Dictionary entry
ch'ue-me'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'ue-me'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'ue-me'y 'nehlk-yor-kwoy.
We really enjoyed the performance we watched. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-015) (LA138-015, 1980)
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Kwe-see Se-gep noohl 'o ge's, To' ch'ue-me'y 'ue-mer-ger-mery 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'ue-me'y keech ma 'nes-ku'y soo 'ook' 'o hee-koh, tue' keech knok-see-mek'.
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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Ha-see per-werw 'o so koo-'op' 'o kue ne-puy noohl 'o ga'm kue me-wee-mor, Ch'ue-me'y 'ne-te-wo-mehl keech 'ne-koh-che-wo-chek'.
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'ue-me'y see 'nehlk-yor-kwoy!
How I wish you had seen us!— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Ch'ue-me'y see k'ehlk-yor-kwoy!
How I wish YOU had seen us!— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Ch'ue-me'y 'we-te-nohl kue wen-chokws!
How stingy that woman is!— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)