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cheporeg

Dictionary entry

cheporegvn • be cold weather

Lexicon record # 80 | Source reference(s): R190 JE33
Semantic domain: weather

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (3)

  1. Wek 'eenee cheporeg.
    It is colder here.

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

  2. Mocho kee nee cheporeg ko' moyke'm k'ee cheeeshep'.
    If it gets cold here the flowers will die.

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

  3. Cho tenowene'm k'e-ka' mee' neeko'l 'we-cheporeg!
    Take plenty of blankets because it is always cold!

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