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muech

Dictionary entry

muech • adv • by oneself, for oneself • See

Lexicon record # 1929 | Source reference(s): R225

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Sentence examples (16)

  1. Noohl 'o ga'm kue me-wee-mor ho kue 'nep-sech, Nek kee muech roh-see-mek' kue ne-puy, kem kee ke'l wee 'o ne-ge-me'm so 'o'-lep.
    Then the old man said to my father, I shall spear the salmon myself, but you will carry it to the house.

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

  2. Kue wo-nekws 'we-soo-tok' noohl wek 'ee lehl-koo' 'ue-mey; soo ha's, 'Aa-wokw keech 'ne-muech ne-wook'.
    As he went up his weeping could be heard; he thought, Ah, now I have seen for myself.

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

  3. Soo ha's, Keech ne-wook' muech kue se-gon-ko-nee kue hehl-kue 'we-neee-kue' kue ne-puy.
    He thought, Now I have seen for myself what is done when the salmon is taken ashore.

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

  4. Keech tok-to-mo-yehl kee 'ue-muech me-ge-tohl-kwe-pehl.
    They are old enough now to look after themselves.

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

  5. K'ee keech to-mo-yoh noohl muech me-ge-tohl-kwe-pek'.
    Since I have been grown up I have looked after myself.

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

  6. Muech tmoo-le-pek'.
    I shoot myself, I commit suicide by shooting.

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

  7. Peesh weesh-tue' 'o soo-nok's, 'we-sek', " Kwe-lekw to' ne-kee' kee 'ne-muech hoh-kue-mek' (…)
    So this is how she thought, thinking, "I myself am the one who will make it.

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  8. Peesh-tue' weesh-tue' kwel nee muech hoh-kuem' pech-kue 'o se-gep 'wo-'oh-kween kue 'we-ne-puyo-nah.
    So Upriver Coyote himself made it that they have salmon.

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  9. Nek muech s'oo-po-ne-mek'.
    I strike myself.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)

  10. Nek muech ho s'oo-po-ne-mek'.
    I struck myself.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)

  11. Nek muech kee-tee s'oo-po-ne-mek'.
    I will strike myself.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)

  12. Ke'l muech s'oo-po-ne-me'm.
    You strike yourself.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)

  13. Ke'l kee-tee muech s'oo-po-ne-me'm.
    You will strike yourself.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)

  14. Kwe-les muech ho s'oo-po-ne'm.
    He struck himself.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)

  15. Kwe-les muech kee-tee s'oo-po-ne'm.
    He will strike himself.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)

  16. Nek muech s'yah-hlkue-mek'.
    I kick myself.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)