Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

pechue • adv • upriver, upstream

Lexicon record # 2477 | Source reference(s): R236 JE141
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Other paradigm form

• obviative pechues

Special meaning or use

• noohl pechue far upriver MRH:APS2:131

Sentence examples (18)

1. Pechue keetee le'm.
   They (salmon) are going to go upriver.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)

2. Kues cho' soo newo'm? So pechue nuemee keemerlue'.
   How does it look to you? It looks really bad upriver.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-002) (LA138-002, 1980)

3. [Kus soo tepoo yok nee huene'm?] Weet kem skuuyenee tepoo, weet tue' 'o hohkue' k'ee yok nee tepoo. Pechue nee tepoo kem skuuye'n.
   [What kinds of trees are around here?] Tepoo is good, you can pick tepoo around here. Upriver tepoo is good also.

   — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

4. [Pishkaahl 'o koh hes wee' k'ee rohtuen?] Rohtuen kwel peeshkaahl k'o koh, we'y kem k'o koh k'ee nekah 'we-rooy. So pechue rohtuen.
   [Is the bullhead fish a pishkaahl 'o koh?] You can catch bullheads in the ocean, you can catch them in our stream. Bullheads are upriver.

   — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

5. Pechues... so sela rechohl kue pegerk.
   The men were paddling upstream.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

6. Pechue keech nee ma hegook'.
   I've been upriver.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

7. Ke'l hes pechue keech nee ma hegoo'm?
   Have you been upriver?

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

8. Nekah pechue keetee le'moh.
   We're going upriver.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

9. Pechue soot'os!
   Go upriver!

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

10. 'O pechues 'eekee shooto'l, kue 'we-neskwechook' ho pechues 'ap new kwesee choomee' keech ko'l so'n kue ho 'ue-kuechos.
    At once he went up the river, and when he arrived there he saw that it was now a long time since his grandmother had died.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

11. Kue keech 'o nuue'mehl ho puelekw, noohl 'o ga'm kue meweemor ho kue 'ne-psech, Cho nuemee sku'y soo skelee neke'm; k'ee ma'ah pechue kee no'moye'we'y.
    When they arrived at the river mouth, the old man said to my father, Put the spear down carefully; it must point upstream.

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

12. Pechue no'moye'we'y kue nepuy.
    The salmon lay with its head pointing up the river.

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

13. Nekah kwelekw komchuemoh k'ee segonkonee 'o yoh, kwelekw pechue muehlcho' neemee soo komchuemehl.
    We know what has been done here, but up the river perhaps they do not know.

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

14. Pechue kwelekw neeko'l nee 'we-skeweg.
    Upriver it is always fine weather.

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

15. Pechue keech nee ma hegook'.
    I have been up the river.

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

16. 'I le'moh so pechue.
    We went up river.

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

17. To' nuemee kaameg 'ee le'moh so pechue.
    Although the weather was bad we went up the river.

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