Dictionary entry
chpega'r • vn • hear, ask • n • ear
Lexicon record # 246 | Source reference(s):
WG(WEM263) R194 JE47
Semantic
domain: body parts and the body
Derivation: morphological structure chp-e'r- + + -eg-
Special meaning or use
Wee' 'ne-chpega'r I have heard about it R194
her'k'werh 'we-chpega'r "California poppy"
meweehl 'we-chpega'r "fat solomon"
puesee 'we-chpega'r "cat's ears"
puuek 'we-chpega'r "bluebell"
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (7)
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Knewolee' kue chpega'r.
Its ears are big.
— Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)
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Chpega'r.
Ear. — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 23: "Body Parts" (GT3-23, 2003)
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Keneemee ko'moyok' k'ee k'e-chpega'r.
I don't hear your ear (hearing aid). — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)
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Weetee' mehl ro'oh k'e-chpega'r kee k'e-ko'moyoo'm skuyenee chweenkor.
You have ears so you can hear the good word.— Jimmie James, Jimmie James ... Come on Down! (JJ-COD, 2004)
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Kohchew keech 'o choomoyhl 'o neskwechok'w 'ue-me'loh mehl kue Heewow 'o tek 'o'lehl 'o Rek'woy nue 'we-chpega'r, To's wee 'no-'o'hl keech kee 'na-'ahspee'moh 'emkee weet kee 'ne-soo 'e'gah?
Six days passed and a relative of his came from the house at Hiwow in Requa, and asked, May we now drink at home, and eat as we usually do?— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kee ko chpega'r mehl kelew kesee 'o le'moh.
We will not go until we hear from you.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Wee' 'ne-chpega'r.
I have heard about it.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)