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ke-see

Dictionary entry

ke-seepv • future time

Lexicon record # 837 | Source reference(s): R206

Sentence examples (9)

  1. 'O ge'm, Paa', kwe-lekw, kee nahk-se-moyhl noohl wee' 'oo-le'-moh ke-see 'o ke-me'y.
    He said, No, well, we'll stay here for three days, and then he goes home.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)

  2. Koh-chew ko-ma choo-moyhl kue kee 'we-roh-sey-yek' kue ne-puy 'o ga'm kue me-wee-mor, 'O we'yk-'oh cho ko ten-pey-yo'm 'ohl-kue-mee 'o-wook kwe-lekw kee chpee koh-chee ko ne-pe'm, kee-kee chmey-yo-nen ke-see ko'l 'o ne-pe'm.
    It was six days before the spearing of the salmon when the old man said, Eat plenty today, because tomorrow you will only eat once; it will be evening before you have anything to eat.

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

  3. Mo-cho keech 'e-la k'ookw-see' ke-see 'o koh-che-mee tekw-see' laa-wo-gee.
    When the fish has been split then it is to be cut once down the middle.

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

  4. Ku'y ke-see he-gook'.
    I will go later on.

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

  5. 'Owook ke-see we-nok'.
    I will not come until tomorrow.

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

  6. Yo'hl-koh kee poy he-lo-mey-ye'm ke-see ke-lew he-lo-mey-ye'-mo'w.
    They will dance first and then you will dance.

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

  7. Ke'l kee ko poy mehl ko'-mo-yok' ke-see 'o ge-gook'.
    I will hear from you before I go there.

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

  8. Ne-kah hee-noy ke-see 'o woh-pey-ye'-moh.
    We will cross behind (the others).

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

  9. Kee ko chpe-ga'r mehl ke-lew ke-see 'o le'-moh.
    We will not go until we hear from you.

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