Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

chpaa • adv • far, long (time), late, very

Lexicon record # 238 | Source reference(s): R194

Special meaning or use

• nuemee chpaa very R194

Sentence examples (7)

1. Chpaa chpeenepek'.
   I've been waiting a long time.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 18: "I'm going to school." (GT3-18, 2003)

2. 'O gegoyhl kue roowo's, Neemee chpaa ko' nepee'mo'w nepuy, meweeshtue' 'wo-'ohpelehl kue nergery 'ue-knerperyerk.
   They were told, Soon you will eat salmon, because they were given what was left over by the assistant.

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

3. Nekah kee kem newohpew pekwsue nuemee chpaa.
   We will see each other again soon.

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

4. Neemee chpaa ko 'o nepee'mo'w nepuy.
   Soon you will eat salmon.

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

5. Kee kem newohpew pekwsue nuemee chpaa.
   We will see each other again soon.

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

6. Kwesee' neemee' nuemee wo chpaa nohl helome'y.
   Coyote did not dance for a very long time.

   — Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)

7. Nuemee chpaa skewok 'ne-newochek'.
   I am glad you came. (I am glad I saw you.)

   — Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT) (GAR-LT, 1922)