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

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

hikoch • adv • across (water)

Lexicon record # 485 | Source reference: R199
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Sentence examples (9)

  1. Hikoch hes 'o myah ku 'we-le'loyhlpa'aahl?
    Did the fire jump across the water?

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  2. Hikoch hes 'o myah so hikoh ku pa'aahl?
    Did it jump across the water?

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  3. Cho' wi'iit 'o maaye'm... hikoch cho' 'o sooto'm.
    Pass this place ... go across.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-012) (LA138-012, 1980)

  4. Hikoch me'wome'm.
    They came across.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-023) (LA138-023, 1980)

  5. Hikoch so negemek'.
    I carry it across.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-045) (LA138-045, 1980)

  6. Kwesi kohchi kem hikoch sr 'u-wrhpryrsek' kwesi 'ap newi' ko'l numi wogi 'o key kolo ko'l sook ni nep'.
    Once as he was crossing over he saw something sitting right in the middle of it and apparently eating something.

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)

  7. Kwesi kohchi kem hikoch so 'u-wrhpryrksek' kwesi 'ap new ko'l numi wogi 'o key kolo ko'l sook ni nep'.
    Once as he was crossing over he saw something sitting right in the middle of it and apparently eating something.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)

  8. Kwelekw 'o tene'm 'oohl 'o Wehlwkew hikoch so Rek'woy so wohpeye'm, 'ohlkumi wit 'ini meroge'y ki 'we-hloohl 'we-'yoh 'emsi 'u-pa'ah 'ohlkumi kich wi' laayekw kich 'o chahchew ki 'we-hloyek' 'yohlkoych' 'o pulekw.
    And then there were a lot of people who crossed over from Wehlkwew to Requa, as it was easier there for them to get their wood and their water now that the path was finished and it was difficult for wood to be fetched at the river mouth.

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

  9. Hikoch so hegoosek'.
    I am shouting across the water.

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