Dictionary entry
pyekw-che-nee • v attr • for a little while, carefully, careful • perfect, right
Lexicon record # 2759 | Source reference(s): R241 JE28 X16 JE102
Sentence examples (7)
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" Mos weesh-tue' kee 'uep-yekw-che-nee sook mo-cho kee mok'w 'ue-pa-'aa-nah.
"It will not be right if they do not have water.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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" Nek kwe-lekw weesh-tue' mehl he-gook' mos kee pyekw-che-nee so-ne-nee 'oo-le'-mehl mo-cho kee nee-mok'w 'ue-pa-'aa-nah kee-kee 'woo-le'-mek' 'oohl 'o 'wes-'o-new.
"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)
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Kwe-lekw weesh keehl pyekw-che-nee so-no-wohl 'o'-loo-le-kweesh 'ol' kee 'woo-le'-mehl 'o 'wes-'o-nah mo-cho kee 'ok'w 'ue-pa-'aa-nah.
It will be right for people for them to go about in the world if they have water."— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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" Chuuehl, 'ohl-kue-mee kwe-lekw wee-tue' son' mo-see' kee 'uep-yekw-che-nee sook mo-cho kee mok'w 'we-ne-puyo-nah."
"All right, because it won't be right if there are no salmon."— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Wek k'ee che-gee nee pkwer-gery-keen kee too-mok-see'hl 'ohl-kue-meesh keehl pyekw-che-nee soo hoo-le'-mehl mo kee 'ok'w 'we-ne-puyo-nah."
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)
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Tue k'ee so-ne-nee, k'ee so-ne-nee me-no-me-nehl tue' so-ne-nee te-ma tek-to'y, kem tue nee-mee wo' pyekw-che-nee ser-ner-yerh kee 'we-tek-to-nek'.
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)
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'Ee-mokw wo' pyekw-che-nee so-ne'm 'we-tek-to-yek' wee k'ee 'O Sche-gep'
But it did look right where it stood at 'O Schegep'.— Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)