Yurok dictionary

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Broader semantic domain: properties and relations

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

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wonu up, above, over, on top of

hinoy after, behind

pulekw down river, at the river mouth

pulik down river, far down river, at the river mouth

lekwsi outside

wonekw up, above, uphill (from the river)

hehlku ashore, on land

skeli down

now away

pechu upriver, upstream

wonew

hehlkik inland, in the mountains

wogi middle, in the middle

pulekuk down river, at the river mouth

himar below, under, underneath

wonik upward

hikoh across (water)

pechku upriver, upstream

riik'ew shore, sandbar, ashore, river's edge, shore line

hikoch across (water)

choolekw down, downhill

kesomewet on the left

skelik down

woru overhead, on the surface

lekw outside, out

pechik up river, upstream, far upriver

hehlkew in the mountains, mountain

prwrh south

hir inland, north side

kes down

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

wonekuk up, above, on

hichoo below, downhill, a little bit downhill

hiko'ch'uk across (water)

hinoyk after, behind

hipur a little bit downriver, down below, northward

sohchi up, on top, above, on

wohpuk into water

hichoy below, underneath

hima'rk'uk below, underneath

himech front, in front

hino' after, behind, following

hipech upriver, upstream, a little bit upriver

hirkik inland

hitoy here

pechow upriver, upstream

pul below (lower down the river)

wohpew across the sea, west

won up, above

wonep' hill

wonukuk above, overhead

choolew below, downhill

hiwon above, a little way above

prwrw south, town

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

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

wohpekw across the sea, west

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

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

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

himarkik below, underneath

hinahpch behind (a person), following behind

hipureyow northward, toward the (Klamath) river mouth

hirken inland

hiwoh across the sea, halfway

hiwo'nik above

laapishkah along the seashore

lekwsew outside

prwry south

puloyoh below (lower down the river)

wechpus confluence

wonoyoo up, high up

'o slookw downhill

Dictionary entry

wonew • 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 wonews

Sentence examples (16)

  1. Cho' nrgrykr'm ku k'e-letku nepuy wonew ki 'u soone'y.
    Help your sister carry that salmon up the hill.

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

  2. Wonew wi' 'ne-me'w.
    I'm coming from up the hill.

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

  3. Wonew ki sootok'.
    I'm going a little ways up the hill.

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

  4. Wonew kich 'o ket'ey.
    It is parked up above, up in the hills.

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

  5. Wonew laayo'repek'.
    I ran along the hillside.

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

  6. Wo'oot kem mege'l, wonew weno'i'm tu' wo'oot kem mege'l.
    That person went along too, they're walking along and that person is going along with them too.

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

  7. Wonew weno'i'm tu' yo'oot kem mege'l.
    They're walking along and that person is going along with them too.

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

  8. Wonew kich letkoli'm.
    They're flying overhead.

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

  9. Wonew raayo'repek'.
    I ran by above.

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

  10. Well, sku'o chegeyken ku nah Geneva 'u-mrm, ni'iyehl 'o gi' chu ku tmiigoni wonew.
    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. Wonew 'o le'm 'o'lep 'ela nohpewi'm; kwesi 'o koo'op' chines.
    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. Ku wit 'u-koypoh wonews 'o sootok'w nu 'we-nrrgrsek', noohl 'ap ho'omah.
    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. Ku'y 'we-no'ohl Rek'woy wonew 'ela nii'n 'o newi' kwelekw kich ta'anoy'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. Wonew ni 'oole'mehl.
    They are up in the hills.

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

  15. Wonew kiti nu hegok'.
    I am going up in the hills.

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

  16. Wonew ni nu goole'mehl.
    They are going up in the hills.

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