Yurok dictionary

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'ue-ma

Dictionary entry

'ue-ma • pv • past time

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

Sentence examples (9)

  1. Kue weet 'o 'wo-'oh 'ee-mee 'ue-ma chkee'm kue 'nep-sech 'em-see kue me-wee-mor, nee-kee wook noohl te-ge-rue'm kue 'we-roo-wo's kue me-wee-mor.
    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 'ue-ma nes?
    Why did you not come?

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

  3. Nee-mee 'ue-ma hekw-sek'.
    I did not find it.

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

  4. Nee-mee 'ue-ma koh-che-wok'.
    I did not catch it.

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

  5. Tue' 'ee-mee 'ue-ma koh.
    But we did not catch anything.

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

  6. To' nue-mee 'wes-kwe-lo'y 'ee-mee 'ue-ma 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 'wo-'oh 'ee-mee 'ue-ma 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 'ee-mee 'ue-ma ne-woo'm?
    Did you not see it?

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

  9. Yo' mee 'ue-ma nes.
    He has not come.

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