Yurok dictionary

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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

wonekuek up, above, on

heechoo below, downhill, a little bit downhill

heeko'ch'uek across (water)

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

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

Lexicon record # 3916 | Source references: YM142 R264 JE4
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Noohl 'o ko ska'ehlken' hohkuem so pueleek 'emsee so hehlkew 'emsee so wohpewk 'emsee so perwerh.
    Then he scattered tobacco to the north, to the east, to the west, and to the south.

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

  2. Noohl ska'ehlken' hohkuem ho puelekuek ho pecheek ho perwer'k'uek 'emsee ho wohpewk.
    Then he scattered tobacco to the north, to the east, to the south, and to the west.

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

  3. Wohpewk 'ue-mewechek'.
    The wind is in the west.

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

  4. Kel' kee wohpewk 'o paamew.
    You will be across the sea where the octopus is.

    — Amits of Kep'el, Medicine not to see rattlesnake (Nb, 1906)