Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

woh-pue • adv • into water

Lexicon record # 3921 | Source reference(s): R264

Special meanings or uses

• woh-pue loo-tek' I drown (someone), I kill (someone) R264

• woh-pue le-chee' s/he drowns JE45

Sentence examples (7)

1. Ko-lo 'we-son we'yk-'oh woh-pue keech me-wech'.
   The wind is blowing from the river.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-014) (LA138-014, 1980)

2. Tue' woh-pue 'ee-nee rek-'eeen 'o neee'-no-wohl 'wes-ku'y soo keech soo-tok'w 'wech-'ee-shah.
   And they sat in the water and looked to see where the dog had gone.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "Otters" (LA181-2, 1986)

3. Keech hlee' kue pe-gerk kue woh-pue loo-teen me-wah.
   The man who drowned a boy has been caught.

   — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

4. Kwe-see' woh-pue 'o so neee'-no-wo'm.
   She looked towards the water.

   — Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy (MM5, 1927)

5. Tue' ko-lo ne'w woh-pue 'ee nee loo-leek k'ee wer-'er-ger-yer-wer-nee wen-chokws 'ue-mey-yoo-moyk'.
   He could see them thrown in the water by pregnant young women.

   — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)

6. Cheen-kuen son' kol' 'o pe-to-yop' 'o woh-pue kue re-gok.
   Many trout started to come in the water.

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

7. Kue 'ue-wer-yerkwey-pey-yer-kwek', kue se-gon' kol' 'o sa-'a-wor 'o woh-pue.
   When he finished singing, they looked like shadows in the water.

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