Dictionary entry
ch'ueme'y • adv • how! [sentence introductory adverb; followed by subjunctive verb forms] • adv • extremely
Lexicon record # 353 | Source reference(s): R196 FS(B200)
Sentence examples (8)
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Ch'ueme'y ho 'we-ten.
Quite a rain.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)
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Ch'ueme'y 'ne-hlkyorkwoy.
We really enjoyed the performance we watched. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-015) (LA138-015, 1980)
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Kwesee Segep noohl 'o ge's, To' ch'ueme'y 'ue-mergermery k'ee we'yon.
Then Coyote thought, How very pretty that girl is.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Ch'ueme'y keech ma 'ne-sku'y soo 'ook' 'o heekoh, tue' keech knokseemek'.
Now happily I was living across the water, and I have left it all.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Hasee perwerw 'o so koo'op' 'o kue nepuy noohl 'o ga'm kue meweemor, Ch'ueme'y 'ne-tewomehl keech 'ne-kohchewochek'.
The old man stood to the south of the salmon and said, I am so glad that I have caught you.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Ch'ueme'y see 'ne-hlkyorkwoy!
How I wish you had seen us!— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Ch'ueme'y see k'e-hlkyorkwoy!
How I wish YOU had seen us!— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Ch'ueme'y 'we-tenohl kue wenchokws!
How stingy that woman is!— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)