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hesee

Dictionary entry

heseeprep • toward

Lexicon record # 452 | Source reference(s): R199

Sentence examples (13)

  1. Hesee puelekw 'o so neee'nowo'm, to' ro'oh kue wer'errgerch.
    You look downriver, there's some alder there.

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    — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-10) (AG-10, 2008)

  2. Nek hesee 'ne-tegerew, tergurpa' ?
    Are you talking to me?

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  3. Nek hesee 'werrgeryerch.
    I'm speaking English.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

  4. Wek mos kelew hasee wohpew kee negosepee'm 'ohlkuemee mos kee sku'y soo goole'mo'w ko'l kee nee kmoyhlkesee'mo'w.
    Here you shall not marry into families in the west, because you would not fare well and would perish on the way.

    — Bessie Fleischman, "The Story of the Klamath River Song" (LA16-2, 1951)

  5. Kem weet 'ela myah Segep kem 'ap new kwesee hasee puer noohl keech weno'monekw weno'omo'r kue 'yoch.
    And in this way Coyote jumped along and saw the boat floating down and moving toward the mouth of the river.

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

  6. 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)

  7. Hasee perwerw 'o so koo'op' 'o kue nepuy noohl 'o ga'm kue meweemor, Ch'ueme'y 'ne-tewomehl keech 'ne-kohchewochek'.
    The old man stood to the south of the salmon and said, I am so glad that I have caught you.

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

  8. 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)

  9. Hasee puereyow soo tmoo'w.
    You will shoot to the north.

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

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

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

  11. Hasee yo' 'o muerek'.
    I dodged in that direction.

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

  12. Hesee Sa'ahl weet 'o menue'rogehl.
    They disappeared in the water there toward Sa'ahl.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)

  13. Hesee heekoh ho laasonee'.
    Then he took it across the river.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)