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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

kesomewet on the left

laaheewon above along

laapeeshkah along the seashore

lekw outside, out

lekwsee outside

lekwsew outside

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 below (lower down the river)

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

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

skeleek • adv • down

Lexicon record # 3060 | Source reference(s): R247
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Sentence examples (7)

Nek skeleek kee 'ooleenek'.
I am going to lie down.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-003) (LA138-003, 1980)
Tue' wee'eeet nek soo, mehl mee' sku'y soo 'ok'w 'o puelekw, sku'y soo rek'woyk k'ee pa'ah, 'ohlkuemee skeleek wee'eeet, hesek' nek.
This is what I think, because it's good at the river mouth, the water is good at the river mouth, because it's down there, I think.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)
Skeleek nee 'oo' wee'eeet tue' kue cement kue ho werhperyerh 'o kem mee' 'ee keech mo'ok'w 'o yo' 'ohlkuemee kee lewolah mos cheetaa ko'l sook kohchewohl.
It's down below, the cement that used to be a bridge, because it's not there anymore, because ... they couldn't catch anything at all.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)
Peesh, weeshtue' 'o laa'y skeleek 'o laa'y kweles kem noolenee kue nepuy koosee hoole'm.
So he passed along, he passed down (on the river bed) and the salmon went all round him.

— Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)
Noohl pa'aahleek skeleek 'olonekw.
It lay deep down in the water.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Myoot' koweesh so skeleek.
He pushed the pole down.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Kues chperrnerysh so skeleek?
How deep is it to the bottom?

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