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ma'epetek'

Dictionary entry

ma'epetek' • vt e-class • I tie up, I am greedy for, I wrap

Lexicon record # 1598 | Source reference(s): R220 JE151
Derivation: morphological structure ma'ep-et-e-

Other paradigm form

  • repetitive maama'epetek' I tie right up R220

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (4)

  1. Na'apetek' heechoo 'ne-ma'epetek'.
    I'm carrying down two bundles I tied up.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-057) (LA138-057, 1980)

  2. Kwelekw keech koosee maama'epoyew, 'yoncheek 'eme loo, mee' keech chegeyonahpee' kue Segep kue keech no'omehl 'o wee'.
    He was all tied up, and thrown into the boat, because people were fed up with Coyote ever since he had been there.

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

  3. Keech ho ma'epetek'.
    I have tied them up already.

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

  4. Keech ma'epetek'.
    I have been and tied them up.

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