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choolekw down, downhill
choolew below, downhill
hehlkew in the mountains, mountain
hehlkik inland, in the mountains
hehlku ashore, on land
hichoo below, downhill, a little bit downhill
hichoy below, underneath
hikoch across (water)
hikoh across (water)
hiko'ch'uk across (water)
himar below, under, underneath
himarkik below, underneath
hima'rk'uk below, underneath
himech front, in front
hinahpch behind (a person), following behind
hinoy after, behind
hinoyk after, behind
hino' after, behind, following
hipech upriver, upstream, a little bit upriver
hipur a little bit downriver, down below, northward
hipureyow northward, toward the (Klamath) river mouth
hir inland, north side
hirken inland
hirkik inland
hitoy here
hiwoh across the sea, halfway
hiwon above, a little way above
hiwo'nik above
kes down
kesomewet on the left
laapishkah along the seashore
lekw outside, out
lekwsew outside
lekwsi outside
now away
pechik up river, upstream, far upriver
pechku upriver, upstream
pechow upriver, upstream
pechu upriver, upstream
prwrh south
prwrw south, town
prwry south
pul below (lower down the river)
pulekuk down river, at the river mouth
pulekw down river, at the river mouth
pulik down river, far down river, at the river mouth
puloyoh below (lower down the river)
pur north (in the direction of the Klamath River mouth)
pureyow north (in the direction of the Klamath River mouth)
riik'ew shore, sandbar, ashore, river's edge, shore line
skeli down
skelik
sohchi up, on top, above, on
wechpus confluence
wogi middle, in the middle
wohpekw across the sea, west
wohpew across the sea, west
wohpewk "the direction about at right angles to the course of the lower Klamath, or roughly
southwest", across the sea, west
wohpuk into water
won up, above
wonekuk up, above, on
wonekw up, above, uphill (from the river)
wonep' hill
wonew above, overhead, in the mountains, higher, in the hills
wonik upward
wonoyoo up, high up
wonu up, above, over, on top of
wonukuk above, overhead
woop' out in the water (of an island, etc.)
woop'i out in the water (of an island, etc.)
woop'ik out in the water (of an island, etc.)
woru overhead, on the surface
'o slookw downhill
Dictionary entry
skelik • adv • down
Lexicon record # 3060 | Source reference: R247
Semantic
domain: directions and locations
Sentence examples
(7)
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Nek skelik ki 'oolinek'.
I am going to lie down.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-003)
(LA138-003,
1980)
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Tu' wi'iit nek soo, mehl mi' sku'y soo 'ok'w 'o pulekw, sku'y soo rek'woyk k'i pa'ah, 'ohlkumi skelik wi'iit, hesek' nek.
This is what I think, because it's good at the river mouth, the water is good at
the river mouth, because it's down there, I think.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge"
(LA181-10,
1986)
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Skelik ni 'oo' wi'iit tu' ku cement ku ho wrhpryrh 'o kem mi' 'i kich mo'ok'w 'o yo' 'ohlkumi ki lewolah mos chitaa ko'l sook kohchewohl.
It's down below, the cement that used to be a bridge, because it's not there
anymore, because ... they couldn't catch anything at all.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge"
(LA181-10,
1986)
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Pish, wishtu' 'o laa'y skelik 'o laa'y kwelas kem nooleni ku nepuy koosi hoole'm.
So he passed along, he passed down (on the river bed) and the salmon went
all round him.
— Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon"
(LA16-3,
1951)
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Noohl pa'aahlik skelik 'olonekw.
It lay deep down in the water.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
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Myoot' kowish so skelik.
He pushed the pole down.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
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Kus chprrnrysh so skelik?
How deep is it to the bottom?
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
