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'ue

Dictionary entry

'ue • pv • past time

Lexicon record # 4445 | Source reference(s): R272

Sentence examples (40)

  1. 'Nek-'ep-'ew 'ue ne-geee'n 'o kerm-serhl 'o te-no'. Te-no' 'wekw-sek'.
    My grandson looked for a lot of mushrooms. He found a lot.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  2. Cho' ner-gery-ker'm kue k'e-letkue ne-puy wo-new kee 'ue soo-ne'y.
    Help your sister carry that salmon up the hill.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

  3. Se-ga-'a-nee kue 'ne-nos'ue nee-'ee'-gey-yoh kue 'ne-ker-gert.
    My husband and I go fishing together.

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    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

  4. Kue 'ne-nos'ue nee-'ee'-gey-yoh.
    My husband and I are together.

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    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

  5. 'U nee-'ee'-gey-yoh.
    We're together.

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    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

  6. Noohl 'o kom kee 'ue-pe'l soo ten.
    Then we know it's going to rain hard.

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    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

  7. Se-ga-'a-nee 'ue-perkw-perkw kue 'ne-'ek-so'.
    Sometimes he knocks at the door.

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    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

  8. Nue-mee te-no' 'ue'-wes.
    It's very expensive.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-005_4) (JB-005_4, 2002)

  9. Kue mehl hehl-kue keech 'ue ne-kue' kue ne-puy, noohl 'o mey-kwe-le'-we'y, ko-lo 'o mey-kwe-le'-we'y k'ee 'wes-'o-nah.
    The salmon was taken ashore, then it cries, it looks like the sky is crying (because of that fine mist that came over everyone on that hill as they prayed).

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-030) (LA138-030, 1980)

  10. Maat'-p'ohl 'ue-pe-le-pek'.
    It's not a big deal (literally, it's children fighting).

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (UW-PP-18a-1) (UW-PP-18a-1, 1980)

  11. 'O nes-kwee-ne-pek' kee 'ue'-woo'yk' noohl he-wech'.
    I don't believe s/he is going to live until morning.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (UW-PP-18a-2) (UW-PP-18a-2, 1980)

  12. [Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee hlke-leek-ra'?] 'Ee, wot kem we-gaa-ye-noch' hlke-leek-ra'. Keech ko 'o kye-gah kee che-see' so'n 'ue kee mo-le-nee sow.
    [Is the mole a hoore'mos?] Yes, mole will give warning. When he starts coming oup out of the ground, there's bad things will happen.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  13. Nek he-sek' chpee-wee 'ue-kwe-re'-wey-yek' 'oohl 'o k'ee we'y 'ue - 'wes-'o-new.
    But I think you are the sharpest faced person under these heavens.

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Toad and The Mouse" (GM3, 2004)

  14. Kem kee 'o kee kem 'ee ke-ro-moh ke'l (?) 'ohl-kue-mee kwe-lekw ske-go-'oh keech mehl ma-'e-po-yew kue 'ue-mohl.
    ... because his head was wrapped up in a cloth.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)

  15. Chyue' kee ke-mey-yem', to' 'ue- ma-'ah wo' kee 'ue-kert.
    Let's go home and leave the fishing for the Indian devil.

    — Georgiana Trull, Jimmie James, and Josephine James, "Yurok Sentences" (CICD1, 1985)

  16. Tue' so'n keet-kwo 'ue me-gey wee'shk'oh.
    And so it is that he still mourns today.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Mourning Dove" (LA16-1, 1951)

  17. Pekw 'ue te-wo-mehl kue pe-rey.
    The old woman was very glad.

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

  18. Kem tue' ne-geee'-no'w se-ga'-nee noohl soh-chee 'ue gek'ws.
    And he would look for it and frequently found it high up in the hills.

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

  19. Keet-kwo mee 'ue noh-pe'w ho kue nue-mee 'oo-le'-mo'w.
    He did not yet enter the main part of the house.

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

  20. Wo'n keech so'n keet 'ue wook kem 'o ge-gok'w kue 'nep-sech kue 'we-nerr-ger-sek'.
    Before daybreak even it happened that my father went out to gather sweathouse wood.

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

  21. Nee-mee 'ue mep ke-go'-mo-yok'.
    I have never heard of it.

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

  22. Se-ga-'a-nee noohl soh-chee 'ue gek'ws.
    Often he found it far up in the hills.

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

  23. Kwe-lokw keech 'ue nuue'm.
    Well, they have come.

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

  24. Keet-kwo mee 'ue he-we-chek'.
    I am not well yet.

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

  25. Keet-kwo mee' ko'l 'ue so'n kue ke'l tmoo-loo-mom pe-gerk.
    The man you shot has not died yet.

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

  26. Chmey-yaan keet-kwo mee 'ue nes.
    He had not come back by yesterday.

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

  27. Keet-kwo mee 'ue 'ok'ws 'wah-pew.
    He is not married yet.

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

  28. Keet-kwo mee nue-mee 'ue ho-'oh-ko'hl.
    It is not yet quite dark.

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

  29. Cho 'ue neee'n!
    Go and look!

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

  30. Nee-mee 'ue nuue'm.
    They have not arrived.

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

  31. Nee-mee 'ue mep ke-go'-mo-yok' wee-'eeet 'we-sook.
    I have never heard anything like it.

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

  32. Kwe-see...kyaanewks.. huuek-soh kee-tee ho myah me-wah-sew nee kaap' 'ue ne-goo-no.

    — Robert Spott, No'och (RS1, 1933)

  33. Kwe-see wee-tee' ro-'o-pek' 'ue-wer'-yers keech kwe-see 'ue-gaa-yoh... srok-see-yoh, kem 'ue kwermhlr... no-'o-mor.

    — Robert Spott, No'och (RS1, 1933)

  34. So'n 'ekw, keech nee-mok'w 'we-te-won, 'ohl-kue-mee weesh-tue' keech 'ue me'-wo-mech-kok'w.
    That is just how he was, he now had no flesh, because he had become sick from that.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)

  35. Kwe-see kem nee-mee wo 'ue wek'ws 'o wo-no-ye-'eek.
    But he didn't find it in the sky.

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  36. Tue' nue ko muehl-so'm 'ue-mey-kwe-lek'.
    He wiped his tears.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)

  37. Noohl 'o noo-kwo-mey 'ue-puuek-teek, noohl nee-kee mo-no-yek'.
    Then he gathered the deer (skins), he took them along.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)

  38. Tue' kee weesh-tue 'ue-wey-ko-yek'.
    That's how he accomplished it.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)

  39. Skue-we-ge'hl 'ue-ke-choyn we'y.
    It is good weather today.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)