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choomo'ook'

Dictionary entry

choomo'ook'vi oo-class • I am somewhere a number of days

Lexicon record # 230 | Source reference(s): R193

Sentence examples (5)

  1. Tue' kneweteek' kem 'o ko choomo'o'l noohl 'esee keme'y so Rek'woy.
    He stayed nine days before going home to Requa.

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

  2. Kues kee choomo'oo'm?
    How many days will you be away?

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

  3. Tue' kneweteek' 'o ko choomo'o'l.
    He was away nine days there.

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

  4. Kues choomo'oo'm?
    How long will you be?

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

  5. Merueh kee choomo'ok'.
    I shall be five days.

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