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mep

Dictionary entry

meppv • past time

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

Sentence examples (7)

  1. Kwe-lekw mep ke-go'm 'we-go-yek' mo-cho kee nahk-se-mee chey-kue'm kee-kee 'o mar-kue'm kwe-lekw wee-'eeet kee nue-mee se-ga-'a-ge'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. Nue-mee mep new keech 'uek-ye'w.
    We were just in time to see it capsize.

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

  3. Nee-mee 'ue mep ke-go'-mo-yok'.
    I have never heard of it.

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

  4. Nue-mee mep new keech 'uek-ye'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 ne-woo'm?
    Were you in time to see it?

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

  6. Mep ne-wook' keet 'we-go-'o-mah.
    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. Nee-mee 'ue mep ke-go'-mo-yok' wee-'eeet 'we-sook.
    I have never heard anything like it.

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