Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

nee-muech • adv • self, itself, one's self, by oneself, for oneself • Variant muech

Lexicon record # 2174 | Source reference(s): R230 JE68 JE73 JE75 JE92 JE99 R230

Sentence examples (5)

1. Kwe-lekw wee' nee-muech 'ne-tek-toh.
   This is my own private log.

   — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)

2. 'O ge'm, Paa, mos nek weet kee ne-pek' mee' nee-muech 'ok'w 'ner-merw.
   He said, No, I will not eat it as I have my own food with me.

   — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

3. Hee-me-no-mee now soot-'os! Nek kwe-lekw wee' nee-muech 'ne-tek-toh.
   Go away quickly! This is my own private log.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)

4. Nee-muech 'ok'ws 'werkw-terks 'ee-ko'l 'ue-we-se-pek' ke-nee-mee chee re-kwoh pa-'ah 'ohl-kue-mee kue 'ue-ke-goh chpee re-kwoh.
   He had his own drinking basket, and was constantly cleansing himself, and did not even drink water, as he drank only his own soup.

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

5. Nee-muech tyoh-pey-yok.
   I hate myself.

   — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)