Yurok dictionary

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mep

Dictionary entry

mep • pv • past time

Lexicon record # 1709 | Source reference(s): R221

Sentence examples (7)

  1. Kwelekw mep kego'm 'w-egoyek' mocho kee nahksemee cheykue'm keekee 'o markue'm kwelekw wee'eeet kee nuemee sega'age'y.
    He had often heard tell that if a man could take three bites and swallow it all he would be very rich.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  2. Nuemee mep new keech 'ue-kye'w.
    We were just in time to see it capsize.

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

  3. Neemee 'ue mep kego'moyok'.
    I have never heard of it.

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

  4. Nuemee mep new keech 'ue-kye'w kue 'yoch.
    We were just in time to see the boat capsize.

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

  5. Ke'l hes mep newoo'm?
    Were you in time to see it?

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

  6. Mep newook' keet 'w-ego'omah.
    I was in time to see them starting to light the fires.

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

  7. Neemee 'ue mep kego'moyok' wee'eeet 'we-sook.
    I have never heard anything like it.

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