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wo-nue up, above, over, on top of
hee-noy after, behind
pue-lekw down river, at the river mouth
pue-leek down river, far down river, at the river mouth
lekw-see outside
wo-nekw up, above, uphill (from the river)
hehl-kue ashore, on land
ske-lee down
now away
pe-chue upriver, upstream
wo-new above, overhead, in the mountains, higher, in the hills
hehl-keek inland, in the mountains
wo-gee middle, in the middle
pue-le-kuek down river, at the river mouth
hee-meyr below, under, underneath
wo-neek upward
hee-koh across (water)
pech-kue upriver, upstream
reeek-'ew shore, sandbar, ashore, river's edge, shore line
hee-koch across (water)
choo-lekw down, downhill
ke-so-me-wet on the left
ske-leek
wo-rue overhead, on the surface
lekw outside, out
pe-cheek up river, upstream, far upriver
hehl-kew in the mountains, mountain
per-werh south
heer inland, north side
kes down
woh-pewk "the direction about at right angles to the course of the lower Klamath, or roughly
southwest", across the sea, west
wo-ne-kuek up, above, on
hee-choo below, downhill, a little bit downhill
hee-ko'ch-'uek across (water)
hee-noyk after, behind
hee-puer a little bit downriver, down below, northward
soh-chee up, on top, above, on
woh-puek into water
hee-choy below, underneath
hee-ma-'erk-'uek below, underneath
hee-mech front, in front
hee-no' after, behind, following
hee-pech upriver, upstream, a little bit upriver
heer-keek inland
hee-toy here
pe-chow upriver, upstream
puel below (lower down the river)
woh-pew across the sea, west
won up, above
wo-nep' hill
wo-nue-kuek above, overhead
choo-lew below, downhill
hee-won above, a little way above
per-werw south, town
puer north (in the direction of the Klamath River mouth)
pue-rey-yow north (in the direction of the Klamath River mouth)
woh-pekw 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.)
hee-meyr-keek below, underneath
hee-nahpch behind (a person), following behind
hee-pue-rey-yow northward, toward the (Klamath) river mouth
heer-ken inland
hee-woh across the sea, halfway
hee-wo'-neek above
laa-peesh-kah along the seashore
lekw-sew outside
per-wery south
pue-lo-yoh below (lower down the river)
wech-pues confluence
wo-no-yoo up, high up
'o slookw downhill
Dictionary entry
ske-leek • adv • down
Lexicon record # 3060 | Source reference: R247
Semantic
domain: directions and locations
Sentence examples
(7)
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Nek ske-leek kee 'oo-lee-nek'.
I am going to lie down.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-003)
(LA138-003,
1980)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Myoot' ko-weesh so ske-leek.
He pushed the pole down.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
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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)
