Yurok dictionary

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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 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 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

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

wonew • adv • above, overhead, in the mountains • higher, in the hills

Lexicon record # 3935 | Source reference(s): R265 MPY204 FS(B220)
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Other paradigm form

  • obviative wonews

Sentence examples (21)

  1. Cho' nergeryker'm kue k'e-letkue nepuy wonew kee 'ue soone'y.
    Help your sister carry that salmon up the hill.

    Audio 

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

  2. Wonew wee' 'ne-me'w.
    I'm coming from up the hill.

    Audio 

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

  3. Wonew kee sootok'.
    I'm going a little ways up the hill.

    Audio 

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

  4. Wonew keech 'o ket'ey.
    It is parked up above, up in the hills.

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-002) (LA138-002, 1980)

  5. Wonew laayo'repek'.
    I ran along the hillside.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)

  6. Wo'oot kem mege'l, wonew weno'ee'm tue' wo'oot kem mege'l.
    That person went along too, they're walking along and that person is going along with them too.

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)

  7. Wonew weno'ee'm tue' yo'oot kem mege'l.
    They're walking along and that person is going along with them too.

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)

  8. Wonew keech letkolee'm.
    They're flying overhead.

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-026) (LA138-026, 1980)

  9. Wonew raayo'repek'.
    I ran by above.

    Audio 

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

  10. Wonew ma laayolek'.
    I walked through the place (mountains, above).

    Audio 

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

  11. Wonew laayek'.
    I pass by the mountains.

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

  12. Well, skue'o chegeyken kue nah Geneva 'ue-merm, nee'eeyehl 'o gee' chue kue tmeeegonee wonew.
    Well, Geneva's young sons, it's said they were hunters in the mountains.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  13. Wonew so lehlkeloypek'.
    I crawl uphill (with effort).

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)

  14. Wonew soonehlkepek'.
    I crawl up.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)

  15. Wonew laayo'repek'.
    I run along the hillside.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)

  16. Wonew 'o le'm 'o'lep 'ela nohpewee'm; kwesee 'o koo'op' cheenes.
    The two young men went up to the house and entered; and there stood another young man.

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

  17. Kue weet 'ue-koypoh wonews 'o sootok'w nue 'we-nerrgersek', noohl 'ap ho'omah.
    In the morning he went up to gather sweathouse wood, and then they made a fire.

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

  18. Ku'y 'we-no'ohl Rek'woy wonew 'ela neee'n 'o newee' kwelekw keech ta'anoy'hl.
    Later they looked over to Requa and saw that the sun was shining.

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

  19. Wonew nee 'oole'mehl.
    They are up in the hills.

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

  20. Wonew keetee nue hegook'.
    I am going up in the hills.

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

  21. Wonew nee nue goole'mehl.
    They are going up in the hills.

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