HolQeD 8:3, p. 2, matlh juppu' mu'mey. For other units of time (seconds, minutes, hours, weeks), two more general words are used: ret "time period ago", pIq "time period from now." (One might say that these are associated with the word poH "period of time"). These words follow the more specific time units. For example, "two minutes ago" is cha' tup ret, literally "two minute time-period-ago." "Two minutes from now" is cha' tup pIq. (It is also possible, though not necessary, to use the plural suffixes with the time units if there is more than one or them: cha' tuqmey ret, cha' tupmey pIq.) The words ret and pIq could also be used with days, months, and years (e.g.,wej jaj ret "three days ago," rather than wejHu'), but utterances of this type are not particularly common, sound a bit archaic, and are usually restricted to rather formal settings.