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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

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 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

heenoy • adv • after, behind [takes pronominal prefixes] • Variant heeno'

Lexicon record # 513 | Source reference(s): R200 JE17
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Special meanings or uses

  • heenoy son heenoy nee son be backward R200

  • Heenoy nee soneenepek' I feel inferior R200

Sentence examples (33)

  1. Heenoy keech 'orogok'w.
    He's following behind.

    Audio 

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with oo-Class Verbs (JB-14-1, 2003)

  2. Poy keech ro'op'. Koleen noohl heenoy keech weno'omo'r.
    S/he's running ahead. Someone else is running way behind.

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-001) (LA138-001, 1980)

  3. Heenoy 'oo'repek'.
    I run behind.

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-007) (LA138-007, 1980)

  4. Heenoy 'oo'repek'.
    I'm following behind (them).

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-046) (LA138-046, 1980)

  5. Nuemee rook'ws, cho' heenoy le'mo'w.
    It's very windy, go behind (a place).

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-055) (LA138-055, 1980)

  6. Heenoy cho' lahche'm.
    You launch it (your boat) behind (along the bank).

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-058) (LA138-058, 1980)

  7. Hl'os kue k'e-ma'ah cho' heenoy 'o 'orogoo'm.
    Pick up your spear and come behind me.

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

  8. Kue meweemor ha'm ho kue 'ne-psech, Heenoy cho' 'orogoo'm 'o nek.
    The old man said to my father, Follow me.

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

  9. Tue' weet heenoy ... 'o letkweloyhl.
    They were dragged behind.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)

  10. Heenoy so sootok'w 'o newo'm, kwesee wee'eeet 'o guenkek so pa'aahleek.
    He went away behind and saw (the salmon), and so he opened (the way) to the water (of the river).

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

  11. Ko'mo'y heenoy keech 'o nooloo, 'o ge's, Cheesh, kwesee keech komchuemehl keech 'ne-nah.
    He heard them behind him answering, and he thought, Well, now (the folk there) know that the salmon are mine.

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

  12. Tue' weet 'ee mehl so'n we'yk'oh k'ee 'we-roy 'ue-kerkur'yermery tetko'hl mee' keech 'o komchue'm 'w-esek' heenoy keech 'o gegok'w.
    That is how it came about that today the bends in the river are sharp because he knew that (the daughter of the head of the river) was coming after him.

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

  13. Cho' poy ko 'o key kue k'e-rahcheen, ke'l cho' heenoy 'oolo'oh.
    Your friend is to sit in the front of the boat, and you stand behind.

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

  14. Kwesee kohchee heenoy 'o 'orogok'w kue wenchokws 'ap ha'm, 'Aawokw, 'ne-nos, kolo ko'l sook nee shoose'm.
    And one day the woman followed him and said, Alas, my husband, you seem to have something on your mind.

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

  15. Nek 'ne-psech wo'oot nuemee 'we-heenoy ko nergery kue wee'eeet 'we-sook.
    My father was the last person to assist at this kind of rite.

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

  16. Heenoy cho' 'orogoo'm.
    Follow behind me.

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

  17. Noohl wee 'o wenok'w pegerk kue meweemor 'we-heenoy 'ema 'oolo' noohl 'o ga'm, Nekah kwelekw kahkah 'emsee ke'ween kegoh.
    Then a man came and stood behind the old man and said, We are catching sturgeon and eels.

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

  18. Noohl heenoy 'o so na'mee naamet' ho kue 'we-nekomewet noohl 'o ga'm, Sela ro'onep'es! kem 'o pahchew kue nepuy.
    Then he took two steps to his right and said, Run on! and again it moved.

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

  19. 'Ikee chue weesh soo hegoosehl, noohl 'o ko hloohl kue 'ue-ke'ween noohl heenoy 'o le'mehl.
    All of them were shouting like this, and then they took their eels and went back.

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

  20. Merueh chee tergue'm 'o ga'm, Heenoy lenewk'wes! Sela ro'onep'es! Hl'o'ronep'es !
    Five times he spoke to it, and said, Drift back! Run on! Stop!

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

  21. Cho k'e-nekomewet so kelomo'ope'm koweecho heenoy so ko neee'nowo'm; koweecho nek ho neee'nowopa', koweecho ho ko'l hee neee'nowo'm.
    Turn to your right and do not look back; do not look at me, and do not look at things round about.

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

  22. Keech chme'y lekwseesh 'o sooto'l kue meweemor, heenoy 'o 'orogo' kue 'ne-psech.
    In the evening the old man went out, and my father followed him.

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

  23. Kue heenoy ho weno'omo'r poy keech ro'.
    The one who was behind has run ahead.

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

  24. Nek 'ne-psech nuemee 'we-heenoy ko nergery kue wee'eeet 'we-sook.
    My father was the last man to assist at this sort of thing.

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

  25. Noohl heenoy 'o weno'ee'm.
    They came afterward.

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

  26. Heenoy nee so'n.
    He is backward.

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

  27. Heenoy ho ko neee'n.
    I looked back.

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

  28. Yo' 'we-heenoy kee 'o noo'repek'.
    I will follow behind him.

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

  29. Nekah heenoy kesee 'o wohpeye'moh.
    We will cross behind (the others).

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

  30. Ke'l 'eenee heenoy nee soneenepek'.
    I feel inferior to you.

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

  31. Neemee heenoy wo hoole'moh soo mo'ohpeerk.
    We did not follow you it was so foggy.

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

  32. Nek no'p'enek' meweehl tue' tepoonohl 'we-heenoy 'o ro'op'.
    I was chasing an elk but it ran behind the trees.

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

  33. Heenoy nee soneenepek' 'o ke'l.
    I feel inferior to you.

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