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pech-kuek

Dictionary entry

pech-kuekadv • upriver, upstream

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

Sentence examples (6)

  1. 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)

  2. 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)

  3. 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)

  4. 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)

  5. Pech-kuek 'e nes-kwe-cho..
    Upriver ... arrive

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