Yurok dictionary

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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 cho-mee'sh roo 'e-ma nee-'eeen ... so'n nek soo keech wey-kee'.
    And it was noon ... it was finished.

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

  2. Kwe-see noohl kue nee-'eeen we'-yon wee 'e-la nuue'm 'o ga'm, We-no-'e'-mekw kue ne-kah '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)