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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

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

kesomewet • adv • on the left

Lexicon record # 842 | Source reference: FS(B202)
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Sentence examples (8)

  1. Mocho kich 'o newoo'm ku tikwohl, noohl 'emki k'e-kesomewet neke'm ku nepuy, kem ki niki k'e-soo negemek' nimoksu kem won 'o ko neku'.
    When you see the low gap, then you put it on your left shoulder, and from then on you carry it like that and it must not be put in any other position.

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

  2. Ke'l cho kenumi sonowo'm, 'emki kwelekw ku'y 'u-pahtun ku k'e-smechoy ku k'e-nekomewet ki so 'ok'w, ku 'u-wrhl k'e-kesomewet ki so 'ok'w, 'emsi k'e-roowo's kwelekw numi k'e-yaahl ki 'ok'w.
    You do just as I do, and then the neck of your deerskin will be on your right, and its tail will be on your left, and your pipe will be right over your belly.

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

  3. Noohl ku laayekw 'we-rewon 'o chyuuk'we'n ku mewimor, noohl 'o ga'm, 'Ne-kesomewet cho 'o chekcheye'm.
    Then the old man sat down at the end of the path, and said, Sit down on my left.

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

  4. Mocho wit kich ho neskwechoo'm ku k'e-kesomewet 'o nekom ku k'e-ma'ah ku pulekw 'ne-le'moh, cho noohl ku k'e-kesomewet 'o loote'm ku nepuy.
    When you come to where you put your spear on your left shoulder when we came down to the river mouth, then throw the fish on to your left shoulder.

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

  5. Noohl ku 'u-kesomewet 'emehl hlohlpep' ku 'o'lepik 'we-sootok'.
    With his left hand he lowered himself into the house.

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

  6. Ku k'e-kesomewet cho 'oloneme'm!
    Carry it in your left hand!

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

  7. 'U-pahtun ku k'e-smechoy ku k'e-kesomewet ki so 'ok'w.
    The neck of your deerskin is to lie on your left.

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