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chek'wehl prayer seat, "stone 'seats' on mountains ... They are semicircular walls of mortared stones, a yard
or two across, three or four feet high", flat place in front of a cliff
chepuer' be steep (of water), a little waterfall
chuerey mountain
kaamopee' rough water, rapids
ket'oh there is a lagoon, body of still water, lake, lagoon
keyomop' whirlpool
keyoweyues entrance from the ocean into a lagoon
klew waterfall
kerrcherh mountain ridge
merkwerhl mountain, peak, hill
merkwermerkw mountain
merkwermerkwerhl mountain chain
pa'aahl 'olonew hlkehl island
peeshkaahl
peeshkah salt, sea, ocean
perkwery hills, the back of a house, the rear part of a house
raak creek
rechah mountain ridge
rek'woy river mouth
ro'ohpee' cliff, anything inanimate standing (rocks, trees, etc.)
sepolah valley, field, prairie
sepolek valley, field, prairie
seporah small valley, small clearing
smesmemohl break up, slide (of mountainside), landslide, ravine
tewol Pacific Ocean seaside, ocean, Pacific coast
tewolew ocean, coast, Pacific coast
teekwoh cove, gap in mountain
teekwohl there is a canyon, there is a low gap
teekwol' canyon
tue'neryk a fork in a river
t'laakuehl cliff, steep cliff
t'laaso' cliff, drop off
t'lewoluehl drip, waterfall
t'ohlt'ohl mud, swampy ground
wohpee island
'ueme'woo river
Dictionary entry
peeshkaahl • n • ocean, sea
Lexicon record # 2579 | Source references: JE97 JE117 YLCB114
Semantic
domain: landscape
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Short recordings (4)
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peeshkaahl "ocean" (spoken by Glenn Moore)
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peeshkaahl "ocean" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)
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peeshkaahl "ocean" (spoken by Archie Thompson)
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peeshkaahl "ocean" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)