Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

hehlkeek • adv • inland, in the mountains

Lexicon record # 432 | Source reference(s): R199 JE74
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Other paradigm form

• obviative hehlkeeks

Special meanings or uses

• hehlkeek nee knuuue mountain hawk R199 [birds]

• hehlkeek nee nerh red huckleberry [literally, "berry in the mountains"] R199 R233 [plants and trees]

• hehlkeek nee stowstek' pine FS(WB:FS34 ) [plants and trees]

Derived phrase or compound

• Hehlkeek 'We-Roy "Klamath River"

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (13)

1. hehlkeek "inland, in the mountains" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

2. hehlkeek "inland, in the mountains" (spoken by Jimmie James)

3. hehlkeek "inland" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)