Yurok dictionary

Your search: semantic domain rocks and inanimate natural objects

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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

hlkehln • 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

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Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (16)

  1. hlkehl "dirt" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  2. 'nehl-kehl "my land" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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