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mee'

Dictionary entry

mee' • pv • negative • Variant mee

Lexicon record # 1832 | Source reference(s): R223

Sentence examples (24)

  1. Kues so'n mehl mee' neee'-no-wo-pa'?
    Why don't you look at me?

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)

  2. Kues so'n mehl mee' ter-gurpa'?
    Why don't you talk to me?

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)

  3. Keech mee' ro-'op', 'o ro' ke-ro-moh.
    It's not running, the car's not running.

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    — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)

  4. Keech mee' ko'-mo-yok'.
    I can't hear.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-001) (LA138-001, 1980)

  5. Keech mee kom-te-ne-pek'
    I'm blind.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-001) (LA138-001, 1980)

  6. Tue' kem Se-gep kem keech 'e-kwehl keech mee chween-kep', mee' ho to-mo-wo'hl tue' hlow keech 'o chkee-ree-shee' kue wee 'o key, tue' nee-mee wo he-won ne-wo'm 'we-sek' kwe-lekw ko-lo hlkehl wee'.
    Even Coyote was now afraid and did not talk, because he had been chattering and at last had felt drowsy where he was sitting, and was not the first to see that it looked like land in sight.

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

  7. Noohl kues kee shoo mee' ko-lo-nee kah-se-lo-pehl, kues k'ee kwe-nee ho wee' nuue'-mehl, mee' koo-see muen-chey k'ee chaahl, mos wee nuue-wee' weet 'we-soo ko 'oo-le'-mo'w.
    Then how could they feel strange, (wondering) where on earth they had come to at this place, for the sand was all white, and they had never seen people living like this.

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

  8. Noohl 'o ga'm kue me-wee-mor, Hl'o'-ro-nep-'es! noohl ko-lo 'ee-kee mee' wo ko pah-chew.
    Then the old man said, Stop! and it seemed that it did not move.

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

  9. Keet-kwo mee 'ue noh-pe'w ho kue nue-mee 'oo-le'-mo'w.
    He did not yet enter the main part of the house.

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

  10. Kues son ke-lew keech mehl mee' kweee-get?
    Why don't you all come visiting?

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

  11. Keech mee' pyuech so'n.
    He is not well now (euphemism = he is dead).

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

  12. Keet mee wo mer-'er-nee' kue mue-lah.
    That horse cannot be overtaken.

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

  13. Keet-kwo mee 'ue he-we-chek'.
    I am not well yet.

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

  14. Keet-kwo mee' ko'l 'ue so'n kue ke'l tmoo-loo-mom pe-gerk.
    The man you shot has not died yet.

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

  15. Chmey-yaan keet-kwo mee 'ue nes.
    He had not come back by yesterday.

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

  16. Keet-kwo mee 'ue 'ok'ws 'wah-pew.
    He is not married yet.

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

  17. Keet-kwo mee nue-mee 'ue ho-'oh-ko'hl.
    It is not yet quite dark.

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

  18. Kues so'n mehl mee he-goo'm?
    Why don't you go?

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

  19. Ho mo-'oh-peerk mehl mee' wo ne-woch-'o'.
    It was foggy and so I did not see you.

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

  20. Kues so'n mehl mee' wo nes-kwe-choo'm?
    Why did you not come?

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

  21. Kues so'n mehl mee 'ue-ma nes?
    Why did you not come?

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

  22. Ne-kah yo' kwen ma laa-ye'-moh; soo mee' wo ske-wok kee 'ne-ne-woo kue 'ue-pe-le-pek'.
    We passed by there; so much did we not want to see the fighting.

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

  23. Yo' mee 'ue-ma nes.
    He has not come.

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

  24. Kues son keech mehl mee' kweee-get?
    Why don't you all come visiting now?

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