Dictionary entry
paas • pv • negative • excl • no
Lexicon record # 2461 | Source reference(s): R236
Sentence examples (13)
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Soo 'o le-geyk', Paas, mee' ne-kah kwe-lekw weet ho soo wey-kee' Woh-pe-kue-mew:
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 Se-gep, Kwe-lekw paas ko knok-sey-yek'.
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 weesh-tue' yo' nee ye-go'l 'we-sek' kee nue-mee chue kue nee-mee kwe-les k'ee 'we-nah, ha's, Kos-'e-la 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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He-wo-nee 'o ge's, paas wo he-gok'w, kwe-lekw 'ee-kee chue hehl, Cho' nue me-gee'-re-pe'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 pe-gerk mehl Wehl-kwew kue ske-wok-se-meen kue 'we-na-'a-wok' ha-see hee-noyks laa'y 'em-see pa-'aa-hleeks nee-kee ma laa'y 'o kue myer-wer-ner-nee; soo ha-see' paas wo-nue laa'y kue keech ho laahoh-kue' kue laa-yekw, mee' kwah-hley 'oohl wo-nues kee 'we-laa-yek' 'o kue laa-yekw.
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 weesh-tue' 'o ga'm, Kos-'e-la te-no-wo-nee cheeek, kee-kee sku'y soo hoo-le'm 'oohl, nerh-pery tue' kee te-ge'n ko te-no' k'ee kwen cho kee ne-pue', 'em-see paas te-lo-ge'-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 re-kwoh ter-per-yerh pa-'ah.
We do not drink cold water.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Ske-wok-see-mek' 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 lah-chue'!
Don't launch!— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Paas weesh-tue' 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 le-gee', Paas!
He was told, No!— Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)
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Mo-kee kwehl paas ko'-mee te-ne'm weesh kom-chue'm kee 'ne-goyk', Weesh-tue' 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)