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heechoo

Dictionary entry

heechoo • adv • below, downhill, a little bit downhill

Lexicon record # 484 | Source reference(s): JE18 JE43
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (3)

  1. Pe'l soo te'nes 'ee kwesee yo' kwen 'o leko'n, heechoo 'eekee leko'n.
    He got really drunk and fell, and he fell down.

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

  2. Kootep 'we-heechoo 'em kertkerk'.
    I went fishing below Kootep.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 9: "What are you making? Making, Doing, Fishing" (GT3-09, 2003)

  3. Na'apetek' heechoo 'ne-ma'epetek'.
    I'm carrying down two bundles I tied up.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-057) (LA138-057, 1980)