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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
hehlkew • adv • in the mountains • n • mountain
Lexicon record # 430 | Source references: R198 JE91
Semantic
domain: directions and locations
Special meanings or uses
Sentence examples
(5)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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'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)