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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
wohpewk • adv • "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)
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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)
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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)
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Wohpewk 'ue-mewechek'.
The wind is in the west.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
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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)