Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

heekoh • adv • across (water)

Lexicon record # 486 | Source reference(s): R199 JE4
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Special meaning or use

• Heekoh so rue'r S/he is swimming across JE4

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (14)

1. Heekoch hes 'o myah so heekoh kue pa'aahl?
   Did it jump across the water?

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

2. Nekah heekoh 'o lewetek' kue ha'aag 'o tek.
   We set our net on the rock across the river.

   — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

3. Nek keetue lewetek' 'o kue ha'ag 'o tek 'o heekoh.
   I'm going to set my net on the rock across the river.

   — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

4. Newook' cheer'ery pa'aahl ho myah 'o heekoh.
   I saw a bear jump into the river and swim to the other side.

   — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

5. Tee'neeshow kue heekoh 'o muenchey?
   What's that white thing across the river?

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 8: "Look! Observations" (GT3-08, 2003)

6. Heekoh.
   Across the river.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 16: "Where are you coming from?" (GT3-16, 2003)

7. Metah Heekoh.
   Across from Metah. (On the left side heading upriver.)

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 20: "Place Names." (GT3-20, 2003)

8. Perk'erk' cho' mehl ho'opem' heekoh heemen cha'amew.
   Build a fire with kindling (for cooking something quickly).

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (UW-PP-18a-1) (UW-PP-18a-1, 1980)

9. Ch'ueme'y keech ma 'ne-sku'y soo 'ook' 'o heekoh, tue' keech knokseemek'.
   Now happily I was living across the water, and I have left it all.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

10. Chmeyonen 'o gego'l so heekoh kue 'ne-psech.
    In the evening my father went across.

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

11. Noohl heekoh 'o sooto'l.
    Then he went across the river.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)

12. Hesee heekoh ho laasonee'.
    Then he took it across the river.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)

13. Nuemee chyue heekoh nee tetolo'.
    Across the water they were all crying.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)

14. Heekoh keetee sootook'.
    I am going across the river.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)