Dictionary entry
nah • excl • hesitation in speech (like English "uh")
Lexicon record # 2003 | Source reference(s): R226
Sentence examples (14)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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'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)
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'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)
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Kwesee kohchee X 'o ge's nah... segonoyeye'm.
And once ... she thought ...— Robert Spott, No'och (RS1, 1933)
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'O le'm kue perey, skwohl chee heksek', Kowecho' nah kyaanekso'm muewee herhhlkerh.
The old woman said,— Robert Spott, No'och (RS1, 1933)
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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)
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Tu' nekee' kee nah.
[He said,] I will.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)