Dictionary entry
chprwrk • vn • remember, think of, miss, pine for, become lonesome for
Lexicon record # 271 | Source references: R194 JE111 YLCB34
Semantic
domain: feelings and emotions
Derivation: morphological structure chprw-oks
Special meaning or use
Kwelas chpi chprwrk He is selfish [literally, "he thinks only of himself"] JE118
Sentence examples (9)
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Kich chprwrk 'ne-chek.
I'm lonely for my mother.| Download — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 8: "Look! Observations" (GT3-08, 2003)
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Kich chprwrk.
I'm remembering.| Download — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 12: "How do you feel?" (GT3-12, 2003)
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Niko'l 'ne-chprwrk ku 'ema niige'yoh.
I always think of the time we were together.| Download | Password required — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-017) (LA138-017, 1980)
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Kich wey 'ne-chprwrk.
I quit thinking about it.| Download | Password required — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)
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Mocho kich chprwrk noohl 'o tegetehl.
Whenever she thinks of that person she cries.| Download | Password required — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-057) (LA138-057, 1980)
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Niko'hl 'ne-chprwrk ku me 'ne-niige'yoh.
I always remember the walk we took together.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Noohl 'o chprwrk 'n-esek' kyu' ni 'ok'w 'ne-chiik.
Then I remembered my money was there.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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'Ochkich chprwrk.
I have just thought of it.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Nek niko'hl 'ne-chprwrk ku 'we-hlkelonah ku 'o ko newochoh.
I always remember the place where I saw you.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
