Dictionary entry
chegemem • n • hummingbird
Lexicon record # 27 | Source reference(s):
YM239 R190 JE71
Semantic
domain: birds
chegemem 'we-cheeeshep' "kind of plant"
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (12)
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Noore'w kue chegemem.
The hummingbird is pretty.
— Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)
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Kue cheeeshep' nee hooletkolee'm kue chegemem.
Hummingbirds fly around in the flowers. — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)
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Chegemem.
Hummingbird. — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 31: "Animals" (GT3-31, 2003)
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Kolo chegemem soono'l.
It's like the flight of a hummingbird. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-050) (LA138-050, 1980)
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[Ch'ue'ch'eesh hes wee' k'ee chegemem?] Chegemem kwel cheeeshep' noore'w wee' t'uue.
[Is the hummingbird a ch'u'ch'ish?] Hummingird is found around flowers. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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Kue chegemem 'o kegey. Kwesee 'o ge'm, to' nek kee meskwook'.
The Hummingbird was an Indian doctor, and he said, I'll treat you.— Georgiana Trull, Bear and Hummingbird (GT1, 2003)
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Chegemem 'o meskwo'm kue cher'ery. 'O he'm chegemem, Cho' huenkekso'm k'e-luehl!
Hummingbird treated the bear. Hummingbird said, Open your mouth!— Georgiana Trull, Bear and Hummingbird (GT1, 2003)
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Noohl chegemem 'we-luueleek'o soot', noohl kue 'ue-merterw hr pkwechok'w.
Then Hummingbird went into his mouth, and he came out through his butt.— Georgiana Trull, Bear and Hummingbird (GT1, 2003)
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Tue weet tue we'yk'oh, mocho kee newo'm cher'ery kol 'em nohlpe'y, kolnee 'o pa'aamee' mee kue chegemem 'ue-meskwook'.
So today, if you see a bear went to the bathroom, it looks kind of wet because the Hummingbird treated him.— Georgiana Trull, Bear and Hummingbird (GT1, 2003)
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Kolo chegemem soono'hl.
It flies like a hummingbird.— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)