Yurok dictionary

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no-nee

Dictionary entry

no-nee • pv • comparative

Lexicon record # 2225 | Source reference(s): R231

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Tue' wee' kue me-wee-mor 'we-ro-mech, wo-'oot no-nee pe'l 'o kue 'nep-sech.
    She was the old man's niece, and was older than my father.

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

  2. Wek yok 'ee-nee no-nee muen-chey.
    This is whiter than that.

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

  3. Kos-'el-son no-nee ho 'we-ner-gery-ker-paahl.
    I wish they had helped me more.

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

  4. Nek no-nee pe-lo-yek' 'o yo'.
    I am older than her.

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