Yurok dictionary

Your search: semantic domain directions and locations

Index order: alphabetical | text frequency



Broader semantic domain: properties and relations

Related semantic domain(s): colors, sounds and speaking, times and seasons

Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic

Search index

wo-nue up, above, over, on top of

hee-noy after, behind

pue-lekw down river, at the river mouth

pue-leek down river, far down river, at the river mouth

lekw-see outside

wo-nekw up, above, uphill (from the river)

hehl-kue ashore, on land

ske-lee down

now away

pe-chue upriver, upstream

wo-new

hehl-keek inland, in the mountains

wo-gee middle, in the middle

pue-le-kuek down river, at the river mouth

hee-meyr below, under, underneath

wo-neek upward

hee-koh across (water)

pech-kue upriver, upstream

reeek-'ew shore, sandbar, ashore, river's edge, shore line

hee-koch across (water)

choo-lekw down, downhill

ke-so-me-wet on the left

ske-leek down

wo-rue overhead, on the surface

lekw outside, out

pe-cheek up river, upstream, far upriver

hehl-kew in the mountains, mountain

per-werh south

heer inland, north side

kes down

woh-pewk "the direction about at right angles to the course of the lower Klamath, or roughly southwest", across the sea, west

wo-ne-kuek up, above, on

hee-choo below, downhill, a little bit downhill

hee-ko'ch-'uek across (water)

hee-noyk after, behind

hee-puer a little bit downriver, down below, northward

soh-chee up, on top, above, on

woh-puek into water

hee-choy below, underneath

hee-ma-'erk-'uek below, underneath

hee-mech front, in front

hee-no' after, behind, following

hee-pech upriver, upstream, a little bit upriver

heer-keek inland

hee-toy here

pe-chow upriver, upstream

puel below (lower down the river)

woh-pew across the sea, west

won up, above

wo-nep' hill

wo-nue-kuek above, overhead

choo-lew below, downhill

hee-won above, a little way above

per-werw south, town

puer north (in the direction of the Klamath River mouth)

pue-rey-yow north (in the direction of the Klamath River mouth)

woh-pekw across the sea, west

woop' out in the water (of an island, etc.)

woop-'ee out in the water (of an island, etc.)

woop-'eek out in the water (of an island, etc.)

hee-meyr-keek below, underneath

hee-nahpch behind (a person), following behind

hee-pue-rey-yow northward, toward the (Klamath) river mouth

heer-ken inland

hee-woh across the sea, halfway

hee-wo'-neek above

laa-peesh-kah along the seashore

lekw-sew outside

per-wery south

pue-lo-yoh below (lower down the river)

wech-pues confluence

wo-no-yoo up, high up

'o slookw downhill

Dictionary entry

wo-new • adv • above, overhead, in the mountains • higher, in the hills

Lexicon record # 3935 | Source references: R265 MPY204 FS(B220)
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Other paradigm form

  • obviative wo-news

Sentence examples (16)

  1. Cho' ner-gery-kerm' kue k'e-letkue ne-puey wo-new kee 'ue soo-ney'.
    Help your sister carry that salmon up the hill.

    Audio 
    		| Download

    — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

  2. Wo-new wee' 'nemew'.
    I'm coming from up the hill.

    Audio 
    		| Download

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 16: "Where are you coming from?" (GT3-16, 2003)

  3. Wo-new kee soo-tok'.
    I'm going a little ways up the hill.

    Audio 
    		| Download

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 16: "Where are you coming from?" (GT3-16, 2003)

  4. Wo-new keech 'o ket-'ey.
    It is parked up above, up in the hills.

    Audio 
    		| Download | Password required

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-002) (LA138-002, 1980)

  5. Wo-new laa-yo'-re-pek'.
    I ran along the hillside.

    Audio 
    		| Download | Password required

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)

  6. Wo-'oot kem me-gel', wo-new we-no-'eem' tue' wo-'oot kem me-gel'.
    That person went along too, they're walking along and that person is going along with them too.

    Audio 
    		| Download | Password required

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)

  7. Wo-new we-no-'eem' tue' yo-'oot kem me-gel'.
    They're walking along and that person is going along with them too.

    Audio 
    		| Download | Password required

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)

  8. Wo-new keech let-ko-leem'.
    They're flying overhead.

    Audio 
    		| Download | Password required

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-026) (LA138-026, 1980)

  9. Wo-new raa-yo'-re-pek'.
    I ran by above.

    Audio 
    		| Download | Password required

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-057) (LA138-057, 1980)

  10. Well, skue-'o che-gey-ken kue nah Geneva 'ue-merm, nee-'ee-yehl 'o gee' chue kue tmeee-go-nee wo-new.
    Well, Geneva's young sons, it's said they were hunters in the mountains.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  11. Wo-new 'o lem' 'o'-lep 'e-la noh-pe-weem'; kwe-see 'o koo-'op' chee-nes.
    The two young men went up to the house and entered; and there stood another young man.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  12. Kue weet 'ue-koy-poh wo-news 'o soo-tokw' nue 'we-nerr-ger-sek', noohl 'ap ho-'o-mah.
    In the morning he went up to gather sweathouse wood, and then they made a fire.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  13. Kuey' 'we-no-'ohl Rek'-woy wo-new 'e-la neeen' 'o ne-wee' kwe-lekw keech ta-'a-noy'hl.
    Later they looked over to Requa and saw that the sun was shining.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  14. Wo-new nee 'oo-le'-mehl.
    They are up in the hills.

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

  15. Wo-new kee-tee nue he-gok'.
    I am going up in the hills.

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

  16. Wo-new nee nue goo-le'-mehl.
    They are going up in the hills.

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