Yurok dictionary

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wonu up, above, over, on top of

hinoy after, behind

pulekw down river, at the river mouth

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

lekwsi outside

wonekw up, above, uphill (from the river)

hehlku ashore, on land

skeli down

now away

pechu upriver, upstream

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

hehlkik inland, in the mountains

wogi middle, in the middle

pulekuk

himar below, under, underneath

wonik upward

hikoh across (water)

pechku upriver, upstream

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

hikoch across (water)

choolekw down, downhill

kesomewet on the left

skelik down

woru overhead, on the surface

lekw outside, out

pechik up river, upstream, far upriver

hehlkew in the mountains, mountain

prwrh south

hir inland, north side

kes down

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

wonekuk up, above, on

hichoo below, downhill, a little bit downhill

hiko'ch'uk across (water)

hinoyk after, behind

hipur a little bit downriver, down below, northward

sohchi up, on top, above, on

wohpuk into water

hichoy below, underneath

hima'rk'uk below, underneath

himech front, in front

hino' after, behind, following

hipech upriver, upstream, a little bit upriver

hirkik inland

hitoy here

pechow upriver, upstream

pul below (lower down the river)

wohpew across the sea, west

won up, above

wonep' hill

wonukuk above, overhead

choolew below, downhill

hiwon above, a little way above

prwrw south, town

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

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

wohpekw across the sea, west

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.)

himarkik below, underneath

hinahpch behind (a person), following behind

hipureyow northward, toward the (Klamath) river mouth

hirken inland

hiwoh across the sea, halfway

hiwo'nik above

laapishkah along the seashore

lekwsew outside

prwry south

puloyoh below (lower down the river)

wechpus confluence

wonoyoo up, high up

'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)