Dictionary entry
pekwsue • adv, sent. part. • negative, would (polite)
Lexicon record # 2513 | Source reference(s): R237 JE149
Sentence examples (19)
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Pekwsue hes kee ho'ope'm?
Will you build a fire?
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 10: "Comb your hair. Daily routines" (GT3-10, 2003)
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Pekwsue hes pewome'm?
Will you cook? — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 10: "Comb your hair. Daily routines" (GT3-10, 2003)
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Nek kem kee senemchok' ko'l sook to my fameely. Pekwsue negeme'm mocho kee senemchok'?
I'll send something too, to my family. Would you carry it if I send it? — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-035) (LA138-035, 1980)
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Pekwsue hes 'ohpa' ko'l soo kee 'ne-nepek'?
Won't you give me something to eat? — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)
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Pekwsue hes 'ohpelek'?
Will you feed me?— Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences in Jessie Exline's Yurok Dictionary (YD, 1980s)
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Pekwsue 'elekw megelok' nek.
Shan't I go too?— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Tue' wee'eeet mehl heeegee' 'oohl pekwsue 'o skuye'n mocho ko'mee ha's, Keekee chue 'ok'w.
And so for this we say that it is not good if a person thinks too much, I will have everything.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Noohl 'O Chaahl 'We-Repokw me'womechok'w 'oohl 'eme ga'm, Pekwsue hes keech kee wohpeye'moh 'o kue laayekw?
Then a man came from 'O Chaahl 'We-Repokw and said, May we not now cross over the path?— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Nekah kee kem newohpew pekwsue nuemee chpaa.
We will see each other again soon.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Pekwsue hes kelew ko nergerykerpa'?
Won't you all help me?— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Pekwsue hes ko rekwoh?
Won't you drink something?— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Pekwsue hes nekah kelew 'o megeluue'moh so Kohpey?
May we not go with you to Crescent City?— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Pekwsue hes nue megeloo'm?
Are you not going along too?— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Pekwsue hes 'ohpa'?
Won't you give me some?— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Pekwsue ko'l nepek' we'yk'oh.
I will not eat anything today.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Kee kem newohpew pekwsue nuemee chpaa.
We will see each other again soon.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Pekwsue hegook'.
I'm not going.— Carrie Roberts, Yurok field notebook 1 (MRH1, 1950)
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Pekwsue chkeyek'.
I'm not going to sleep.— Carrie Roberts, Yurok field notebook 1 (MRH1, 1950)
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Cheeek pekwsue skewok.
Money doesn't like him.— Mary Marshall, Sentences (TTW-A) (TTW-A, 1909)