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'uema

Dictionary entry

'uema • pv • past time

Lexicon record # 4455 | Source reference(s): R272

Sentence examples (9)

  1. Kue weet 'o 'w-o'oh 'eemee 'uema chkee'm kue 'ne-psech 'emsee kue meweemor, neekee wook noohl tegerue'm kue 'we-roowo's kue meweemor.
    That night the old man and my father did not sleep, and the old man spoke to his pipe until morning.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  2. Kues so'n mehl mee 'uema nes?
    Why did you not come?

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  3. Neemee 'uema hekwsek'.
    I did not find it.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  4. Neemee 'uema kohchewok'.
    I did not catch it.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  5. Tue' 'eemee 'uema koh.
    But we did not catch anything.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  6. To' nuemee 'weskwelo'y 'eemee 'uema poy so'n.
    Although he was brave he did not come first.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  7. Kue wee'eeet 'o 'w-o'oh 'eemee 'uema chkee'm.
    When it was dark then they did not sleep.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  8. Ke'l hes 'eemee 'uema newoo'm?
    Did you not see it?

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  9. Yo' mee 'uema nes.
    He has not come.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)