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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 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

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

heeradv • inland • north side

Lexicon record # 522 | Source reference(s): R200 JE95
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Sentence examples (5)

  1. Noohl 'o mene'mehl so heer, noohl 'o ko hlo'm kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl kue meweemor reeek'ew 'eekee laa'y so puelekw.
    Then the men went away from the water, and the old man took his spear and went down to the river mouth along the shore.

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

  2. Mos cheetaa wo pahchew, kolo heer nee lenekw.
    It made no movement, but seemed to drift to the shore.

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

  3. Kue so heer sootoh kue meweemor kolo 'eme lekwo'hl 'ue-meykweluue'm 'o Rek'woy, kue keech 'o kohchewonee kue nepuy.
    When the old man went away from the water the air seemed full of wailing over at Requa, now that the salmon was caught.

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

  4. Chuehl, hesek' weetue ko menechook' Rek'woy heer...
    Yes, I think I will disappear opposite Requa ...

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)

  5. 'Ap ko'mo'y 'o heerk, wee' 'o lo stohstek', 'o ko'mo'y heer 'o ruerowoo.
    He heard inland, there was a fir tree there, he heard a song inland.

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