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neema

Dictionary entry

neema • numeral element • formative of numerals 11-29, 21-29, etc.

Lexicon record # 2169 | Source reference(s): R229

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Tue' neekee 'we-rooyonew kue 'yoch; wehlowaa neema kohchee seeyo'w 'o puelekw, noohl 'o maayonekw kue 'yoch.
    Then the boat sped on; eleven times it broke through the waves at the mouth of the river, and then the boat went on its way.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  2. Kohtoh hegor neema tmoh noohl poy ma hee' kue 'ne-psech, Kwelekw skewokseye'm kee k'er-nergery kee hehlkue 'we-nekue' k'ee nepe'woo.
    A month and a half in advance my father was told, You are wanted to help in the taking ashore of the first salmon to run.

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

  3. Wehlowaawe'lee' neema kohte'lee' 'o'lomehl.
    There are eleven houses.

    — Carrie Roberts, Yurok field notebook 1 (MRH1, 1950)

  4. Tue' keekee neema kohchee.
    Then there will be one more.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)