Dictionary entry
Kohpey • n • Crescent City, site of Crescent City
Lexicon record # 971 | Source reference(s):
R208 JE36
Semantic
domain: place names
Kohpey Perwerh "Mill Creek"
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (10)
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... Papa 'o ge'm, ... Kohpey ... kee shootok' ... weet 'oole'm meges.
Papa said, I'm going to the hills ... Doctors live there.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)
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'Enuemee keech plerwern, noohl 'o nuue'moh ho Kohpey.
Just as the tide came in, we got to Crescent City.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)
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Kue cheykenee mewah kue nee'eeh 'ue-kuechos nuemee tewomehl mee keetee nue 'yerhhlkerytehl cheeegery neskwee Kohpey.
The little boy who lived with his grandmother was very grateful because they were going to go gather huckleberries near Crescent City.— Jessie Exline, "The Grey Sea Gull" (CICD2, 1983)
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Kee lahchue' so Kohpey.
They are making a voyage to Crescent City.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Pekwsue hes nekah kelew 'o megeluue'moh so Kohpey?
May we not go with you to Crescent City?— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Nekah hasoh Kohpey kee nue goo.
We have decided to go to Crescent City.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Nekah Kohpey nee ma goo.
We went to Crescent City.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Chpaaneek' ho Kohpey.
It is a long way to Crescent City.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Kee lahchue' so Kohpey 'owook.
They are making a voyage to Crescent City tomorrow.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Chmeyaan neskwechook' mehl Kohpey.
Yesterday I came back from Crescent City.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)