Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

pue-leek • adv • down river, far down river, at the river mouth

Lexicon record # 2727 | Source reference(s): R241 JE43
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Derived phrases or compounds

• Pue-leek Serr-nery "Hunters Creek"

• pue-leek 'ue-mew "north wind (on the coast)"

Short recordings (7) | Sentence examples (29)

1. pue-leek "down river, far down river, at the river mouth" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

2. pue-leek "down river, far down river, at the river mouth" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

3. pue-leek "far downriver" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

4. pue-leek "downriver" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

5. pue-leek re-chah "downriver towards the hills" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

6. pue-leek so re-chah "downriver towards the hills" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

7. pue-leek 'we-roy "down river" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)