Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

chpaa • adv • far, long (time), late, very

Lexicon record # 238 | Source reference: R194

Special meaning or use

• numi chpaa very R194

Sentence examples (6)

1. Chpaa chpinepek'.
   I've been waiting a long time.

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   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 18: "I'm going to school." (GT3-18, 2003)

2. 'O gegoyhl ku roowo's, Nimi chpaa ko' nepi'mo'w nepuy, mewishtu' 'wo-'ohpelehl ku nrgry 'u-knrpryrk.
   They were told, Soon you will eat salmon, because they were given what was left over by the assistant.

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

3. Nekah ki kem newohpew pekwsu numi chpaa.
   We will see each other again soon.

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

4. Nimi chpaa ko 'o nepi'mo'w nepuy.
   Soon you will eat salmon.

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

5. Ki kem newohpew pekwsu numi chpaa.
   We will see each other again soon.

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

6. Kwesi' nimi' numi wo chpaa nohl helome'y.
   Coyote did not dance for a very long time.

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