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pyekwchenee

Dictionary entry

pyekwcheneev attr • for a little while, carefully, careful • perfect, right

Lexicon record # 2759 | Source reference(s): R241 JE28 X16 JE102

Sentence examples (7)

  1. " Mos weeshtue' kee 'ue-pyekwchenee sook mocho kee mok'w 'ue-pa'aanah.
    "It will not be right if they do not have water.

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  2. " Nek kwelekw weeshtue' mehl hegook' mos kee pyekwchenee sonenee 'oole'mehl mocho kee neemok'w 'ue-pa'aanah keekee 'w-oole'mek' 'oohl 'o 'wes'onew.
    "This is why I am going around because it won't be good for them to live if they have no water when they arrive in this world.

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  3. Kwelekw weesh keehl pyekwchenee sonowohl 'o'loolekweesh 'ol' kee 'w-oole'mehl 'o 'wes'onah mocho kee 'ok'w 'ue-pa'aanah.
    It will be right for people for them to go about in the world if they have water."

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  4. " Chuuehl, 'ohlkuemee kwelekw weetue' son' mosee' kee 'ue-pyekwchenee sook mocho kee mok'w 'we-nepuyonah."
    "All right, because it won't be right if there are no salmon."

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  5. Wek k'ee chegee nee pkwergerykeen kee toomoksee'hl 'ohlkuemeesh keehl pyekwchenee soo hoole'mehl mo kee 'ok'w 'we-nepuyonah."
    It (the salmon) will be everywhere that water flows into the river, because they will live well from it if they have salmon."

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  6. Tue k'ee sonenee, k'ee sonenee menomenehl tue' sonenee tema tekto'y, kem tue neemee wo' pyekwchenee serneryerh kee 'we-tektonek'.
    Like a cliff it was to stand there, but it did not look right as it stood there.

    — Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)

  7. 'Eemokw wo' pyekwchenee sone'm 'we-tektoyek' wee k'ee 'O Schegep'
    But it did look right where it stood at 'O Schegep'.

    — Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)