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 che-gey-ken kue nah Geneva 'ue-merm, nee-'ee-yehl 'o gee' chue kue tmeee-go-nee wo-new.
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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Kwe-see nah wo-nekw so nur'urn ter'l wo-nekw 'o le'm nee-'ee-yehl kue chee-nes keech...
So the young men climbed up, they went up ...— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
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Kwe-see nah wo-nekw '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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Kwe-see yok sue-wee eyk 'e-ket-kwe-lee' kue 'we-nah kue ka-'ar che-kas ne-kah ho soo hee' tue' wee-tee' 'e-ket-kwe-lee'.
And his donkey was tied up there with him.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
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Kwe-see nah won 'o ge'm, Ne-woo'm hes 'ne-puuek 'we-raa-yo'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 tmoo-lee'. Noohl 'o lo-'o-mah nue 'we-neee'n kwe-see keech tmoo-lee' 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 che-kas ske-lee keech le-chee'.
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'-no-wohl noohl 'ee 'o lo-'o-mah 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 noo-noo laa pey, Kwe-lekw keech tmoo-lok' kue k'e-nah kue k'e-che-kas.
... I shot your donkey.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
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'O gee', Nah cho he'-wo-neehl-kwe-ne'm kue k'e-rah-cheen kes-kee 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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Kwe-see koh-chee X 'o ge's nah... se-go-no-yey-ye'm.
And once ... she thought ...— Robert Spott, No'och (RS1, 1933)
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'O le'm kue pe-rey, skwohl chee hek-sek', Ko-we-cho' nah kyaa-nek-so'm mue-wee herh-hlkerh.
The old woman said,— Robert Spott, No'och (RS1, 1933)
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Noohl 'o ge's, nah, Kues kue kee so-no-wok'? ... kue me-wah.
Then s/he thought, um, What am I going to do? ... the boy.— Robert Spott, No'och (RS1, 1933)
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Tu' ne-kee' kee nah.
[He said,] I will.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)