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kes

Dictionary entry

kesadv • down

Lexicon record # 833 | Source reference(s): JE89 FS(B202)
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Special meaning or use

  • Keech kes nekek' I misplaced it [literally, "I put it down"] JE89

Sentence examples (5)

  1. Kwesee wee'eeet keech 'enuemee plop', 'eeshkuue mo'ok'w kue ... 'ue-kaamopek''o kes.
    And it really flooded there, and slowly there wasn't any rough water down there.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)

  2. 'O'l kas 'ee so sloychok'w reeek'ew, 'o laa'y so puel.
    He went just down the river a little ways, he went downstream along the edge of the river.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)

  3. Kwesee' kue 'w-ahpewehl 'em wonkewehl 'o kas keech tem legee' Segep, Ko'n nue' nep's.
    His wives were soaking acorns down the river after trying to tell Coyote to go and eat.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)

  4. Kwesee' koypoh kue 'ue-kuechos 'em newo'm kes 'oohlke's.
    In the morning his grandmother saw him where he was lying.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)

  5. Tue' nue we's, Ki weeexkwekw, kes 'o ho sloycho'm.
    Then he thought, I will stop, when he had descended.

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