Yurok dictionary

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Broader semantic domain: properties and relations

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

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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

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

heeradv • inland • north side

Lexicon record # 522 | Source references: R200 JE95
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Noohl 'o me-ne'-mehl so heer, noohl 'o ko hlom' kue 'ue-ma-'ahs-kehl kue me-wee-mor reeek-'ew 'ee-kee laay' so pue-lekw.
    Then the men went away from the water, and the old man took his spear and went down to the river mouth along the shore.

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

  2. Mos chee-taa wo pah-chew, ko-lo heer nee le-nekw.
    It made no movement, but seemed to drift to the shore.

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

  3. Kue so heer soo-toh kue me-wee-mor ko-lo 'e-me le-kwo'hl 'ue-mey-kwe-luuem' 'o Rek'-woy, kue keech 'o koh-che-wo-nee kue ne-puey.
    When the old man went away from the water the air seemed full of wailing over at Requa, now that the salmon was caught.

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

  4. Chuehl, he-sek' wee-tue ko me-ne-chok' Rek'-woy heer...
    Yes, I think I will disappear opposite Requa ...

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)