Yurok dictionary

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Broader semantic domain: properties and relations

Related semantic domain(s): colors, sounds and speaking, times and seasons

Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic

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wonu up, above, over, on top of

hinoy after, behind

pulekw down river, at the river mouth

pulik down river, far down river, at the river mouth

lekwsi outside

wonekw up, above, uphill (from the river)

hehlku ashore, on land

skeli down

now away

pechu upriver, upstream

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

hehlkik inland, in the mountains

wogi middle, in the middle

pulekuk down river, at the river mouth

himar below, under, underneath

wonik upward

hikoh across (water)

pechku upriver, upstream

riik'ew shore, sandbar, ashore, river's edge, shore line

hikoch across (water)

choolekw down, downhill

kesomewet on the left

skelik down

woru overhead, on the surface

lekw outside, out

pechik up river, upstream, far upriver

hehlkew in the mountains, mountain

prwrh south

hir

kes down

wohpewk "the direction about at right angles to the course of the lower Klamath, or roughly southwest", across the sea, west

wonekuk up, above, on

hichoo below, downhill, a little bit downhill

hiko'ch'uk across (water)

hinoyk after, behind

hipur a little bit downriver, down below, northward

sohchi up, on top, above, on

wohpuk into water

hichoy below, underneath

hima'rk'uk below, underneath

himech front, in front

hino' after, behind, following

hipech upriver, upstream, a little bit upriver

hirkik inland

hitoy here

pechow upriver, upstream

pul below (lower down the river)

wohpew across the sea, west

won up, above

wonep' hill

wonukuk above, overhead

choolew below, downhill

hiwon above, a little way above

prwrw south, town

pur north (in the direction of the Klamath River mouth)

pureyow north (in the direction of the Klamath River mouth)

wohpekw across the sea, west

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.)

himarkik below, underneath

hinahpch behind (a person), following behind

hipureyow northward, toward the (Klamath) river mouth

hirken inland

hiwoh across the sea, halfway

hiwo'nik above

laapishkah along the seashore

lekwsew outside

prwry south

puloyoh below (lower down the river)

wechpus confluence

wonoyoo up, high up

'o slookw downhill

Dictionary entry

hiradv • inland • north side

Lexicon record # 522 | Source references: R200 JE95
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Noohl 'o mene'mehl so hir, noohl 'o ko hlo'm ku 'u-ma'ahskehl ku mewimor riik'ew 'iki laa'y so pulekw.
    Then the men went away from the water, and the old man took his spear and went down to the river mouth along the shore.

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

  2. Mos chitaa wo pahchew, kolo hir ni lenekw.
    It made no movement, but seemed to drift to the shore.

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

  3. Ku so hir sootoh ku mewimor kolo 'eme lekwo'hl 'u-meykweluu'm 'o Rek'woy, ku kich 'o kohchewoni ku nepuy.
    When the old man went away from the water the air seemed full of wailing over at Requa, now that the salmon was caught.

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

  4. Chuhl, hesek' witu ko menechok' Rek'woy hir...
    Yes, I think I will disappear opposite Requa ...

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)