Dictionary entry
pekw-sue • adv, sent. part. • negative, would (polite)
Lexicon record # 2513 | Source reference(s): R237 JE149
Sentence examples (19)
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Pekw-sue hes kee ho-'o-pe'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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Pekw-sue hes pe-wo-me'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 se-nem-chok' ko'l sook to my fa-meely. Pekw-sue ne-ge-me'm mo-cho kee se-nem-chok'?
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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Pekw-sue hes 'oh-pa' ko'l soo kee 'ne-ne-pek'?
Won't you give me something to eat? — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)
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Pekw-sue hes 'oh-pe-lek'?
Will you feed me?— Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences in Jessie Exline's Yurok Dictionary (YD, 1980s)
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Pekw-sue 'e-lekw me-ge-lok' nek.
Shan't I go too?— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Tue' wee-'eeet mehl heee-gee' 'oohl pekw-sue 'o skuye'n mo-cho ko'-mee ha's, Kee-kee 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 'WeRe-pokw me'-wo-me-chok'w 'oohl 'e-me ga'm, Pekw-sue hes keech kee woh-pey-ye'-moh 'o kue laa-yekw?
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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Ne-kah kee kem ne-woh-pew pekw-sue nue-mee chpaa.
We will see each other again soon.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Pekw-sue hes ke-lew ko ner-gery-ker-pa'?
Won't you all help me?— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Pekw-sue hes ko re-kwoh?
Won't you drink something?— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Pekw-sue hes ne-kah ke-lew 'o me-ge-luue'-moh so Koh-pey?
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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Pekw-sue hes nue me-ge-loo'm?
Are you not going along too?— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Pekw-sue hes 'oh-pa'?
Won't you give me some?— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Pekw-sue ko'l ne-pek' 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 ne-woh-pew pekw-sue nue-mee chpaa.
We will see each other again soon.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Pekw-sue he-gook'.
I'm not going.— Carrie Roberts, Yurok field notebook 1 (MRH1, 1950)
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Pekw-sue chkey-yek'.
I'm not going to sleep.— Carrie Roberts, Yurok field notebook 1 (MRH1, 1950)
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Cheeek pekw-sue ske-wok.
Money doesn't like him.— Mary Marshall, Sentences (TTW-A) (TTW-A, 1909)