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chkeyek'

Dictionary entry

chkeyek' • vi e-class • I sleep, I am asleep

Lexicon record # 162 | Source reference(s): R192 ES71 JE122 JE61 JE10 FS(B199) JE235

Other paradigm forms

1dl chke'yoh FS(B199)
2dl chke'yue' FS(B199)
collective chkeye'm, chkee'm
imperative sg chk'es

Special meanings or uses

naahl chkeyehl they are sleeping together FS(B199)
kee tue chkey sleepy JE122
'o chkegeye'm bed, bedroom YLCB100 [houses and parts of houses]
'o chkegeee'mo'w bedroom AF(AG04-2) • bedrooms YLCB100 [houses and parts of houses]

Derived phrases or compounds

K'err' 'O Chkegeem' "a sea stack in False Klamath Cove"
K'errch' 'O Chkegeem' "a knoll in the middle of a salal berry patch, also called K'err' 'Wo-'Ol'"

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (53)

Mos sku'y soo chkeye'm nahschueh... 'n-e'wehlek' .
I had a hard time going to sleep last night ... I was awake.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
Ho sku'y soo chkeye'm hes nahschueh?
Did you sleep well last night?

— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
Kues roo 'o chkeye'm?
What time did you go to sleep?

— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
Kues 'ela chkeye'm nahschueh?
Where did you sleep last night?

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)
Chkee'mehl.
They (pigs) sleep.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)
Wo'nee chkee'mehl k'ee nee ta'anoy'hl.
They (rattlesnakes) sleep where it's sunny.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)
Keech 'ee roo kee 'ne-chkeyek.
Time to go to sleep.

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 10: "Comb your hair. Daily routines" (GT3-10, 2003)
Keech 'ee roo kee nue chkee'mo'w.
Time to go to sleep. (pl.)

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 10: "Comb your hair. Daily routines" (GT3-10, 2003)
Nue chkes!
Go to bed! (sleep)

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 10: "Comb your hair. Daily routines" (GT3-10, 2003)
Cho' nue chkeye'm.
Go to bed. (sleep)

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 10: "Comb your hair. Daily routines" (GT3-10, 2003)
Chue kee chkee'moh.
Let's go to bed. (sleep)

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 10: "Comb your hair. Daily routines" (GT3-10, 2003)
Kee tue chkeyek'.
I'm going to sleep.

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 10: "Comb your hair. Daily routines" (GT3-10, 2003)
Keeto chkeye'm hes?
Are you sleepy?

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 12: "How do you feel?" (GT3-12, 2003)
Mary keeto chke'y.
Mary is sleepy.

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 12: "How do you feel?" (GT3-12, 2003)
Keeto chkeyek'.
I'm sleepy.

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 12: "How do you feel?" (GT3-12, 2003)
'O chkeyee'm.
Bed.

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 24: "Household Vocabulary" (GT3-24, 2003)
'O chkegee'mo'w.
Bedrooms.

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 24: "Household Vocabulary" (GT3-24, 2003)
Wonue 'o chkegeee'mo'w.
Upstairs (we live up there too).

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 24: "Household Vocabulary" (GT3-24, 2003)
Keetee nue chkeyek'.
I'm going to bed.

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 28: "Where are you going?" (GT3-28, 2003)
Nek kwelekw keeto chkeyek'.
I'm sleepy.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)
Chpaanee chke'y.
He's been sleeping for a long time.

— Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-005_4) (JB-005_4, 2002)
Skewok kee 'ne-chkeyek'.
I want to go to sleep.

— Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)
Nuemee skewok kee 'ne-chkeyek'.
I really want to go to sleep.

— Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)
Cho' nue kue hohkueme'm k'e-'weskwenep', sku'y soo chkeye'm.
Go and gather your tree branches (for a mattress), you'll sleep well.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-044) (LA138-044, 1980)
Keech chpaanee chke'y.
S/he overslept.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-048) (LA138-048, 1980)
Chpaanee chkeyek'.
I slept too long.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-050) (LA138-050, 1980)
To' chkeyek'.
I'm sleepy.

