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choolekw down, downhill
choolew below, downhill
heechoo below, downhill, a little bit downhill
heechoy below, underneath
heekoch across (water)
heekoh across (water)
heeko'ch'uek across (water)
heemar below, under, underneath
heemarkeek below, underneath
heema'erk'uek below, underneath
heemech front, in front
heenahpch behind (a person), following behind
heenoy after, behind
heenoyk after, behind
heeno' after, behind, following
heepech upriver, upstream, a little bit upriver
heepuer a little bit downriver, down below, northward
heepuereyow northward, toward the (Klamath) river mouth
heer inland, north side
heerkeek inland
heerken inland
heetoy here
heewoh across the sea, halfway
heewon above, a little way above
heewo'neek above
hehlkeek inland, in the mountains
hehlkew in the mountains, toward the mountains
hehlkue ashore, on land
kes down
kesomewet on the left
laaheewon above along
laapeeshkah along the seashore
lekw outside, out
lekwsee outside
lekwsew outside
now away
pecheek up river, upstream, far upriver
pechkue upriver, upstream
pechkuek upriver, upstream
pechow upriver, upstream
pechue upriver, upstream
perwerh south
perwerw south, town
perwery south
puel
pueleek down river, far down river, at the river mouth
puelekuek down river, at the river mouth
puelekw down river, at the river mouth
pueloyoh below (lower down the river)
puer north (in the direction of the Klamath River mouth)
puereyow north (in the direction of the Klamath River mouth)
reeek'ew shore, sandbar, ashore, river's edge, shore line
skelee down
skeleek down
sohchee up, on top, above, on
wechpues confluence
wogee 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
wohpuek into water
won up, above
woneek upward
wonekuek up, above, on
wonekw up, above, uphill (from the river)
wonep' hill
wonew above, overhead, in the mountains, higher, in the hills
wonoyoo up, high up
wonue up, above, over, on top of
wonuekuek above, overhead
woo in the middle
woop' out in the water (of an island, etc.)
woop'ee out in the water (of an island, etc.)
woop'eek out in the water (of an island, etc.)
worue overhead, on the surface
'o slookw downhill
Dictionary entry
puel • adv • below (lower down the river)
Lexicon record # 2721 | Source reference(s):
R241
Semantic
domain: directions and locations
Derived phrase or compound
Sentence examples
(5)
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'O'l kas 'ee so sloychok'w reeek'ew, 'o laa'y so puel.
He went just down the river a little ways, he went downstream along the edge of
the river.
— Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane
(MM3,
1927)
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Kye kwen neekee lenek'w kue 'ekah so puel.
The cap floated away down river.
— Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy
(MM5,
1927)
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Heerkeeks 'ema kee laay' so puel, tue' sonenee mee wo 'w-ek'ws.
Inland he went downriver, but he never found it.
— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote"
(T8,
1907)
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'O new kwesee keech 'ee mer'wermeryk' so puel.
And she saw it flowing downstream.
— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote"
(T8,
1907)
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Kem puel 'o neekee rue'r.
Then it swam downstream again.
— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version)
(I1,
1906)