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choomoyek'

Dictionary entry

choomoyek' • vi pass e-class • I am something for some time, I do something for some time

Lexicon record # 228 | Source reference(s): R193

Sentence examples (3)

  1. 'O pechues 'eekee shooto'l, kue 'we-neskwechook' ho pechues 'ap new kwesee choomee' keech ko'l so'n kue ho 'ue-kuechos.
    At once he went up the river, and when he arrived there he saw that it was now a long time since his grandmother had died.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  2. Kues choomee'?
    How long (a time) is it?

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

  3. Choomee' nue keech ma raayo'ronah noohl cheeekcheek 'o'l ko nee keech ma raayo'ronah.
    I ran along so far away, I ran along as far as Dentalium Home.

    — Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy (MM5, 1927)