Yurok dictionary

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chpaa-nee-ne-pek'

Dictionary entry

chpaa-nee-ne-pek' • vi e-class • I take a long time, I feel the time dragging

Lexicon record # 245 | Source reference(s): R194 FS(NYD113)
Derivation: morphological structure chpaan-in-ep-e-

Sentence example (1)

  1. Ko-lo mos chee-taa kues no-'ohl keech kee no-'ohl 'ue-ke-mey-yek' kue 'nep-sech kwe-see soo nee-mee wo chpaa-nee-nep'.
    It seemed no time at all before my father could go home, so little had the time dragged.

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