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k'ep'ew

Dictionary entry

k'ep'ew • n • grandchild

Lexicon record # 1195 | Source reference(s): R213 FS(LA138-002) JE62
Semantic domain: kin terms

Other paradigm form

  • plural k'ep'eworoh R213 JE62 YLCB93

Short recordings (14) | Sentence examples (11)

  1. 'Ne-k'ep'ew 'ue negeee'n 'o kermserhl 'o teno'. Teno' 'w-ekwsek'.
    My grandson looked for a lot of mushrooms. He found a lot.

    Audio 

    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  2. Kue k'e-k'ep'ew ho negeee'n.
    Your granddaughter was looking for you.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

  3. K'ep'ew.
    Grandchild.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 22: "People/Relatives" (GT3-22, 2003)

  4. K'ep'eworoh.
    Grandchildren.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 22: "People/Relatives" (GT3-22, 2003)

  5. 'Ne-k'ep'eworoh kee nuue'm.
    My grandchildren will come here.

    Audio 

    — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)

  6. Cherwerseek' choo'm k'ep'ew wer'yernerk, mewahsegoh nahkseyhl
    Seven grandchildren are girls, there are three boys.

    Audio 

    — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)

  7. Noohl heekon pecheek ho 'ok'w perey, tue' wo'oot ho 'ok'ws 'ue-k'ep'ew.
    Once upon a time an old woman lived up the river, and she had her grandson there with her.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  8. Tue' 'o chahchew ho soo megetohlkwo'm kue 'ue-k'ep'ew.
    It was difficult for her to look after her grandson.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  9. Noohl 'o ga'm, 'Ey, 'ne-k'ep'eworoh, nek kwelekw kee megelok' k'ee kwenee k'e-le'mo'w, 'ohlkuemee nek soo kelew kwelekw neemee kee sku'y soo hoole'mo'w mo neemee 'ok'w weesh k'ee mehl chwegeenkep' k'ee kwen cho soo hoole'mo'w.
    Then he said, Yes, my grandchildren, I will come with you wherever you are going, for I think you will not get on well if there is no one who will speak on your behalf wherever you may go.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  10. Kue perey neeegeyhl kue 'ue-k'ep'ew.
    The old woman took her grandson with her.

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

  11. Kwesee' kue 'ue-k'ep'ew wee'.
    That was her grandchild.

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