Dictionary entry
chperwerk • vn • remember, think of, miss, pine for, become lonesome for
Lexicon record # 271 | Source reference(s):
R194 JE111 YLCB34
Semantic
domain: feelings and emotions
Derivation: morphological structure chprw-oks
Special meaning or use
Kweles chpee chperwerk He is selfish [literally, "he thinks only of himself"] JE118
Sentence examples (9)
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Keech chperwerk 'ne-chek.
I'm lonely for my mother.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 8: "Look! Observations" (GT3-08, 2003)
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Keech chperwerk.
I'm remembering. — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 12: "How do you feel?" (GT3-12, 2003)
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Neeko'l 'ne-chperwerk kue 'ema neeege'yoh.
I always think of the time we were together. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-017) (LA138-017, 1980)
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Keech wey 'ne-chperwerk.
I quit thinking about it. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)
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Mocho keech chperwerk noohl 'o tegetehl.
Whenever she thinks of that person she cries. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-057) (LA138-057, 1980)
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Neeko'l 'ne-chperwerk kue ma 'ne-neeege'yoh.
I always remember the walk we took together.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Noohl 'o chperwerk 'n-esek' kyue' nee 'ok'w 'ne-cheeek.
Then I remembered my money was there.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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'Ochkeech chperwerk.
I have just thought of it.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Nek neeko'l 'ne-chperwerk kue 'we-hlkelonah kue 'o ko newochoh.
I always remember the place where I saw you.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)