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ne-ko-me-wet

Dictionary entry

ne-ko-me-wetadv • on the right, right-handed

Lexicon record # 2111 | Source reference(s): FS(B209) JE112

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Cho 'e-nue-mee neee'-no-wo'm kue tee-kwohl; wee-'eeet kee no-'ohl noohl ne-ge-me'm kue ne-puy 'o k'e-ne-ko-me-wet.
    Look carefully for where there is a low gap; that far you will carry the salmon on your right shoulder.

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

  2. Ke'l cho ke-nue-mee so-no-wo'm, 'em-kee kwe-lekw ku'y 'ue-pah-tuen kue k'es-me-choy kue k'e-ne-ko-me-wet kee so 'ok'w, kue 'ue-werhl k'e-ke-so-me-wet kee so 'ok'w, 'em-see k'e-roo-wo's kwe-lekw nue-mee k'ey-yaahl kee 'ok'w.
    You do just as I do, and then the neck of your deerskin will be on your right, and its tail will be on your left, and your pipe will be right over your belly.

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

  3. Kue k'e-ne-ko-me-wet cho 'o-lo-ne-me'm, cho sku'y soo 'e-ko-ne-me'm 'ohl-kue-mee nee-mok-sue won kem ko soo 'e-ko-ne-me'm.
    Carry it in your right hand, and get a good hold on it because you will not carry it in any other position.

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

  4. Noohl hee-noy 'o so na'-mee naa-met' ho kue 'we-ne-ko-me-wet noohl 'o ga'm, Se-la ro-'o-nep-'es! kem 'o pah-chew kue ne-puy.
    Then he took two steps to his right and said, Run on! and again it moved.

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

  5. Cho k'e-ne-ko-me-wet so ke-lo-mo-'o-pe'm ko-wee-cho hee-noy so ko neee'-no-wo'm; ko-wee-cho nek ho neee'-no-wo-pa', ko-wee-cho ho ko'l hee neee'-no-wo'm.
    Turn to your right and do not look back; do not look at me, and do not look at things round about.

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

  6. 'O kue 'we-ne-ko-me-wet laa-ye-keen weet laa-tekw-so'm mehl kue 'ue-mer-'erx so kue 'we-tuuek; noohl 'o tekw-see' kue 'we-terr, noohl kue 'we-tuuek.
    She cut it along the line on its right from its gills to its tail; then its head was cut off, then its tail.

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