Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

'eemoksue • pv • emphatic negative

Lexicon record # 4288 | Source reference(s): R270

Sentence examples (5)

1. Kue woneek 'we-rohpek' kue 'wo'hlp'e'y 'ue-meraa 'o ga'm kue meweemor, Kwelekw kue roowo's weesh 'we-sewepek'; kwelekw wee'eeet keekee koosee ro'm tue' 'eemoksue ko teloge'mo'w mehl heeko'ch'uek ho 'wes'onah.
   As the smoke from the angelica root drifted upward the old man said, This is the breath of the pipe; it will spread everywhere and there will be no sickness from here to the heavens.

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

2. Mocho kue kego'sneg 'emsee k'err' weesh mehl pelomeyehl kwelekw 'eemoksue tene'm kue nepuy kue weet 'we-loksee'hl.
   If the seagulls and crows fight over it there will not be much salmon that year.

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

3. 'Imoksue tene'm k'ee nepuy.
   The salmon will not be plentiful.

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

4. 'Ep'ehl wee 'ok'w kue 'ne-psech kwelekw 'eemoksue hekchoh.
   If my father were alive we would not ask you.

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

5. 'Imoksue wo sochpeyuue'moh.
   We said nothing.

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