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choolekw down, downhill

choolew below, downhill

heechoo below, downhill, a little bit downhill

heechoy below, underneath

heekoch

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 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 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

heekoch • adv • across (water)

Lexicon record # 485 | Source reference(s): R199
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Sentence examples (9)

Heekoch hes 'o myah kue 'we-le'loyhlpa'aahl?
Did the fire jump across the water?

— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
Heekoch hes 'o myah so heekoh kue pa'aahl?
Did it jump across the water?

— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
Cho' wee'eeet 'o maaye'm... heekoch cho' 'o sooto'm.
Pass this place ... go across.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-012) (LA138-012, 1980)
Heekoch me'wome'm.
They came across.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-023) (LA138-023, 1980)
Heekoch so negemek'.
I carry it across.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-045) (LA138-045, 1980)
Kwesee kohchee kem heekoch sr 'ue-werhperyersek' kwesee 'ap newee' ko'l nuemee wogee 'o key kolo ko'l sook nee nep'.
Once as he was crossing over he saw something sitting right in the middle of it and apparently eating something.

— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)
Kwesee kohchee kem heekoch so 'ue-werhperyerksek' kwesee 'ap new ko'l nuemee wogee 'o key kolo ko'l sook nee nep'.
Once as he was crossing over he saw something sitting right in the middle of it and apparently eating something.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)
Kwelekw 'o tene'm 'oohl 'o Wehlwkew heekoch so Rek'woy so wohpeye'm, 'ohlkuemee weet 'eenee meroge'y kee 'we-hloohl 'we-'yoh 'emsee 'ue-pa'ah 'ohlkuemee keech wee' laayekw keech 'o chahchew kee 'we-hloyek' 'yohhlkoych' 'o puelekw.
And then there were a lot of people who crossed over from Wehlkwew to Requa, as it was easier there for them to get their wood and their water now that the path was finished and it was difficult for wood to be fetched at the river mouth.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Heekoch so hegoosek'.
I am shouting across the water.

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