Dictionary entry
naa-geen • adv • out of one's way
Lexicon record # 2059 | Source reference(s): R227
Special meaning or use
Naa-geen soot-'os Keep clear! R227
Sentence examples (7)
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Naa-geen cho' me-nech-'os.
Move out of the way.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-019) (LA138-019, 1980)
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Naa-geen soot-'os, naa-geen... cho' laa-ye'm.
Move out of the way, move out his path. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-019) (LA138-019, 1980)
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Tek-toh 'we-naa-geen.
The far side of the log. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-025) (LA138-025, 1980)
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Ne-kah naa-geen so myoo-ley-yo-noy.
They pushed us aside.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Soo hee-moo-rey-yo-wohl ne-kah naa-geen so myoo-ley-yo-noy.
They were in such a hurry that they pushed us aside.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Naa-geen soot-'os!
Keep clear!— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)