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'ne-yah

Dictionary entry

'ne-yah • n dep • my stomach, my belly

Lexicon record # 2418 | Source reference(s): R267 FS(B220) YM398 JE128
Semantic domain: body parts and the body

Other paradigm forms

  • indefinite me-yah somebody's belly

  • locative 'ne-yaahl on my belly

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (8)

  1. 'Ne-yah.
    My stomach.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 23: "Body Parts" (GT3-23, 2003)

  2. K'e-yah.
    Your stomach.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 23: "Body Parts" (GT3-23, 2003)

  3. 'We-yah.
    His/Her stomach.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 23: "Body Parts" (GT3-23, 2003)

  4. Mocho kee wohpeye'm, k'e-yaahl kee no'omue'l, k'e-senohl kee no'omue'l, k'e-pahtuenohl kee no'omue'l.
    If you cross it (the water), it will be up to your belly, it will be up to your arms, it will be up to your neck.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-002) (LA138-002, 1980)

  5. Ke'l cho kenuemee sonowo'm, 'emkee kwelekw ku'y 'ue-pahtuen kue k'e-smechoy kue k'e-nekomewet kee so 'ok'w, kue 'ue-werhl k'e-kesomewet kee so 'ok'w, 'emsee k'e-roowo's kwelekw nuemee k'e-yaahl kee 'ok'w.
    You do just as I do, and then the neck of your deerskin will be on your right, and its tail will be on your left, and your pipe will be right over your belly.

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

  6. Noohl 'w-aawechohl wogee 'o tekwsee' noohl kue 'we-yaahl 'o tmenomen tekwso'm, weeshtue' k'ookwsee' 'o kue nahko' kue nepuy lekonee.
    Then the salmon was cut across the middle of its back, and finally she cut it in half at its belly, and so it was cut up on the platters where it lay.

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

  7. Noohl 'emehl hlo'm kue nepuy 'we-yah mecheeks 'o nek'.
    Then she took the salmon's belly and put it on the fire.

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

  8. Mehl megenep' 'we-yah mee' ko'mee tegenpe'y.
    His stomach aches because he regularly overeats.

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