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heenoyk

Dictionary entry

heenoyk • adv • after, behind

Lexicon record # 514 | Source reference(s): R200
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Other paradigm form

  • obviative heenoyks R200

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (3)

  1. Kue pegerk mehl Wehlkwew kue skewoksemeen kue 'we-na'awok' hasee heenoyks laa'y 'emsee pa'aahleeks neekee ma laa'y 'o kue myerwernernee; soo hasee' paas wonue laa'y kue keech ho laahohkue' kue laayekw, mee' kwahhley 'oohl wonues kee 'we-laayek' 'o kue laayekw.
    A man from Wehlkwew who wanted to catch surf fish went inside of the path and then into the water at the high water line; so strictly was it intended that one should not pass over where the path had been made, because it was forbidden for anyone to walk on the path.

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

  2. Hasee heenoyks laa'y 'esee pa'aahleeks neekee ma laa'y.
    He passed behind it and then went into the water.

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

  3. Hesee heenoyks laa'y.
    He passes to the inside.

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