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ney

Dictionary entry

neyexcl • greeting between women

Lexicon record # 2158 | Source reference(s): R229 YLCB4
Semantic domain: greetings and polite expressions

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Kues cho' soo ne-wo-yek', ney?
    "How do I look?"

    — Frank Douglas, Mouse and Toad (FD3, 1970)

  2. 'O le'm, Kues cho' soo ne-wo-yek', ney?
    She said, "How do I look?"

    — Frank Douglas, Mouse and Toad (FD3, 1970)

  3. Kwe-see keech 'e-la skuykep' kue lo-cho'm noohl 'o gee' kue ne-ge-neech, Ney, kues cho' soo ne-wo-yek'?
    The toad dressed herself and then said to the mouse, My dear, how do I look?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)

  4. Kwe-see keech 'e-la wey 'we-chuerp-'ery kue ne-ge-neech, noohl weet 'e-la myah noohl 'ap ha'm, Kues cho soo ne-wo-yek'? Ney, to's keech mer-mer-yer-werk'?
    And when the mouse had finished combing her hair, she jumped up and said, How do I look? My dear, am I pretty now?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)