Yurok dictionary
Your search: semantic domain rocks and inanimate natural objects
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency
Broader semantic domain: physical world
Related semantic domain(s):
landscape, place names, astronomy and the sky, weather
Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic
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chaahl sand, beach
chek-che-'eehl prayer rock
chkem-koh flint used in face tattooing
ha-'aag rock
hlkehl
hlkey-yom clay
hlke'-mah ladder, stepping stones
hlkohl mud
hlkoo-lon be muddy, mud
kehl-kem red clay, floor
koy-kuuel' hollow rock (lucky)
neee-gem flint, obsidian
pehl-kohl pebbles, gravel
pehl-koo pebble
pe-mo-yekw rock dish, a hollowed rock used in cooking to collect grease drippings
pe-wo-lah terrace, stones used to pave a floor
pey-ken colored mud
pe'-wol soapstone
pon-tet ashes
per-mer-yerh rock used to make pemoyekw, waterproof, water-resistant, rainproof, smooth
pern-cherch dust
re-ko-yoysh white flint used for cutting
s'ey-yoh pounding stone
t'ohl-t'ohl mud, swampy ground
'ehl-kehl clay
'ne-kwol my fishing rock, my claim, my title, my fishing place
Dictionary entry
hlkehl • n • land, ground, clay, dirt • Variant
hlkel
Lexicon record # 1495 | Source references: R218 FS(LA138-011) JE31 JE42 YSRO486
Semantic
domain: rocks and inanimate natural objects
Derivation: morphological structure hlkehl
Other paradigm form
locative hlke-lee, hlke-leek, hlke-lee' on the ground, on the floor, bottom of R218 FS(B205) JVP(JB-01-01) JE21 JE43
Derived phrase or compound
Short recordings (2)
| Sentence examples
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hlkehl "dirt" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)
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'nehl-kehl "my land" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)