Dictionary entry
'em-kee • adv • then, thenceforth
Lexicon record # 4252 | Source reference(s): R269
Sentence examples (14)
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'Emkee, mo-cho keech 'o wey 'we-sahk-sah, noohl 'o ten-pe-we'hl, kue wee' kem 'o sahk-sah, 'o-wook koy kwe-see 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, 'em-kee kue chaahl-ke's raa-yoh ko'r.
Then we left ...— Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)
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Noohl koy-poh 'em-kee 'e'-gah 'o kue ho-tel.
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 'em-kee k'ee too-me-nee so-no-wo-nee ch'ue'ch-'eesh tue' nue-mee chue ke-goh-che'w, kem 'o ge'm kue pe-rey:
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 nue-mee pe'l keech 'o chee-no-me-wes, tue' weet so'n chpee 'wet-meee-gok'.
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 'em-kee nee-kee 'we-ro-'o-ne-pek'; woh-pew nee-kee ro-'o-nep'.
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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Nee-kee kue weet 'o no-'ohl 'em-kee 'woh-ke-pek', mos weesh-tue' noo nep' kue maa-geen ne-pee'-mo-nee.
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 ne-gook-che-nohl 'em-kee weesh-tue' le'-mehl kue Shche-kwehl 'O Chaahl 'o tek 'er'-gerrk 'o Wehl-kwew.
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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Mo-cho keech 'o ne-woo'm kue tee-kwohl, noohl 'em-kee k'e-ke-so-me-wet ne-ke'm kue ne-puy, kem kee nee-kee k'e-soo ne-ge-mek' nee-mok-sue kem won 'o ko ne-kue'.
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-me-che-wo-lo' noohl lekw-seesh 'o le'-mehl 'em-kee weesh-tue' 'ee kmoyhl, keet 'o ko saa-we-lehl, noohl 'e-see ma we-ge-sah.
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 ke-nue-mee so-no-wo'm, 'em-kee kwe-lekw ku'y 'ue-pah-tuen kue k'es-me-choy kue k'e-ne-ko-me-wet kee so 'ok'w, kue 'ue-werhl k'e-ke-so-me-wet kee so 'ok'w, 'em-see k'e-roo-wo's kwe-lekw nue-mee k'ey-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 'em-kee nee-kee mehl che-cho-mey-yo'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-ne-pee'-mehl 'em-kee '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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Koh-chew keech 'o choo-moyhl 'o nes-kwe-chok'w 'ue-me'-loh mehl kue Hee-wow 'o tek 'o'-lehl 'o Rek'-woy nue 'wech-pe-ga'r, To's wee 'no-'o'hl keech kee 'na-'ahs-pee'-moh 'em-kee 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)