Dictionary entry
poyew • adv • ahead, in front of [takes pronominal prefixes] • Variant poyow • See poy
Lexicon record # 2652 | Source reference(s): R239-240 JE6 FS(LA138-001)
Derived phrase or compound'yoch 'ue-poyew "prow of a boat"
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (7)
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Kowecho' poyew 'oolo' 'oohl.
Don't stand in front of a person.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-001) (LA138-001, 1980)
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Poyew weno'omue'r.
He's swimming in front. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-001) (LA138-001, 1980)
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Kowecho' poyew laayoh.
Don't move along in front of someone. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-008) (LA138-008, 1980)
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'Yoncheesh keech 'o key 'o poyew kue 'we-rahcheen, 'o neee'no'w; 'eemee ko'l wo soch.
His friend sat in the boat in front and watched; they did not speak.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Kohtoh hegor neema tmoh noohl poy ma hee' kue 'ne-psech, Kwelekw skewokseye'm kee k'er-nergery kee hehlkue 'we-nekue' k'ee nepe'woo.
A month and a half in advance my father was told, You are wanted to help in the taking ashore of the first salmon to run.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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'Yoch 'ue-poyew nee 'oyhl 'ne-ch'wona'.
My coat is lying in the front of the boat.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Poyew noohl weno'omo'r kue mewah.
The boy is running far ahead.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)