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puel

Dictionary entry

puel • adv • below (lower down the river)

Lexicon record # 2721 | Source reference: R241
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Derived phrase or compound

Sentence examples (2)

  1. 'Ol' kas 'ee so sloy-chokw' reeek-'ew, 'o laay' so puel.
    He went just down the river a little ways, he went downstream along the edge of the river.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)

  2. Kye kwen nee-kee le-nekw' kue 'e-kah so puel.
    The cap floated away down river.

    — Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy (MM5, 1927)