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chpeenah

Dictionary entry

chpeenah • vn • await

Lexicon record # 258 | Source reference(s): R194

Sentence examples (10)

  1. Nek chpeenah k'ee pa'ah kee 'we-ta'anoyek'.
    I'm waiting for this water to get hot.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-017) (LA138-017, 1980)

  2. Chpeenah to' kue ko pyekwchor.
    Wait for me and I shall come and greet them.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-051) (LA138-051, 1980)

  3. 'O nek ... lekwsee neenee yegok' ... chpeenah mee' keech hohkue' kue 'we-leenkee sho'n hewecheen.
    I went around outside ... I waited because his eyes were being fixed.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)

  4. Weesh 'ee 'oolo' kue 'ne-psech 'we-chpeenah kue meweemor.
    My father stood there waiting for the old man.

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

  5. Nek chpeenah 'ne-pa'ah kee 'we-ta'anoopek'.
    I am waiting for my water to get hot.

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

  6. Kee ko chpeenah.
    We will wait.

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

  7. Cho' ko chpeenah!
    Wait!

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

  8. Chpaaneek' noohl chpeenah.
    I waited a long time.

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

  9. Kwesee' 'o kerrcherh 'ap 'o chpeenah.
    Then he waited on a ridge.

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

  10. Kwesee' weet 'ap 'o chpeenah 'er'gerrch 'we-repokw.
    He waited by the doorway of the sweathouse.

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