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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

che-puer' be steep (of water), a little waterfall

chue-rey mountain

kaa-mo-pee' rough water, rapids

ket-'oh there is a lagoon, body of still water, lake, lagoon

key-yo-mop' whirlpool

key-yo-wey-yues entrance from the ocean into a lagoon

klew waterfall

kerr-cherh mountain ridge

mer-kwerhl mountain, peak, hill

mer-kwer-merkw mountain

mer-kwer-mer-kwerhl mountain chain

pa-'aahl 'o-lo-new hlkehl island

peesh-kaahl ocean, sea

peesh-kah salt, sea, ocean

per-kwery hills, the back of a house, the rear part of a house

raak creek

re-chah mountain ridge

rek'-woy river mouth

ro-'oh-pee' cliff, anything inanimate standing (rocks, trees, etc.)

se-po-lah

se-po-lek valley, field, prairie

se-po-rah small valley, small clearing

smes-me-mohl break up, slide (of mountainside), landslide, ravine

te-wol Pacific Ocean seaside, ocean, Pacific coast

te-wo-lew ocean, coast, Pacific coast

tee-kwoh cove, gap in mountain

tee-kwohl there is a canyon, there is a low gap

tee-kwol' canyon

tue'-neryk a fork in a river

t'laa-kuehl cliff, steep cliff

t'laa-so' cliff, drop off

t'le-wo-luehl drip, waterfall

t'ohl-t'ohl mud, swampy ground

woh-pee island

'ue-me'-woo river