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neee'n

Dictionary entry

neee'n • vn • watch, guard, look, look for, hunt for, search for • n • a watcher, someone who watches something

Lexicon record # 2188 | Source reference(s): R230 FS(B209) LT90

Special meaning or use

  • ne-geee'n mehl look for (lost article) JE71 JE85

Derived phrase or compound

Sentence examples (40)

  1. Nue-mee koy kol he'-we-hlek' keet-kwo 'o ho-'oh kue neee'n 'ne-lew.
    I'm going to wake up early when it's still dark to check my net.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  2. 'Nek-'ep-'ew 'ue ne-geee'n 'o kerm-serhl 'o te-no'. Te-no' 'wekw-sek'.
    My grandson looked for a lot of mushrooms. He found a lot.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  3. Kues kee serr-hler-perk'? Kee ne-geee'n nee-ko'l kee k'e-serr-hler-pek', skuye-nee kee 'ne-serrhl.
    What can I do? ...

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  4. 'Ahte-mar ho neee'-nek'. Tue te-no' 'ne-'ah-te-mar ho 'ne-neee'n.
    I've been reading. I've been doing a lot of reading.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

  5. Weet 'o tmoh-ke-lee', ko neee'n 'o wo-nekw,'o tmoh-ke-lee' nah-kwoh te-poo.
    It's broken there, look uphill, there's a broken fir there.

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    — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)

  6. Ke'l nek 'ne-res. Ko-we-cho' cheee-ko'r ho neee'n.
    You're my sweetheart. Don't be looking around.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 8: "Look! Observations" (GT3-08, 2003)

  7. 'Ahte-mar 'och-kaa neee'n.
    I'm reading.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

  8. Chyue kue ne-geee'n kerm-serhl!
    Let's go look for mushrooms!

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

  9. Chyue' kwen ne-geee'n re'-go'.
    Let's go look for (five finger) ferns.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

  10. Kue ne-geee'n kue re'-go-'oh.
    Let's look for ferns.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

  11. Chue' kue ne-geee'n cheee-shep'.
    Let's go look for flowers.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

  12. Lekws ho neee'n.
    I saw (it) outside.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

  13. Chyue kue ne-geee'n kerm-serhl.
    Let's go hunt for mushrooms

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

  14. Cho' nue ne-geee'n kerm-serhl

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

  15. Cho' 'o ne-geee'n kue kerm-serhl.
    Go look (there) for the mushrooms.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

  16. Neee-geee'n hoo-gech.
    Look at the stars.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-005_4) (JB-005_4, 2002)

  17. Nee-ko'l 'we-ne-geee'n ne-puy 'we-terh.
    He would always look for fish heads.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Eating Fish Heads (AF3, 2001)

  18. Hehl neee'n kue ha-'aag keech mo-'oh-ke-lee'.
    Look! The rock is round.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1b, 2001)

  19. Hehl neee'n keech moo-mo-'oh.
    Look! They (stones) are round.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1b, 2001)

  20. Cho' hoo nue neee'n, to's keech t'ue-ne'm.
    Go and see, are they up yet (new plants, poking through the ground).

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-043) (LA138-043, 1980)

  21. Noohl 'o ko neee'n so pue-lekw 'o new 'aa-wokw noohl kyue' keech we-no'-mo-nekw kue twe-goh.
    Then he looked down the river and saw the coon, poor thing, floating away there.

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

  22. Boom! Noohl 'o nah 'o tmoo-lee'. Noohl 'o lo-'o-mah nue 'we-neee'n kwe-see keech tmoo-lee' kue ka-'ar.
    Boom! Then it was shot. Then they ran over to look and the poor animal had been shot.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  23. Noohl 'o ko neee'n so pue-lekw 'o new 'aa-wokw noohl kyue' keech we-no'-mo-nekw kue twe-goh.
    Then he looked down the river and saw the coon, poor thing, floating away there.

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

  24. Koh-chee 'o ge'-we'hl kue chee-nes, 'ap new, te-ma-loh ne-geee'n kue 'ue-ka-'ar.
    Once the young man woke up, looked, (and) searched in vain for his pet.

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

  25. 'Owook koy kem 'o neee'n; paa mos chee-taa ko'l 'o ge-gok'w.
    The following morning they looked for it again; but no, there was nothing moving about there.

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

  26. Se-gep poy nee-kee 'oo'-rep', tue' keech ro-'op' kue 'we-ne-geee'n kues soo 'oo-le'-mo'w k'ee wee nee 'oo-le'-mo-nee.
    Coyote went on ahead, and ran to see how people lived who lived there.

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

  27. Kwe-see ye'm kue 'wah-pew, Nek soo, nek kom-chue-mek' k'ee wee mehl so-no-wo'm; ko'l kee 'e-la key ko-lo k'e-neee'n.
    Then his wife said, I think, nay I know, how you are; you keep sitting here and gazing.

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

  28. Ku'y 'we-no-'ohl Rek'-woy wo-new 'e-la neee'n 'o ne-wee' kwe-lekw keech ta-'a-noy'hl.
    Later they looked over to Requa and saw that the sun was shining.

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

  29. Ne-kah kee yoo-le'-moh kee 'ne-ne-geee'n.
    We are going around looking for it.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  30. Mar-kwe-nee 'e-me neee'n.
    He looked everywhere.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  31. Hee-noy ho ko neee'n.
    I looked back.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  32. Cho 'ue neee'n!
    Go and look!

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  33. Hehl neee'n yo' 'ue-poy-koh! Nee-mee wo wey-kee'.
    Look at her tattooing! It was not finished.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  34. Te-ma-loh ne-geee'n kue ke'l k'e-rah-cheen tue' 'ee-mee wo gekw-se-soh.
    We looked for your friend a long time, but we did not find him.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  35. Ke-nee-mee chee-taa wo ko neee'n.
    She did not even look at all.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  36. Tee'-nee' k'e-neee'n? Ch'ee-shah wee' 'ne-neee'n.
    What are you looking at? I'm looking at a dog.

    — Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT) (GAR-LT, 1922)

  37. Te-ma hloy kee 'ne-neee'n 'na-'a'.
    I tried to read my paper.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (TTW-A) (TTW-A, 1909)

  38. Pe-cheen ho lo neee'n 'o ne-wo'm keech kyue' hop-kue'r.
    He saw that one seemed to be swimming there upriver.

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