Dictionary entry
no'-mo-ye'-wey-yek' • vi e-class • I lie pointing or facing in a particular direction
Lexicon record # 2223 | Source reference(s):
R231
Derivation: morphological structure no'm-oy-e'wey-e-
Sentence examples (3)
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Mo-cho Tmery 'WeRoy hehl-kue 'o soo-tok'w ne-puy kwe-lekw ko' ne-pue' k'ee kwen cho hehl-kue no'-mo-ye'-we'y tue' wee-'eeet chpee ne-pue', kue pa-'aahl 'wet-me-no-men kwe-lekw nee-mee ne-pue'.
If a salmon came ashore at Cannery Creek people could eat whichever part faced away from the water, and this alone was eaten, the half that was toward the water was not eaten.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kue keech 'o nuue'-mehl ho pue-lekw, noohl 'o ga'm kue me-wee-mor ho kue 'nep-sech, Cho nue-mee sku'y soo ske-lee ne-ke'm; k'ee ma-'ah pe-chue kee no'-mo-ye'-we'y.
When they arrived at the river mouth, the old man said to my father, Put the spear down carefully; it must point upstream.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Pe-chue no'-mo-ye'-we'y kue ne-puy.
The salmon lay with its head pointing up the river.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)