— Minnie Reed, Sentences (MR2) (MR2, 1970s)
[Kaap'ehl hes wee' k'ee chkeep'o'r?] 'Ee, chkeep'o'r kwel mehl chkegeyue'.
[Is the chkip'o'r a kaap'ehl?] Yes, it can put you to sleep.

— Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
Kue 'we-nes, neekee nue... nue 'we-chkeyek'.
When he arrived, he went straight to bed.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)
Kue 'n-ekchuem kwesee 'o chke'y, kwesee ko'l 'o le'm kue heyomues.
And my nephew fell asleep, and the skunks went away somewhere.

— Aileen Figueroa, Pet Skunks (AF2, 2002)
Keeto chkeyek'.
I am sleepy.

— Georgiana Trull, Jimmie James, and Josephine James, "Yurok Sentences" (CICD1, 1985)
Kwesee kue keech 'o wey kue ko'l 'we-nepek', 'o ge'm, To' wee' keech roo keekee 'ne-chkeyek', kwesee 'o koosee le'm kue keetee 'we-chkee'mo'w.
When he had finished eating, he said, Now it is time for me to sleep, and they all went away to sleep.

— Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)
Komchue'm 'ochkeech koosee chkee'mo'w.
He knew that they had all just gone to sleep.

— Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)
Kwesee kohchee kolo 'eemee sku'y soo chke'y, kolo 'o ko'mo'y kolo keech ko'l 'o chween.
Then once it seems he was not sleeping soundly, and he heard something apparently talking to him.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Kue weet 'o 'w-o'oh 'eemee 'uema chkee'm kue 'ne-psech 'emsee kue meweemor, neekee wook noohl tegerue'm kue 'we-roowo's kue meweemor.
That night the old man and my father did not sleep, and the old man spoke to his pipe until morning.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
'O ga'm kue meweemor, Mocho keeto chkeye'm we'yk'oh kechoyn cho' ko 'o chkeye'm.
The old man said, If you feel sleepy, sleep now in the day.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
'O ga'm kue 'ne-psech, Paa, mos keeto chkeyek'.
My father said, No, I am not sleepy.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
'O ga'm kue meweemor, Nek soo kwelekw ke'l kee chkeye'm.
The old man said, Well, I think you will sleep.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
'Ema chkeyek' 'o kyue'n.
I went there to sleep.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Kue chkeyek'.
I am going to bed.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Nekah keetee nue chkee'moh.
We will go to bed.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Kue wee'eeet 'o 'w-o'oh 'eemee 'uema chkee'm.
When it was dark then they did not sleep.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Kee naahl chke'yoh.
We'll sleep together.

— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
Pekwsue chkeyek'.
I'm not going to sleep.

— Carrie Roberts, Yurok field notebook 1 (MRH1, 1950)
Kee chkeyek'.
I'm going to sleep.

— Carrie Roberts, Yurok field notebook 1 (MRH1, 1950)
'Er'gerrk 'o 'we-chkeyek' weehlkwo' 'ue-megokw 'we-tegerew: Keetee knokseechek' mehlkwehl tkeeektoh.
Then as he slept in the sweat house he dreamed that his dog spoke to him: I am going to leave you because she has punched me with a cane.

— Robert Spott, Sentences in Spott and Kroeber's Yurok Narratives (YN, 1942)
Chkeyek'.
I sleep.

— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)
Kwesee' 'er'gerrch 'o le'm keech 'o chkee'm.
Then they went to the sweathouse and they slept.

— Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)
'O le'm, Nek kwelekw 'ee yo chkeyk'.
He said, It's me, I was just sleeping.

— Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)
Kue 'we-chkeyek', ho, weeshtue' 'o le'm, tegerewome.
When he slept, ho, it (the dog) spoke, talking.

— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)
Kolo ma chke'y, nee ko mok'w kue wee' 'o lo rek'eeen.
He went to sleep, (when he woke up) the ones who had sat there were gone.

— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)