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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choo-lekw down, downhill

choo-lew below, downhill

hehl-kew in the mountains, mountain

hehl-keek inland, in the mountains

hehl-kue ashore, on land

hee-choo below, downhill, a little bit downhill

hee-choy below, underneath

hee-koch across (water)

hee-koh across (water)

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

hee-meyr below, under, underneath

hee-meyr-keek below, underneath

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

hee-mech front, in front

hee-nahpch behind (a person), following behind

hee-noy after, behind

hee-noyk after, behind

hee-no' after, behind, following

hee-pech upriver, upstream, a little bit upriver

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

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

heer inland, north side

heer-ken inland

heer-keek inland

hee-toy here

hee-woh across the sea, halfway

hee-won above, a little way above

hee-wo'-neek above

kes down

ke-so-me-wet on the left

laa-peesh-kah along the seashore

lekw outside, out

lekw-sew outside

lekw-see outside

now away

pe-cheek up river, upstream, far upriver

pech-kue upriver, upstream

pe-chow upriver, upstream

pe-chue upriver, upstream

per-werh south

per-werw south, town

per-wery south

puel below (lower down the river)

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

pue-lekw down river, at the river mouth

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

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

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

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

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

ske-lee down

ske-leek

soh-chee up, on top, above, on

wech-pues confluence

wo-gee middle, in the middle

woh-pekw across the sea, west

woh-pew across the sea, west

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

woh-puek into water

won up, above

wo-ne-kuek up, above, on

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

wo-nep' hill

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

wo-neek upward

wo-no-yoo up, high up

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

wo-nue-kuek above, overhead

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.)

wo-rue overhead, on the surface

'o slookw downhill

Dictionary entry

ske-leekadv • down

Lexicon record # 3060 | Source reference: R247
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Sentence examples (7)

  1. Nek ske-leek kee 'oo-lee-nek'.
    I am going to lie down.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-003) (LA138-003, 1980)

  2. Tue' wee-'eeet nek soo, mehl mee' skuey' soo 'okw' 'o pue-lekw, skuey' soo rek'-woyk k'ee pa-'ah, 'ohl-kue-mee ske-leek wee-'eeet, he-sek' nek.
    This is what I think, because it's good at the river mouth, the water is good at the river mouth, because it's down there, I think.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)

  3. Ske-leek nee 'oo' wee-'eeet tue' kue cement kue ho werh-per-yerh 'o kem mee' 'ee keech mo-'okw' 'o yo' 'ohl-kue-mee kee le-wo-lah mos chee-taa kol' sook koh-che-wohl.
    It's down below, the cement that used to be a bridge, because it's not there anymore, because ... they couldn't catch anything at all.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)

  4. Peesh, weesh-tue' 'o laay' ske-leek 'o laay' kwe-las kem noo-le-nee kue ne-puey koo-see hoo-lem'.
    So he passed along, he passed down (on the river bed) and the salmon went all round him.

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

  5. Noohl pa-'aa-hleek ske-leek 'o-lo-nekw.
    It lay deep down in the water.

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

  6. Myoot' ko-weesh so ske-leek.
    He pushed the pole down.

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

  7. Kues chperr-nerysh so ske-leek?
    How deep is it to the bottom?

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