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we-see-neek'

Dictionary entry

we-see-neek'adv • what!, how!, how terrible!, awful!, wretched!

Lexicon record # 3859 | Source reference(s): R262 JE11 JE134 JE151

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Noohl 'o ge's, To' we-see-neek' keech so-no-wok'!
    Then he thought, What a terrible thing has befallen me!

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

  2. We-see-neek' keech so-no-wohl kue wee' me'-wo-me'-mo-nee!
    What a terrible thing happened to those who left here!

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

  3. We-see-neek' keech soo sku'y so-no-wok'!
    How lucky I have been!

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

  4. We-see-neek' wee' kue mehl chween-ke-peen.
    I have no idea who spoke about it.

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