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wonue up, above, over, on top of
heenoy after, behind
puelekw down river, at the river mouth
pueleek down river, far down river, at the river mouth
lekwsee outside
wonekw up, above, uphill (from the river)
hehlkue ashore, on land
skelee down
now away
pechue upriver, upstream
wonew above, overhead, in the mountains, higher, in the hills
hehlkeek inland, in the mountains
wogee middle, in the middle
puelekuek down river, at the river mouth
heemar below, under, underneath
woneek upward
heekoh across (water)
pechkue upriver, upstream
reeek'ew shore, sandbar, ashore, river's edge, shore line
heekoch across (water)
choolekw down, downhill
kesomewet on the left
skeleek down
worue overhead, on the surface
lekw outside, out
pecheek up river, upstream, far upriver
hehlkew in the mountains, mountain
perwerh south
heer 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
wonekuek up, above, on
heechoo below, downhill, a little bit downhill
heeko'ch'uek
heenoyk after, behind
heepuer a little bit downriver, down below, northward
sohchee up, on top, above, on
wohpuek into water
heechoy below, underneath
heema'erk'uek below, underneath
heemech front, in front
heeno' after, behind, following
heepech upriver, upstream, a little bit upriver
heerkeek inland
heetoy here
pechow upriver, upstream
puel below (lower down the river)
wohpew across the sea, west
won up, above
wonep' hill
wonuekuek above, overhead
choolew below, downhill
heewon above, a little way above
perwerw south, town
puer north (in the direction of the Klamath River mouth)
puereyow north (in the direction of the Klamath River mouth)
wohpekw 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.)
heemarkeek below, underneath
heenahpch behind (a person), following behind
heepuereyow northward, toward the (Klamath) river mouth
heerken inland
heewoh across the sea, halfway
heewo'neek above
laapeeshkah along the seashore
lekwsew outside
perwery south
pueloyoh below (lower down the river)
wechpues confluence
wonoyoo up, high up
'o slookw downhill
Dictionary entry
heeko'ch'uek • adv • across (water)
Lexicon record # 489 | Source references: R199 JE4
Semantic
domain: directions and locations
Sentence examples
(3)
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Heeko'ch'uek 'o kwergeryerw'.
Somebody's whistling across the water.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-006)
(LA138-006,
1980)
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Kwesee hehlkew 'ela new kue kol' weno'omor' kwesee Segep, keech ko'moy' 'w-egoyek' kwelekw keech hloyehl kue cheenes mehl heeko'ch'uek.
From up in the hills Coyote had seen where something was moving along, (and)
had heard tell that the two young men were being carried down from across
the river.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper"
(LA16-7,
1951)
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Kue woneek 'we-rohpek' kue 'wo'hlp'ey' 'ue-meraa 'o gam' kue meweemor, Kwelekw kue roowo's weesh 'we-sewepek'; kwelekw wee'eeet keekee koosee rom' tue' 'eemoksue ko teloge'mow' mehl heeko'ch'uek ho 'wes'onah.
As the smoke from the angelica root drifted upward the old man said,
This is the breath of the pipe; it will spread everywhere and
there will be no sickness from here to the heavens.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)