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kohchee

Dictionary entry

kohchee • num adv • once

Lexicon record # 969 | Source reference(s): R208 JE98

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (39)

Chpee kohchee teekwo'n.
It just cracked once.

— Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Plurals and Repeated Events (EJW-01-2-1, 2006)
Mos kom hoole'm 'o we'y. Ho tene'm kohchee kwegerue'r. Cheeeko'l nee hoole'm. We'yk'oh mos ko'l ko newee' kwegerue'r.
I don't think they're around. There used to be a lot of pigs around. They were all around. Now nobody sees pigs.

— Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)
Kohchee Kenek ho 'ok'w kue Segep, kuechos nee'eeh.
Once Coyote was at Kenek; his grandmother was there with him.

— Glenn Moore, Coyote and His Grandmother (GM11, 2002)
Kwesee kohchee kue kuechos ho wonke'w.
And once his grandmother was leaching acorns.

— Glenn Moore, Coyote and His Grandmother (GM11, 2002)
Kohchee kue segep ho nue kweget kue merk.
One time Coyote went visiting Crane.

— Glenn Moore, Sentences (JB-03-1) (JB-03-1, 2002)
Kohchee myaahlkep'.
He jumped once.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)
Kue pegerk kohchee myaahlkep'.
That man jumped once.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)
Chpee kohchee yekwoh.
Only put one fold in it.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)
Chpee kohchee t'la'.
It just dripped once.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)
Chpee kohchee naamewet'.
He takes just one bite.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)
Chpee kohchee ma naamewet' kue chyer'er'y kue nepuy.
The bear took one bite of the salmon.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)
Keech chpee kohchee hl'ohko'hl.
It thundered only once.

— Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-02-13a) (JB-02-13a, 2001)
Neekeechyue kohchee perkw.
They all knock once.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)
Tekwe's kohchee weet so'n kue '-uueksoh keech tegahtok.
Once the owl acted in such a way that his children were starving.

— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl" (GM1, 2004)
Kwesee kohchee 'we-neskwechook' 'ap ko'mo'y, 'ue-worue wonuekuek neenee ko'mo'y kue 'w-ahpeleen kue huueksoh 'w-omtah.
Then once as he came home he heard, around and overhead he heard the happy children playing.

— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl" (GM1, 2004)
Kwesee kohchee kem heekoch sr 'ue-werhperyersek' kwesee 'ap newee' ko'l nuemee wogee 'o key kolo ko'l sook nee nep'.
Once as he was crossing over he saw something sitting right in the middle of it and apparently eating something.

— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)
Kohchee mos neee'now' kue serrhl kue mewah 'o hegok'w.
Once, not looking at what he was doing, the boy did go.

— Jessie Exline, "The Grey Sea Gull" (CICD2, 1983)
Tekwe's kohchee weet so'n kue '-uueksoh keech tegahtok.
Once the owl acted in such a way that his children were starving.

— Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)
Kwesee kohchee 'we-neskwechook' 'ap ko'mo'y, 'ue-worue wonuekuek neenee ko'mo'y kue 'w-ahpeleen kue huueksoh 'w-omtah.
Then once as he came home he heard, around and overhead he heard the happy children playing.

— Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)
Kwesee kohchee kem heekoch so 'ue-werhperyerksek' kwesee 'ap new ko'l nuemee wogee 'o key kolo ko'l sook nee nep'.
Once as he was crossing over he saw something sitting right in the middle of it and apparently eating something.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)
Kwesee kohchee kolo 'o gee', Cho' noohl sohchee sootoo'm.
And once it seemed as if something said to him, Go way up into the hills.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Kohchee 'o ge'we'hl kue cheenes, 'ap new, temaloh negeee'n kue 'ue-ka'ar.
Once the young man woke up, looked, (and) searched in vain for his pet.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 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)
Tue' neekee 'we-rooyonew kue 'yoch; wehlowaa neema kohchee seeyo'w 'o puelekw, noohl 'o maayonekw kue 'yoch.
Then the boat sped on; eleven times it broke through the waves at the mouth of the river, and then the boat went on its way.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Kwesee kohchee heenoy 'o 'orogok'w kue wenchokws 'ap ha'm, 'Aawokw, 'ne-nos, kolo ko'l sook nee shoose'm.
And one day the woman followed him and said, Alas, my husband, you seem to have something on your mind.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Kohchew koma choomoyhl kue kee 'we-rohseyek' kue nepuy 'o ga'm kue meweemor, 'O we'yk'oh cho ko tenpeyo'm 'ohlkuemee 'owook kwelekw kee chpee kohchee ko nepe'm, keekee chmeyonen kesee ko'l 'o nepe'm.
It was six days before the spearing of the salmon when the old man said, Eat plenty today, because tomorrow you will only eat once; it will be evening before you have anything to eat.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Kohchee perey ho pegarke's.
There once lived an old woman.

— Robert Spott, No'och (RS1, 1933)
Kwesee kohchee X 'o ge's nah... segonoyeye'm.
And once ... she thought ...

— Robert Spott, No'och (RS1, 1933)
Segep ma kweget kohchee Merkwteeks.
One time Coyote went visiting Crane.

— Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)
Kohchee 'o 'oole'm '-uueksoh Segep wehlowoyhl k'ee '-uueksoh.
One time Coyote had ten children.

— Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)
Kwesee' kohchee 'o le's, Kee negeee'nowok'.
And then one time he thought, I'll go and look for her.

— Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy (MM5, 1927)
Peesh, kwesee weeshtue' 'o so'n kohchee, keech nuemee mok'ws 'we-neskwey.
Well, when he was like this once, he became very sick.

— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)
Kwesee kohchee keech mo ko skuye'n k'ee ch'eeshah keech ho meweemor.
And once this dog that had gotten old was no longer well.

— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)
Tue' keekee neema kohchee.
Then there will be one more.

— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)
Kee chpee kohchee yerrmerwechep
Just once you will submerge yourself.

— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (dictated) (SW1, 1902)
Kee nohpewe'm, chuehl pa'ah soot'os k'ee chpee kohchee!
You will come in, go in the water only one time!

— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (dictated) (SW1, 1902)
We'yk'oh... Peesh, weet kee k'e-neskwechook', kee chpee kohchee pa'aahl sooto'm.
Now ... When you arrive, you will go in the water only once.

— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (dictated) (SW1, 1902)
yee kwen cho k'e-nohpewo'mtue 'o'lepeek keekee 'ooluuekwseyhl, tue 'o'loolekweeshol kee chpee kohchee yer'ermerchek'.
any place you enter, will be in the house, Indians, I will dive only once.

— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)
Kee chpee kohchee yer'ermerwechek'!
You will dive only once.

— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)