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pechkuek

Dictionary entry

pechkuekadv • upriver, upstream

Lexicon record # 5927 | Source reference(s): T8
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Sentence examples (6)

  1. 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)

  2. 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)

  3. 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)

  4. 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)

  5. Pechkuek 'e neskwecho..
    Upriver ... arrive

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (dictated) (SW1, 1902)