Yurok dictionary

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choolekw down, downhill

choolew below, downhill

hehlkew

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 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

hehlkewadv • in the mountains • n • mountain

Lexicon record # 430 | Source references: R198 JE91
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Special meanings or uses

Sentence examples (5)

  1. Kwesi hehlkew 'ela new ku ko'l weno'omo'r kwesi Segep, kich ko'mo'y 'w-egoyek' kwelekw kich hloyehl ku chines mehl hiko'ch'uk.
    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)

  2. Noohl 'o ko ska'ehlke'n hohkum so pulik 'emsi so hehlkew 'emsi so wohpewk 'emsi so prwrh.
    Then he scattered tobacco to the north, to the east, to the west, and to the south.

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

  3. Niki koosi hehlkew le'm.
    They have all gone up into the hills.

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

  4. Na'a'm yegom ni hehlkew.
    There are a lot of quail in the hills.

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

  5. 'Ap 'o witi 'emehl tekti' hesi hehlkew soneno'opeya.
    Then for that reason it stands inland.

    — Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)