Yurok dictionary

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choolekw down, downhill

choolew below, downhill

hehlkew in the mountains, mountain

hehlkik inland, in the mountains

hehlku ashore, on land

hichoo below, downhill, a little bit downhill

hichoy below, underneath

hikoch across (water)

hikoh across (water)

hiko'ch'uk across (water)

himar below, under, underneath

himarkik below, underneath

hima'rk'uk below, underneath

himech front, in front

hinahpch behind (a person), following behind

hinoy after, behind

hinoyk after, behind

hino' after, behind, following

hipech upriver, upstream, a little bit upriver

hipur a little bit downriver, down below, northward

hipureyow northward, toward the (Klamath) river mouth

hir inland, north side

hirken inland

hirkik inland

hitoy here

hiwoh across the sea, halfway

hiwon above, a little way above

hiwo'nik above

kes down

kesomewet on the left

laapishkah along the seashore

lekw outside, out

lekwsew outside

lekwsi outside

now away

pechik up river, upstream, far upriver

pechku upriver, upstream

pechow upriver, upstream

pechu upriver, upstream

prwrh south

prwrw south, town

prwry south

pul below (lower down the river)

pulekuk

pulekw down river, at the river mouth

pulik down river, far down river, at the river mouth

puloyoh below (lower down the river)

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

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

riik'ew shore, sandbar, ashore, river's edge, shore line

skeli down

skelik down

sohchi up, on top, above, on

wechpus confluence

wogi middle, in the middle

wohpekw across the sea, west

wohpew across the sea, west

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

wohpuk into water

won up, above

wonekuk up, above, on

wonekw up, above, uphill (from the river)

wonep' hill

wonew above, overhead, in the mountains, higher, in the hills

wonik upward

wonoyoo up, high up

wonu up, above, over, on top of

wonukuk above, overhead

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

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

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

woru overhead, on the surface

'o slookw downhill

Dictionary entry

pulekuk • 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 kich lekoyo'. Pulekuk ni lekoyo'.
    It's flowing the wrong way. It's flowing downriver.

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

  2. Tepoono'y ra'ayo'r, tu' pulekuk kich 'o pkwo'rep', kich 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 wi' k'i kelok?] Kelok wit kem woogin... Kegahselo'm 'oohl kelok. 'esi pulekuk' soo keme'y. 'u-psech pulekuk sootok'w...
    [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. Kwesi noohl 'o newo'm 'w-esek' kwelekw pulekuk wi kit 'we-sonchoyek'.
    Then he saw that it was being taken down the river.

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

  5. Noohl 'o ga'm ku mewimor ho ku 'ne-psech, Cho kem noohl pulekuk ho nii'nowo'm.
    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'ehlke'n hohkum ho pulekuk ho pechik ho prwr'k'uk 'emsi ho wohpewk.
    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. Nekah niko'hl pulekuk ni nu 'n-oole'moh.
    We always go down to the river mouth.

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

  8. Noohl newo'm 'w-esek' kwelekw pulekuk kit 'we-sonchoyek'.
    Then he saw it begin to be paddled down stream.

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

  9. Pulekuk so chwin.
    He prayed to the north.

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

  10. Pulekuk 'w-rpkryko ni mehl hopkecho'l. Tu' wishtu' me'womecho'l.
    He began downriver from where the river starts. That's where he came from.

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

  11. Pulekuk ki nomoyewe'm.
    You will put your head downriver.

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

  12. Pulekuk 'o soo, noohl ki 'o kwom, noohl ki 'o kwomhlecho
    Go downriver, then you will come back, then you will come back.

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