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nee-'ee'-yoh

Dictionary entry

nee-'ee'-yoh • vi e-class • we are two in number, there are two of us [only 1dl, 2dl, and 3pl forms are used]

Lexicon record # 2184 | Source reference(s): R230

Other paradigm forms

  • 2dual nee-'ee'-yue' you are two in number, there are two of you R230

  • 3pl nee-'eehl, nee-'ee-yehl they are two in number, there are two of them R230

Sentence example (1)

  1. Kue keech 'o go-'oh-ko-hleen noohl 'o ga'm kue me-wee-mor, Cho now le'-mo'w 'o kue 'er'-gerrk; ne-kah kee chpee 'o ko nee-'ee'-yoh.
    And when it became dark the old man said, Leave the sweathouse all of you; we two will be here alone.

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