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Dictionary entry

nahexcl • hesitation in speech (like English "uh")

Lexicon record # 2003 | Source reference(s): R226

Sentence examples (14)

  1. Well, skue'o chegeyken kue nah Geneva 'ue-merm, nee'eeyehl 'o gee' chue kue tmeeegonee wonew.
    Well, Geneva's young sons, it's said they were hunters in the mountains.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  2. Kwesee nah wonekw so nur'urn ter'l wonekw 'o le'm nee'eeyehl kue cheenes keech...
    So the young men climbed up, they went up ...

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  3. Kwesee nah wonekw 'o ho nuue'm 'ap new wee' 'o key Todd Horn.
    And when they arrived above they saw Todd Horn sitting there.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  4. Kwesee yok suewee eyk 'eketkwelee' kue 'we-nah kue ka'ar chekas nekah ho soo hee' tue' weetee' 'eketkwelee'.
    And his donkey was tied up there with him.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  5. Kwesee nah won 'o ge'm, Newoo'm hes 'ne-puuek 'we-raayo'r?
    And then one said, Did you see my deer run past?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  6. Boom! Noohl 'o nah 'o tmoolee'. Noohl 'o lo'omah nue 'we-neee'n kwesee keech tmoolee' kue ka'ar.
    Boom! Then it was shot. Then they ran over to look and the poor animal had been shot.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  7. Kue wee' 'o key kue nah chekas skelee keech lechee'.
    The donkey standing there had fallen down.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  8. Tue' noohl 'o nah 'o neee'nowohl noohl 'ee 'o lo'omah wee' 'o key Todd Horn.
    And then they looked around and ran back to where Todd Horn was sitting.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  9. 'O noonoo laa pey, Kwelekw keech tmoolok' kue k'e-nah kue k'e-chekas.
    ... I shot your donkey.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  10. 'O gee', Nah cho he'woneehlkwene'm kue k'e-rahcheen keskee cho' le'mo'w.
    He was told, Wake your friend up and both of you go down to the water.

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

  11. Kwesee kohchee X 'o ge's nah... segonoyeye'm.
    And once ... she thought ...

    — Robert Spott, No'och (RS1, 1933)

  12. 'O le'm kue perey, skwohl chee heksek', Kowecho' nah kyaanekso'm muewee herhhlkerh.
    The old woman said,

    — Robert Spott, No'och (RS1, 1933)

  13. Noohl 'o ge's, nah, Kues kue kee sonowok'? ... kue mewah.
    Then s/he thought, um, What am I going to do? ... the boy.

    — Robert Spott, No'och (RS1, 1933)

  14. Tu' nekee' kee nah.
    [He said,] I will.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)