Yurok dictionary

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Broader semantic domain: properties and relations

Related semantic domain(s): colors, sounds and speaking, times and seasons

Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic

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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

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

hee-koch • adv • across (water)

Lexicon record # 485 | Source reference: R199
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Sentence examples (9)

  1. Hee-koch hes 'o myah kue 'we-le'-loyhlpa-'aahl?
    Did the fire jump across the water?

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  2. Hee-koch hes 'o myah so hee-koh kue pa-'aahl?
    Did it jump across the water?

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  3. Cho' wee-'eeet 'o maa-yem'... hee-koch cho' 'o soo-tom'.
    Pass this place ... go across.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-012) (LA138-012, 1980)

  4. Hee-koch me'-wo-mem'.
    They came across.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-023) (LA138-023, 1980)

  5. Hee-koch so ne-ge-mek'.
    I carry it across.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-045) (LA138-045, 1980)

  6. Kwe-see koh-chee kem hee-koch sr 'ue-werh-per-yer-sek' kwe-see 'ap ne-wee' kol' nue-mee wo-gee 'o key ko-lo kol' sook nee nep'.
    Once as he was crossing over he saw something sitting right in the middle of it and apparently eating something.

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)

  7. Kwe-see koh-chee kem hee-koch so 'ue-werh-per-yerk-sek' kwe-see 'ap new kol' nue-mee wo-gee 'o key ko-lo kol' sook nee nep'.
    Once as he was crossing over he saw something sitting right in the middle of it and apparently eating something.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)

  8. Kwe-lekw 'o te-nem' 'oohl 'o Wehlw-kew hee-koch so Rek'-woy so woh-pey-yem', 'ohl-kue-mee weet 'ee-nee me-ro-gey' kee 'we-hloohl 'we'-yoh 'em-see 'ue-pa-'ah 'ohl-kue-mee keech wee' laa-yekw keech 'o chah-chew kee 'we-hlo-yek' 'yohl-koych' 'o pue-lekw.
    And then there were a lot of people who crossed over from Wehlkwew to Requa, as it was easier there for them to get their wood and their water now that the path was finished and it was difficult for wood to be fetched at the river mouth.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  9. Hee-koch so he-goo-sek'.
    I am shouting across the water.

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