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pueleek

Dictionary entry

pueleek • adv • down river, far down river, at the river mouth

Lexicon record # 2727 | Source reference(s): R241 JE43
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Derived phrases or compounds

Pueleek Serrnery "Hunters Creek"
pueleek 'ue-mew "north wind (on the coast)"

Short recordings (7) | Sentence examples (29)

Pueleek 'ela ko'l le'loyhl. Teno' meraa mehl pueleek.
There must be a fire downriver. There's a lot of smoke coming from downriver.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
Laas ko'l 'o gohkuemehl 'o pueleek.
They're working on the road downriver.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
Wee'eeet pueleek ko so tmegook'.
I'm going to hunt downriver.

— Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)
Kue pueleek weet soonekw weet cho' laas so hegoo'm.
You go on the path that goes downriver.

— Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)
Nek pueleek 'we-roy 'em kertkerk'.
I went fishing downstream with a pole.

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 9: "What are you making? Making, Doing, Fishing" (GT3-09, 2003)
Noohl pueleek.
Way downriver.

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 16: "Where are you coming from?" (GT3-16, 2003)
Pueleek wee' 'ne-me'w.
I come from a short ways down the river.

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 16: "Where are you coming from?" (GT3-16, 2003)
Kues cho' so'n kue laayekw 'o pueleek?
How is the road downriver?

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)
Kues cho' so'n k'ee laayekw 'o pueleek?
How is the road downriver?

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)
Cho' wek 'o keromek'woysh... pueleek 'o lekoyo'.
Turn the water so it flows downriver.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-001) (LA138-001, 1980)
Nekah neeko'l pueleek nue 'no-'oole'moh.
We often go to the beach to stay.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-014) (LA138-014, 1980)
Nekah neeko'l pueleek nue 'ne-'oole'moh.
We often go to the beach to stay.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-014) (LA138-014, 1980)
Pueleek raayo'opek'.
I ran by the oceanside.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)
Naahl lo'omah, naahl pueleek le'm.
They are running together, they are going downriver.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-025) (LA138-025, 1980)
Pueleek keetee sooychok'.
I'm going to travel downstream.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-038) (LA138-038, 1980)
Pueleek mer'wermerk'ws.
The wind is blowing from the west.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-038) (LA138-038, 1980)
Nuemee woneek letkolee'm, pueleek keech letkolee'm, wonue laayetkolee'm.
They're all flying really high, they're flying downriver, they're flying up above.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-050) (LA138-050, 1980)
Tenekomee' 'yohhlkoych' 'o pueleek we'yk'oh mee keech ho plop'.
There's a lot of wood down at the beach today because of the high water.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-052) (LA138-052, 1980)
Pueleek sonchook'.
I paddle downstream, toward the ocean beach.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)
Noohl 'o ko ska'ehlke'n hohkuem so pueleek 'emsee so hehlkew 'emsee so wohpewk 'emsee so perwerh.
Then he scattered tobacco to the north, to the east, to the west, and to the south.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Keech 'o chpaaneek' noohl; weesh 'o rek'eeen, 'o ko'mo'y keech hegoo, Nepe'woo! mehl pueleek.
It grew late; they were sitting there, and he heard them shouting, First salmon! from the river mouth.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Teloge'mo'w nee pueleek.
Down river the people are ill.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Pueleek kee nue meeegehl'en.
We will go around asking down river.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Chue pueleek kee nue kweeeget.
Let us go visiting down the river.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Chue kue meeegehl'en nee pueleek.
Let us go asking down the river.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Teloge'mo'w nee pueleek.
They are ill at the river mouth.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Kos 'ela skuyenee newok?? hegook' nee pueleek.
I want my downriver travel to be good.

— Billy Werk, Medicine or Prayer Spoken in Passing 'Ayoohl (Db, 1907)
Weetue' kem 'o loolohpeen' pueleek 'we-so pahsoy.
Then again she stirred it and blew downstream.

— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)