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perwer'k'uek

Dictionary entry

perwer'k'uek • adv • south

Lexicon record # 2707 | Source reference(s): R240 JE43 JE125

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Kwesee kue cheenomewes so hegok'w, kwesee tue' perwer'k'uek 'o sootok'w.
    And the young man left, and he went far south on the coast.

    — Georgiana Trull, Potato Boy (GT4, 2007)

  2. Noohl ska'ehlke'n hohkuem ho puelekuek ho pecheek ho perwer'k'uek 'emsee ho wohpewk.
    Then he scattered tobacco to the north, to the east, to the south, and to the west.

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

  3. Kwesee weeshtue 'o ho neskwechok'w Ho'owen. Ho'owens ho neskwechok'w. Perwer'k'uek keet wo sooto' mokee.
    That is how he came to Ho'owen. He came to Ho'owen. He was going south then.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)