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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 inland, north side
heerkeek
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
heerkeek • adv • inland [takes pronominal prefixes]
Lexicon record # 524 | Source reference(s):
R200
Semantic
domain: directions and locations
Sentence examples
(3)
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Noohl k'ee wek 'we-roy heerkeek' 'o wohpeya'r tektoh.
One time up in this creek, there was a log laying across the water.
— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon"
(GM2,
2004)
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Noohl k'ee wek 'we-raayoy 'we-heerkeek 'o wohpeya'r tektoh, tue' wee'eeet reeegaayo'r kue wergers k'enego'hl kem keech kyue' weno'omo'r.
In those days way back in this creek a log lay across the water, and a fox used
to cross over on it and was often running there.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon"
(LA16-5,
1951)
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Heerkeeks 'ema kee laay' so puel, tue' sonenee mee wo 'w-ek'ws.
Inland he went downriver, but he never found it.
— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote"
(T8,
1907)