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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 down
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
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
hee-ko'ch-'uek • adv • across (water)
Lexicon record # 489 | Source references: R199 JE4
Semantic
domain: directions and locations
Sentence examples
(3)
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Hee-ko'ch-'uek 'o kwer-ger-yerw'.
Somebody's whistling across the water.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-006)
(LA138-006,
1980)
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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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Kue wo-neek 'we-roh-pek' kue 'wo'hl-p'ey' 'ue-me-raa 'o gam' kue me-wee-mor, Kwe-lekw kue roo-wo's weesh 'we-se-we-pek'; kwe-lekw wee-'eeet kee-kee koo-see rom' tue' 'ee-mok-sue ko te-lo-ge'-mow' mehl hee-ko'ch-'uek ho 'wes-'o-nah.
As the smoke from the angelica root drifted upward the old man said,
This is the breath of the pipe; it will spread everywhere and
there will be no sickness from here to the heavens.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)