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nahchpuemek'

Dictionary entry

nahchpuemek' • vt e-class • I give, I allow • See

Lexicon record # 2007 | Source reference(s): R227 JE7 JE225 JE60
Derivation: morphological structure nahchp-um-e-

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (2)

  1. K'ee kwen cho kohchewo'meesh kem 'ap nahchpue'm kue 'ue-kuechos.
    Whatever he caught he gave to his grandmother.

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

  2. Kues 'we-son kelach ho ko mehl nahchpue'm cheeeko'l 'we-sook?
    How did it happen that he gave you all his things?

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