Yurok dictionary

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choo-lekw down, downhill

choo-lew below, downhill

hehl-kew in the mountains, mountain

hehl-keek inland, in the mountains

hehl-kue ashore, on land

hee-choo below, downhill, a little bit downhill

hee-choy below, underneath

hee-koch across (water)

hee-koh across (water)

hee-ko'ch-'uek across (water)

hee-meyr below, under, underneath

hee-meyr-keek below, underneath

hee-ma-'erk-'uek below, underneath

hee-mech front, in front

hee-nahpch behind (a person), following behind

hee-noy after, behind

hee-noyk after, behind

hee-no' after, behind, following

hee-pech upriver, upstream, a little bit upriver

hee-puer a little bit downriver, down below, northward

hee-pue-rey-yow northward, toward the (Klamath) river mouth

heer inland, north side

heer-ken inland

heer-keek inland

hee-toy here

hee-woh across the sea, halfway

hee-won above, a little way above

hee-wo'-neek above

kes down

ke-so-me-wet on the left

laa-peesh-kah along the seashore

lekw outside, out

lekw-sew outside

lekw-see outside

now away

pe-cheek up river, upstream, far upriver

pech-kue upriver, upstream

pe-chow upriver, upstream

pe-chue upriver, upstream

per-werh south

per-werw south, town

per-wery south

puel below (lower down the river)

pue-le-kuek

pue-lekw down river, at the river mouth

pue-leek down river, far down river, at the river mouth

pue-lo-yoh below (lower down the river)

puer north (in the direction of the Klamath River mouth)

pue-rey-yow north (in the direction of the Klamath River mouth)

reeek-'ew shore, sandbar, ashore, river's edge, shore line

ske-lee down

ske-leek down

soh-chee up, on top, above, on

wech-pues confluence

wo-gee middle, in the middle

woh-pekw across the sea, west

woh-pew across the sea, west

woh-pewk "the direction about at right angles to the course of the lower Klamath, or roughly southwest", across the sea, west

woh-puek into water

won up, above

wo-ne-kuek up, above, on

wo-nekw up, above, uphill (from the river)

wo-nep' hill

wo-new above, overhead, in the mountains, higher, in the hills

wo-neek upward

wo-no-yoo up, high up

wo-nue up, above, over, on top of

wo-nue-kuek above, overhead

woop' out in the water (of an island, etc.)

woop-'ee out in the water (of an island, etc.)

woop-'eek out in the water (of an island, etc.)

wo-rue overhead, on the surface

'o slookw downhill

Dictionary entry

pue-le-kuek • adv • down river, at the river mouth

Lexicon record # 2722 | Source reference: R241
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Derived phrase or compound

Sentence examples (12)

  1. Won keech le-ko-yo'. Pue-le-kuek nee le-ko-yo'.
    It's flowing the wrong way. It's flowing downriver.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-020) (LA138-020, 1980)

  2. Te-poo-noy' ra-'a-yor', tue' pue-le-kuek keech 'o pkwo'-rep', keech pkwo'-rep'.
    It runs into the forest, downriver and out into the open.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-022) (LA138-022, 1980)

  3. [Ch'uch'ish hes wee' k'ee ke-lok?] Ke-lok weet kem woo-geen... Ke-gah-se-lom' 'oohl ke-lok. 'e-see pue-le-kuek' soo ke-mey'. 'uepsech pue-le-kuek soo-tokw'...
    [Is the goose a ch'uch'ish?] Goose is different. Goose is a stranger to people. It goes north to its home. Its father was from the north.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  4. Kwe-see noohl 'o ne-wom' 'we-sek' kwe-lekw pue-le-kuek wee keet 'we-son-cho-yek'.
    Then he saw that it was being taken down the river.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  5. Noohl 'o gam' kue me-wee-mor ho kue 'nep-sech, Cho kem noohl pue-le-kuek ho neee'-no-wom'.
    Then the old man said to my father, Look down the river.

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

  6. Noohl ska-'ehl-ken' hoh-kuem ho pue-le-kuek ho pe-cheek ho per-wer'-k'uek 'em-see ho woh-pewk.
    Then he scattered tobacco to the north, to the east, to the south, and to the west.

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

  7. Ne-kah nee-ko'hl pue-le-kuek nee nue 'noo-le'-moh.
    We always go down to the river mouth.

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

  8. Noohl ne-wom' 'we-sek' kwe-lekw pue-le-kuek keet 'we-son-cho-yek'.
    Then he saw it begin to be paddled down stream.

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

  9. Pue-le-kuek so chween.
    He prayed to the north.

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

  10. Pue-le-kuek 'werp-keryko nee mehl hop-ke-chol'. Tue' weesh-tue' me'-wo-me-chol'.
    He began downriver from where the river starts. That's where he came from.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)

  11. Pue-le-kuek kee no-mo-ye-wem'.
    You will put your head downriver.

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (dictated) (SW1, 1902)

  12. Pue-le-kuek 'o soo, noohl kee 'o kwom, noohl kee 'o kwom-hle-cho
    Go downriver, then you will come back, then you will come back.

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (dictated) (SW1, 1902)