Dictionary entry
puel • adv • below (lower down the river)
Lexicon record # 2721 | Source reference(s):
R241
Semantic
domain: directions and locations
Ke-nek Puel "a village downriver from Kenek"
Sentence examples (5)
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'O'l kas 'ee so sloy-chok'w reeek-'ew, 'o laa'y so puel.
He went just down the river a little ways, he went downstream along the edge of the river.— Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)
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Kye kwen nee-kee le-nek'w kue 'e-kah so puel.
The cap floated away down river.— Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy (MM5, 1927)
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Heer-keeks 'e-ma kee laay' so puel, tue' so-ne-nee mee wo 'wek'ws.
Inland he went downriver, but he never found it.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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'O new kwe-see keech 'ee mer'-wer-meryk' so puel.
And she saw it flowing downstream.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Kem puel 'o nee-kee rue'r.
Then it swam downstream again.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)