Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

he-see • prep • toward

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

Sentence examples (13)

1. He-see pue-lekw 'o so neee'-no-wo'm, to' ro-'oh kue wer-'err-gerch.
   You look downriver, there's some alder there.

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

2. Nek he-see 'ne-te-ge-rew, ter-gurpa' ?
   Are you talking to me?

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

3. Nek he-see 'werr-ger-yerch.
   I'm speaking English.

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

4. Wek mos ke-lew ha-see woh-pew kee ne-go-se-pee'm 'ohl-kue-mee mos kee sku'y soo goo-le'-mo'w ko'l kee nee kmoyhl-ke-see'-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 'e-la myah Se-gep kem 'ap new kwe-see ha-see puer noohl keech we-no'-mo-nekw we-no-'o-mo'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 pe-gerk mehl Wehl-kwew kue ske-wok-se-meen kue 'we-na-'a-wok' ha-see hee-noyks laa'y 'em-see pa-'aa-hleeks nee-kee ma laa'y 'o kue myer-wer-ner-nee; soo ha-see' paas wo-nue laa'y kue keech ho laahoh-kue' kue laa-yekw, mee' kwah-hley 'oohl wo-nues kee 'we-laa-yek' 'o kue laa-yekw.
   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. Ha-see per-werw 'o so koo-'op' 'o kue ne-puy noohl 'o ga'm kue me-wee-mor, Ch'ue-me'y 'ne-te-wo-mehl keech 'ne-koh-che-wo-chek'.
   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. Ha-see hee-noyks laa'y 'e-see pa-'aa-hleeks nee-kee 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. Ha-see pue-rey-yow soo tmoo'w.
   You will shoot to the north.

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

10. He-see hee-noyks laa'y.
    He passes to the inside.

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

11. Ha-see yo' 'o mue-rek'.
    I dodged in that direction.

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

12. He-see Sa-'ahl weet 'o me-nue'-ro-gehl.
    They disappeared in the water there toward Sa'ahl.

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

13. He-see hee-koh ho laa-so-nee'.
    Then he took it across the river.

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