Dictionary entry
pechkuek • adv • upriver, upstream
Lexicon record # 5927 | Source reference(s):
T8
Semantic
domain: directions and locations
Sentence examples (6)
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Keech 'ela neskwechol' k'ee kwen pechkuek nee mok'ws 'wo-'o lek'ws k'ee pa'ah.
He went far upriver, and the water was never found.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Noohl 'o soonok's 'w-esek', " Chuehl tue' pechkuek kem kee sootolek' laaheewon."
Then he thought, "All right, I'll go far upriver along the sky."— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Pechkuek 'ela sloychol', pechkuek 'o 'we-teponek' 'we-hlke'mah.
Far upriver he descended, far upriver where a ladder stood.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Peesh kwesee so newom' wenchokws 'o pechkuek wey' k'ee mer'wermerykernee k'ee pa'ah.
And saw a woman at the place where the river now begins.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Pechkuek 'e neskwecho..
Upriver ... arrive— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (dictated) (SW1, 1902)