Yurok dictionary

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pah-peech

Dictionary entry

pah-peech • adv • had better, instead, instead of • adv • after kus, what then? etc.

Lexicon record # 2433 | Source reference(s): R236 JE74

Special meanings or uses

  • Pah weesh nee 'o'l He had better stay here R236

  • Kues pah peech wee' soo-se'm What do you think now? R236

Sentence examples (5)

  1. Pah-peech tue' now 'o soo-tok'.
    It is better if I left.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-028) (LA138-028, 1980)

  2. Pah-peech wo-nekw 'o soo-tok'.
    It is better if I go up.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-028) (LA138-028, 1980)

  3. K'ee kwen cho 'e-kwehl-pe-lee'-mehl pah-peech weesh 'ee 'oo-le'-mehl.
    Those who are afraid had better stay where they are.

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

  4. Pah weesh nee 'o'l.
    He had better stay here.

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

  5. Kues pah-peech wee' soo-se'm?
    What do you think now?

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