Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

keneemee • pv • emphatic negative

Lexicon record # 810 | Source reference(s): R205

Sentence examples (9)

1. Keneemee nepuy nepee'moh.
   We never eat salmon.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Action (EJW-01-1-3, 2006)

2. Keneemee ko'moyok' k'ee k'e-chpega'r.
   I don't hear your ear (hearing aid).

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)

3. [Kaap'ehl hes wee' k'ee stostek'?] Paa', wee' keneemee kaap'ehl wee' stostek'
   [Is the small fir tree a kaap'ehl?] No, the small fir tree isn't kaap'ehl

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

4. Neemuech 'ok'ws 'w-erkwterks 'eeko'l 'ue-wesepek' keneemee chee rekwoh pa'ah 'ohlkuemee kue 'ue-kegoh chpee rekwoh.
   He had his own drinking basket, and was constantly cleansing himself, and did not even drink water, as he drank only his own soup.

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

5. 'O ga'm kue 'ne-psech, Kue keech no'ohl ho nepoh kue nepuy tue' 'o cherperhl soneenepek'; keneemee cheeweyek' 'eemee che'looksek'.
   My father said, Since I ate the salmon I feel strong from it; I am not hungry and I am not thirsty.

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

6. Keneemee wo ko'moyok' 'emsee neemee wo newook'.
   I neither heard it nor saw it.

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

7. Keneemee wo ko'moyok' 'emsee neemee wo newook'.
   I did not hear or see it.

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

8. Keneemee cheetaa wo ko neee'n.
   She did not even look at all.

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

9. Keneemee wo ko'moyok' 'emsee neemee wo newook'.
   I did not hear it nor see it.

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