Dictionary entry
heer-keek • 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 heer-keek' 'o woh-pey-ya'r tek-toh.
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-raa-yoy 'weheer-keek 'o woh-pey-ya'r tek-toh, tue' wee-'eeet reee-gaa-yo'r kue wer-gers k'e-ne-go'hl kem keech kyue' we-no-'o-mo'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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Heer-keeks 'e-ma kee laay' so puel, tue' so-ne-nee mee wo 'wek'ws.
Inland he went downriver, but he never found it.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)