

7. Noohl 'o gegoomue'm kue 'we-nos hegee' kue tekwe's:
   Then the owl's wife spoke to her husband and told the owl:

   — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl" (GM1, 2004)

8. Noohl 'o gegoomue'm kue 'we-nos hegee' kue tekwe's:
   Then the owl's wife spoke to her husband and told the owl:

   — Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)

9. Kwesee 'eeshkuue newo'm kue wenchokws weet keech so'n kue 'we-nos noohl wonue noohl nee yegok'w kem tue' ko'l 'ee key.
   Then gradually the woman noticed that it happened that her husband would go far up in the hills and sit somewhere there.

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

10. Kwesee kohchee heenoy 'o 'orogok'w kue wenchokws 'ap ha'm, 'Aawokw, 'ne-nos, kolo ko'l sook nee shoose'm.
    And one day the woman followed him and said, Alas, my husband, you seem to have something on your mind.

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

11. Tue' neemok'ws 'we-nos Pewolew 'ue-Me'y soo wegenee'.
    She was unmarried and was called the Daughter of Pewolew.

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

12. Keech meworegetek' kue 'ne-nos nahcheepe'n cheeek.
    I have spent the money my husband gave me.

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

13. 'Ne-nos tmoolo'm puuek.
    My husband shot a deer.

    — Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT) (GAR-LT, 1922)