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hlke'mah ladder, stepping stones

kehlkem red clay, floor

kep'ehl there is a housepit, hole in a tree, hole in the ground, housepit

kep'ohl a hollow, a space, clearing, house pit

keskeehl lower side, woodshed anteroom

kwenomet part of a sweathouse, big door of a sweathouse, "the exit and ventilator", "the place to the left of the exit, likely to be occupied by the 'owner'"

legaay' doorway, trail, path, retreat, a place where someone or something passes through, the place by the entrance door in the sweathouse

legep'ew storage place

lekwsoo small door of a sweathouse, exit hole, space in front of the door

le'wehl house used at the making of the Fish Dam at Kepel

mechlaa something fire goes through, chimney, stove pipe, fireplace

mehlkue part of a Yurok house: "the peripheral part ... at ground level, as contrasted with the sunken center ... It is usually pretty well filled with large food-storage baskets.", "a place in the sweathouse, the corner farthest from both entrance and exit ... There is always a floor of smooth planks or stone slabs."

mekwar' menstrual hut

nergernerhl the interior part of a dwelling-place or sweathouse

perkwery hills, the back of a house, the rear part of a house

raahlkah build up, roof, dam, stepping stones

rekwom' part of the roof

repoh doorway

repokw doorway, porch, front porch

sluuek'woh space at the foot of the sweathouse ladder

so'ch'eek roof, ceiling

tepolehl post of a sweathouse, "the place in the sweathouse opposite the exit, and the place of honor", middle (of a sweathouse, a valley, etc.)

tye'womehl corner (in the back of the house)

wa'aw

wa'awor floor

wohlkekw roof

'ee'ee'gah dining room, table

'o'lehl house, home

'o'lehl hegoh house builder

'o'lehl 'we-sohchee roof

'o'lep house, inside of house

'o'lomah house, enter!, come in!

'o'lomehl house

'er'gerrch sweathouse

'er'gerrk sweathouse, prayer house