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ke-so-me-wet

Dictionary entry

ke-so-me-wet • adv • on the left

Lexicon record # 842 | Source reference(s): FS(B202)
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Sentence examples (8)

  1. Mo-cho keech 'o ne-woo'm kue tee-kwohl, noohl 'em-kee k'e-ke-so-me-wet ne-ke'm kue ne-puy, kem kee nee-kee k'e-soo ne-ge-mek' nee-mok-sue kem won 'o ko ne-kue'.
    When you see the low gap, then you put it on your left shoulder, and from then on you carry it like that and it must not be put in any other position.

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

  2. Ke'l cho ke-nue-mee so-no-wo'm, 'em-kee kwe-lekw ku'y 'ue-pah-tuen kue k'es-me-choy kue k'e-ne-ko-me-wet kee so 'ok'w, kue 'ue-werhl k'e-ke-so-me-wet kee so 'ok'w, 'em-see k'e-roo-wo's kwe-lekw nue-mee k'ey-yaahl kee 'ok'w.
    You do just as I do, and then the neck of your deerskin will be on your right, and its tail will be on your left, and your pipe will be right over your belly.

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

  3. Noohl kue laa-yekw 'we-re-won 'o chyuuek'-we'n kue me-wee-mor, noohl 'o ga'm, 'Ne-ke-so-me-wet cho 'o chek-chey-ye'm.
    Then the old man sat down at the end of the path, and said, Sit down on my left.

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

  4. Mo-cho weet keech ho nes-kwe-choo'm kue k'e-ke-so-me-wet 'o ne-kom kue k'e-ma-'ah kue pue-lekw 'ne-le'-moh, cho noohl kue k'e-ke-so-me-wet 'o loo-te'm kue ne-puy.
    When you come to where you put your spear on your left shoulder when we came down to the river mouth, then throw the fish on to your left shoulder.

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

  5. Noohl kue 'ue-ke-so-me-wet 'e-mehl hlohl-pep' kue 'o'-le-peek 'we-soo-tok'.
    With his left hand he lowered himself into the house.

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

  6. Kue k'e-ke-so-me-wet cho 'o-lo-ne-me'm!
    Carry it in your left hand!

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

  7. 'Upah-tuen kue k'es-me-choy kue k'e-ke-so-me-wet kee so 'ok'w.
    The neck of your deerskin is to lie on your left.

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