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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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 down

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

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

wonew • adv • above, overhead, in the mountains • higher, in the hills

Lexicon record # 3935 | Source references: R265 MPY204 FS(B220)
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Other paradigm form

  • obviative wonews

Sentence examples (16)

  1. Cho' nrgrykr'm ku k'e-letku nepuy wonew ki 'u soone'y.
    Help your sister carry that salmon up the hill.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

  2. Wonew wi' 'ne-me'w.
    I'm coming from up the hill.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 16: "Where are you coming from?" (GT3-16, 2003)

  3. Wonew ki sootok'.
    I'm going a little ways up the hill.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 16: "Where are you coming from?" (GT3-16, 2003)

  4. Wonew kich 'o ket'ey.
    It is parked up above, up in the hills.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-002) (LA138-002, 1980)

  5. Wonew laayo'repek'.
    I ran along the hillside.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)

  6. Wo'oot kem mege'l, wonew weno'i'm tu' wo'oot kem mege'l.
    That person went along too, they're walking along and that person is going along with them too.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)

  7. Wonew weno'i'm tu' yo'oot kem mege'l.
    They're walking along and that person is going along with them too.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)

  8. Wonew kich letkoli'm.
    They're flying overhead.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-026) (LA138-026, 1980)

  9. Wonew raayo'repek'.
    I ran by above.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-057) (LA138-057, 1980)

  10. Well, sku'o chegeyken ku nah Geneva 'u-mrm, ni'iyehl 'o gi' chu ku tmiigoni wonew.
    Well, Geneva's young sons, it's said they were hunters in the mountains.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  11. Wonew 'o le'm 'o'lep 'ela nohpewi'm; kwesi 'o koo'op' chines.
    The two young men went up to the house and entered; and there stood another young man.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  12. Ku wit 'u-koypoh wonews 'o sootok'w nu 'we-nrrgrsek', noohl 'ap ho'omah.
    In the morning he went up to gather sweathouse wood, and then they made a fire.

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

  13. Ku'y 'we-no'ohl Rek'woy wonew 'ela nii'n 'o newi' kwelekw kich ta'anoy'hl.
    Later they looked over to Requa and saw that the sun was shining.

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

  14. Wonew ni 'oole'mehl.
    They are up in the hills.

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

  15. Wonew kiti nu hegok'.
    I am going up in the hills.

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

  16. Wonew ni nu goole'mehl.
    They are going up in the hills.

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