Dictionary entry
Woh-pe-kue-mew • n • a god • Variant Woh-pekw-'ue-mew
Lexicon record # 3909 | Source reference(s):
R264 HIC73 MPY195 JE27 JE30
Derivation: literally, "widower across the ocean"
Sentence examples (15)
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[Kus soo cheee-shep' yok nee hue-ne'm?] Nue-mee-chue so'n cheee-shep', mee' kue wey-ko-nee wee'. Woh-pe-kue-mew meesh koh wey-ko'm, nee-kee-chue soo kue cheee-shep'. 'ue-meskem nue-mee soo-chok'w. Nue-mee-chue soo kaap' huue-nek'w, mee' weesh-tue' 'uemes-kwoh. Mos 'ok'w me-ges, nee-mo 'ok'w ho me-ges. 'Oohl naa me-ges-ke'w. Weet mehl ho huue-ne'm Woh-pe-kue-mew 'ue-mes. Weesh-tue' 'ee-yoh 'ue-mes.
[What kinds of flowers are around here?] There are all kinds of flowers, because the creator finished all of that. Wohpekumew had finished them, all different kinds of flowers. Medicine is the same way. There are all kinds of plants, because that's his medicine. There was no [white] doctor. They didn't have doctors then. They had Indian doctors. That is why they grew, as Wohpekumew's medicine. He just picked his medicine anyplace].
— Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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[Kus soo ch'ue'ch-'eesh 'oo-le'm 'o yoh?] Nue-mee-chue so'n kue ch'ue'ch-'eesh. Too'm ko goh-kue'm Woh-pe-kue-mew wee' ch'ue'ch-'eesh.
[What kinds of birds are around here?] Lots of kinds. Wohpekumew made all different kinds of birds. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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Soo 'o le-geyk', Paas, mee' ne-kah kwe-lekw weet ho soo wey-kee' Woh-pe-kue-mew:
But I was told, No, because Wohpekumew has so commanded us:— Bessie Fleischman, "The Story of the Klamath River Song" (LA16-2, 1951)
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'Woo-gey, 'woo-gey, 'woo-gey-yehl-ke's Woh-pe-kue-mew weesh; ko wey, ne-kah soo hoo-le'-moh.
Holy, holy, holy is Wohpekumew; he ordained and we live in obedience.— Bessie Fleischman, "The Story of the Klamath River Song" (LA16-2, 1951)
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So nes Woh-pe-kue-mew 'ap neee'-no'w 'o nes-kwe-chok'w.
Wohpekumew came and looked and went back.— Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)
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'O gee' wee-'eeet 'o seel (?) wo-sey-yeek Woh-pe-kue-mew.
This is what Wohpekumew said ...— Lowana Brantner, Wohpekumew's Prediction (LA16-9, 1951)
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To' kee-tee moyk' Woh-pe-kue-mew, to' kee-tee moyk' Woh-pe-kue-mew.
Wohpekumew will die, Wohpekumew will die.— Lowana Brantner, Wohpekumew's Prediction (LA16-9, 1951)
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Tue hee, to kwe-lekw ma le-go'l Woh-pe-kue-mew, kwe-lekw Woh-pe-kue-mew... kwe-lekw Woh-pe-kue-mew weesh.
Hee, Wohpekumew is the one who was there, it was Wohpekumew ... Wohpekumew himself.— Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)
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Tue weesh-to mehl swey-ko'm Woh-pe-kue-mew.
Wohpekumew damaged ...— Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)
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Tue wee-tue see se-goo noh-see-chee í, tue Woh-pe-kue-mew sko-wey-ko.
In that way it would regularly have been chipped off, but Wohpekumew spoiled it.— Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)
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Chuehl, ke'l so-no-wo'm, Woh-pe-kue-mew ?
[Gambler:] "Well, where (?) are you, Wohpekumew?— Lame Billy, Gambling medicine formula (Ac, 1902)