Yurok dictionary

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choo-lekw down, downhill

choo-lew below, downhill

hehl-kew

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 down

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

hehl-kewadv • in the mountains • n • mountain

Lexicon record # 430 | Source references: R198 JE91
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Special meanings or uses

Sentence examples (5)

  1. Kwe-see hehl-kew 'e-la new kue kol' we-no-'o-mor' kwe-see Se-gep, keech ko'-moy' 'we-go-yek' kwe-lekw keech hlo-yehl kue chee-nes mehl hee-ko'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)

  2. Noohl 'o ko ska-'ehl-ken' hoh-kuem so pue-leek 'em-see so hehl-kew 'em-see so woh-pewk 'em-see so per-werh.
    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)

  3. Nee-kee koo-see hehl-kew lem'.
    They have all gone up into the hills.

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

  4. Na-'am' ye-gom nee hehl-kew.
    There are a lot of quail in the hills.

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

  5. 'Ap 'o wee-tee 'e-mehl tek-tee' he-see hehl-kew so-ne-no-'o-pey-ya.
    Then for that reason it stands inland.

    — Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)