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nee-ma

Dictionary entry

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

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

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Tue' nee-kee 'we-roo-yo-new kue 'yoch; we-hlo-waa nee-ma koh-chee see-yo'w 'o pue-lekw, noohl 'o maa-yo-nekw 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. Koh-toh he-gor nee-ma tmoh noohl poy ma hee' kue 'nep-sech, Kwe-lekw ske-wok-sey-ye'm kee k'er-ner-gery kee hehl-kue 'we-ne-kue' k'ee ne-pe'-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. We-hlo-waa-we'-lee' nee-ma koh-te'-lee' 'o'-lo-mehl.
    There are eleven houses.

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

  4. Tue' kee-kee nee-ma koh-chee.
    Then there will be one more.

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