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chpaa

Dictionary entry

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

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

Special meaning or use

  • nue-mee chpaa very R194

Sentence examples (7)

  1. Chpaa chpee-ne-pek'.
    I've been waiting a long time.

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

  2. 'O ge-goyhl kue roo-wo's, Nee-mee chpaa ko' ne-pee'-mo'w ne-puy, me-weesh-tue' 'wo-'oh-pe-lehl kue ner-gery 'uek-ner-per-yerk.
    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. Ne-kah kee kem ne-woh-pew pekw-sue nue-mee chpaa.
    We will see each other again soon.

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

  4. Nee-mee chpaa ko 'o ne-pee'-mo'w ne-puy.
    Soon you will eat salmon.

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

  5. Kee kem ne-woh-pew pekw-sue nue-mee chpaa.
    We will see each other again soon.

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

  6. Kwe-see' nee-mee' nue-mee wo chpaa nohl he-lo-me'y.
    Coyote did not dance for a very long time.

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

  7. Nue-mee chpaa ske-wok 'ne-ne-wo-chek'.
    I am glad you came. (I am glad I saw you.)

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