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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-kew • adv • in the mountains • n • mountain
Lexicon record # 430 | Source references: R198 JE91
Semantic
domain: directions and locations
Special meanings or uses
Sentence examples
(5)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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'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)