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chpee-nah

Dictionary entry

chpee-nah • vn • await

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

Sentence examples (10)

  1. Nek chpee-nah k'ee pa-'ah kee 'we-ta-'a-no-yek'.
    I'm waiting for this water to get hot.

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

  2. Chpee-nah to' kue ko pyekw-chor.
    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 ... lekw-see nee-nee ye-gok' ... chpee-nah mee' keech hoh-kue' kue 'we-leenkee sho'n he-we-cheen.
    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 'oo-lo' kue 'nep-sech 'wech-pee-nah kue me-wee-mor.
    My father stood there waiting for the old man.

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

  5. Nek chpee-nah 'ne-pa-'ah kee 'we-ta-'a-noo-pek'.
    I am waiting for my water to get hot.

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

  6. Kee ko chpee-nah.
    We will wait.

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

  7. Cho' ko chpee-nah!
    Wait!

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

  8. Chpaa-neek' noohl chpee-nah.
    I waited a long time.

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

  9. Kwe-see' 'o kerr-cherh 'ap 'o chpee-nah.
    Then he waited on a ridge.

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

  10. Kwe-see' weet 'ap 'o chpee-nah 'er'-gerrch 'we-re-pokw.
    He waited by the doorway of the sweathouse.

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