Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

'ee-mok-sue • pv • emphatic negative

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

Sentence examples (5)

1. Kue wo-neek 'we-roh-pek' kue 'wo'hl-p'e'y 'ue-me-raa 'o ga'm kue me-wee-mor, Kwe-lekw kue roo-wo's weesh 'we-se-we-pek'; kwe-lekw wee-'eeet kee-kee koo-see ro'm tue' 'ee-mok-sue ko te-lo-ge'-mo'w mehl hee-ko'ch-'uek ho 'wes-'o-nah.
   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. Mo-cho kue ke-go's-neg 'em-see k'err' weesh mehl pe-lo-mey-yehl kwe-lekw 'ee-mok-sue te-ne'm kue ne-puy kue weet 'we-lok-see'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. 'Imok-sue te-ne'm k'ee ne-puy.
   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 'nep-sech kwe-lekw 'ee-mok-sue hek-choh.
   If my father were alive we would not ask you.

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

5. 'Imok-sue wo soch-pey-yuue'-moh.
   We said nothing.

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