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pekoyek

Dictionary entry

pekoyekn • blood

Lexicon record # 2496 | Source reference(s): WG(WEM263) R237 JE20
Semantic domain: body parts and the body

Other paradigm form

  • short form 'ne-pek my blood MM(ES5)

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (8)

  1. Keech hereekwonek' pekoyek.
    I'm coughing blood.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns (JB-01-12, 2001)

  2. T'la't'la' pekoyek.
    I'm dripping blood.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

  3. 'Ne-pekoyt'la't'la', 'ne-pekoyek.
    My blood is dripping, my blood.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

  4. Keech 'ekoyop' 'ne-pek.
    My blood is coagulating (after I've been cut).

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-037) (LA138-037, 1980)

  5. Neemee ho negepue' nepuy 'o puelekw weet 'ue-weno'omehl kohchewech noohl ho k'ee cherwerseek' 'w-e'gor, kwelekw hegee' mocho 'oohl weesh kee nep' k'ee nepuy kwelekw kue 'ue-meworoyek' kue 'ue-pekoyek.
    During the season from the first to the seventh month salmon was not eaten at the mouth of the river, and it was said that if anyone did eat it his blood would flow away.

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

  6. Noohl 'errwerh mehl muehlso'm 'emsee 'we-chewes now mehl lohpee'n pekoyek.
    Then she wiped it with grass, and scraped out the blood with her hand.

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

  7. k'ee 'o koo'op... 'ne-pekoyek
    my blood

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

  8. kee kwon (?) cho uenegouena (?) 'ne-pekoyek.
    [Girl:] "I have lots of blood."

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)