Dictionary entry
'emkee • adv • then, thenceforth
Lexicon record # 4252 | Source reference(s): R269
Sentence examples (14)
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'Emkee, mocho keech 'o wey 'we-sahksah, noohl 'o tenpewe'hl, kue wee' kem 'o sahksah, 'owook koy kwesee keech 'o ro'r.
Then, when the hail stops, then it rains, then it hails again, and then early in the morning it turns to snow.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-030) (LA138-030, 1980)
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Kem 'o le'moh, 'emkee kue chaahlke's raayoh ko'r.
Then we left ...— Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)
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Noohl koypoh 'emkee 'e'gah 'o kue hotel.
Then in the morning we ate at the hotel.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)
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Keet 'o pe'l 'emkee k'ee toomenee sonowonee ch'ue'ch'eesh tue' nuemee chue kegohche'w, kem 'o ge'm kue perey:
He began to get bigger and then he would catch all sorts of birds, and the old woman said:— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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'Emkee keech 'o nuemee pe'l keech 'o cheenomewes, tue' weet so'n chpee 'we-tmeeegok'.
Then he quite grew up and became a young man, and it turned out that all he did was to hunt.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Tue' wee'eeet 'o so'n 'emkee neekee 'we-ro'onepek'; wohpew neekee ro'onep'.
So it was that it sped on; it sped on toward the west.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Neekee kue weet 'o no'ohl 'emkee 'w-ohkepek', mos weeshtue' noo nep' kue maageen nepee'monee.
So from then on at that time he went into training, and did not eat what other people ate.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kue wee 'o negookchenohl 'emkee weeshtue' le'mehl kue Shchekwehl 'O Chaahl 'o tek 'er'gerrk 'o Wehlkwew.
Those who usually sweated there then went to the sweathouse at Schekwehl 'O Chaahl in Wehlkwew.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Mocho keech 'o newoo'm kue teekwohl, noohl 'emkee k'e-kesomewet neke'm kue nepuy, kem kee neekee k'e-soo negemek' neemoksue kem won 'o ko nekue'.
When you see the low gap, then you put it on your left shoulder, and from then on you carry it like that and it must not be put in any other position.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kue keech 'ue-mechewolo' noohl lekwseesh 'o le'mehl 'emkee weeshtue' 'ee kmoyhl, keet 'o ko saawelehl, noohl 'esee ma wegesah.
When it had burned down they went outside and lay down, and began to cool off, and then they went to bathe.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Ke'l cho kenuemee sonowo'm, 'emkee kwelekw ku'y 'ue-pahtuen kue k'e-smechoy kue k'e-nekomewet kee so 'ok'w, kue 'ue-werhl k'e-kesomewet kee so 'ok'w, 'emsee k'e-roowo's kwelekw nuemee k'e-yaahl kee 'ok'w.
You do just as I do, and then the neck of your deerskin will be on your right, and its tail will be on your left, and your pipe will be right over your belly.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Cho wee'eeet 'emkee neekee mehl chechomeyo'r.
Now run straight on from here at a trot.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Keech wey ko'l ho 'we-nepee'mehl 'emkee 'er'gerrch 'we-lekw 'ee rek'eeen.
They finished eating and sat outside the sweathouse.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kohchew keech 'o choomoyhl 'o neskwechok'w 'ue-me'loh mehl kue Heewow 'o tek 'o'lehl 'o Rek'woy nue 'we-chpega'r, To's wee 'no-'o'hl keech kee 'na-'ahspee'moh 'emkee weet kee 'ne-soo 'e'gah?
Six days passed and a relative of his came from the house at Hiwow in Requa, and asked, May we now drink at home, and eat as we usually do?— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)