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heer

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 me-ne'-mehl so heer, noohl 'o ko hlo'm kue 'ue-ma-'ahs-kehl kue me-wee-mor reeek-'ew 'ee-kee laa'y so pue-lekw.
    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 chee-taa wo pah-chew, ko-lo heer nee le-nekw.
    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 soo-toh kue me-wee-mor ko-lo 'e-me le-kwo'hl 'ue-mey-kwe-luue'm 'o Rek'-woy, kue keech 'o koh-che-wo-nee kue ne-puy.
    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, he-sek' wee-tue ko me-ne-chook' 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 stohs-tek', 'o ko'-mo'y heer 'o rue-ro-woo.
    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)