Dictionary entry
pech-kuek • adv • upriver, upstream
Lexicon record # 5927 | Source reference(s):
T8
Semantic
domain: directions and locations
Sentence examples (6)
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Keech 'e-la nes-kwe-chol' k'ee kwen pech-kuek 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 soo-nok's 'we-sek', " Chuehl tue' pech-kuek kem kee soo-to-lek' laahee-won."
Then he thought, "All right, I'll go far upriver along the sky."— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Pech-kuek 'e-la sloy-chol', pech-kuek 'o 'we-te-po-nek' 'wehl-ke'-mah.
Far upriver he descended, far upriver where a ladder stood.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Peesh kwe-see so ne-wom' wen-chokws 'o pech-kuek wey' k'ee mer'-wer-mery-ker-nee 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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Pech-kuek 'e nes-kwe-cho..
Upriver ... arrive— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (dictated) (SW1, 1902)