Dictionary entry
paas • pv • negative • excl • no
Lexicon record # 2461 | Source reference(s): R236
Sentence examples (13)
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Soo 'o legeyk', Paas, mee' nekah kwelekw weet ho soo weykee' Wohpekuemew:
But I was told, No, because Wohpekumew has so commanded us:— Bessie Fleischman, "The Story of the Klamath River Song" (LA16-2, 1951)
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'O ge's Segep, Kwelekw paas ko knokseyek'.
Coyote thought, Well, I will not be left behind.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Kem 'ok'w paas weeshtue' yo' nee yego'l 'w-esek' kee nuemee chue kue neemee kweles k'ee 'we-nah, ha's, Kos'ela nek 'ne-nah.
Then he does not go around thinking that what is not his property should all be his, (and he does not) think, Would that it were mine.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Hewonee 'o ge's, paas wo hegok'w, kwelekw 'eekee chue hehl, Cho' nue megee'repe'm.
At first he thought, No, he was not going, but everyone said, Go and perform it there.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kue pegerk mehl Wehlkwew kue skewoksemeen kue 'we-na'awok' hasee heenoyks laa'y 'emsee pa'aahleeks neekee ma laa'y 'o kue myerwernernee; soo hasee' paas wonue laa'y kue keech ho laahohkue' kue laayekw, mee' kwahhley 'oohl wonues kee 'we-laayek' 'o kue laayekw.
A man from Wehlkwew who wanted to catch surf fish went inside of the path and then into the water at the high water line; so strictly was it intended that one should not pass over where the path had been made, because it was forbidden for anyone to walk on the path.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Noohl weeshtue' 'o ga'm, Kos'ela tenowonee cheeek, keekee sku'y soo hoole'm 'oohl, nerhpery tue' kee tege'n ko teno' k'ee kwen cho kee nepue', 'emsee paas teloge'mo'w.
Then he said, May there be lots of money, and the people will fare well, and may there be lots of berries and lots of all that can be eaten, and may there be no sickness among the people!— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Paas rekwoh terperyerh pa'ah.
We do not drink cold water.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Skewokseemek' paas pa'r 'no-'o'hl.
I want my house to be small.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Paas lahchue'!
Don't launch!— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Paas weeshtue' yo' nee 'o'l.
So he does not go around.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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'O le'm, Paas!
Crane said, No!— Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)
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'O legee', Paas!
He was told, No!— Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)
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Mokee kwehl paas ko'mee tene'm weesh komchue'm kee 'n-egoyk', Weeshtue' so'n.
Nevertheless there will not be many people who know and will tell about me how I did.— Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy (MM5, 1927)