Dictionary entry
nekomuy • vn • know how, be able • n • ability
Lexicon record # 2113 | Source reference(s): FS(B209) R228 JE3
Special meaning or use
mos nekomuy don't know how JE43
Sentence examples (21)
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Mos ko'l nekomuy kee 'we-che'lohtek' nepuy kue 'ne-peechowos 'we-sonkok'.
Nobody makes smoked salmon as well as my grandfather does.
— Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)
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Nekomuy k'e-saa'agochek'.
You know how to speak Yurok. — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)
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Sku'y soo t'p'ohlkwek' ... nekomuy.
I understand it very well. — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Emphasis (EJW-01-1-4, 2006)
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Kues no' nekomuy k'e-ruerek'?
When did you learn to swim? — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)
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Tkwo 'o cheykerek' 'o nekomuy 'ne-ruerek'.
When I was small I learned to swim. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)
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Kues weno'omuenowoo'm 'o nekomuy k'e-roowosek'?
At what age did you start smoking? — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)
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Kues no' nekomuy k'e-roowosek'?
When did you start smoking? — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)
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Kues weno'omue'n 'o nekomuy k'e-roowosek'?
At what age did you start smoking? — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)
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Skewok kee 'ne-nekomuy saa'agochek'.
I want to (be able to) speak Yurok. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)
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Nekomuy cheeko'l 'ner-serrhlerh.
I know how to do things. — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (AG-02-2) (AG-02-2, 2004)
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Yo' nekomuy.
S/he knows how to do it. — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (AG-02-2) (AG-02-2, 2004)
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Nekomuy kee k'e-pemek' kegoh hes?
Do you know how to make acorn soup? — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 3: "Are you hungry?" (GT3-03, 2003)
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'Iee, nekomuy 'ne-pew.
Yes, I know how to cook. — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 3: "Are you hungry?" (GT3-03, 2003)
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Nekomuy k'e-holeemek' 'luemon hes?
Do you know how to make eel baskets? — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 9: "What are you making? Making, Doing, Fishing" (GT3-09, 2003)
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Nekomuy hes k'er-'er'gerp chpeyue'r?
Do you like to tell stories? — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1b, 2001)
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Nekah nekomuy 'ner-'er'gerp chpeyue'r.
We like to tell stories. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1b, 2001)
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... mos nekomuy... pop, 'oohl 'ue-pop.
.. don't know how ... bread, Indian bread. — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)
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'O ge'm, Kwelekw, wo'oot nekomuy.
He said, Well, she knows how.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)
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Wo'oot nekomuy kee 'ue-keromoh kue wer'yers.
That girl knows how to drive.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)
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Nekomuy 'n-o'opek'.
I know how to build a fire.— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences in Berman's "Supplement to Robins" (HB, 1970-1972)
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Nek keetkwela nekomuy 'ne-saa'agochek'.
I can still speak Yurok.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)