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nee'eeen

Dictionary entry

nee'eeen • num • two (human beings)

Lexicon record # 2185 | Source reference(s): R230

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Keech chomee'sh roo 'ema nee'eeen ... so'n nek soo keech weykee'.
    And it was noon ... it was finished.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)

  2. Kwesee noohl kue nee'eeen we'yon wee 'ela nuue'm 'o ga'm, Weno'e'mekw kue nekah 'no-'o'hl; kee le'moh.
    And then two girls arrived there and one said, Come to our house; we will be going.

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