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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
heer • adv • inland • north side
Lexicon record # 522 | Source references: R200 JE95
Semantic
domain: directions and locations
Sentence examples
(4)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)