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chaahl sand, beach

Chaahl 'O Knew a long beach

Chah-pekw a village at Stone Lagoon

Chah-pekw 'O Ket-'oh Stone Lagoon

chek-che-'eehl prayer rock

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-po-reg be cold weather

che-po-re-ge'hl it is cold weather

che-po-re'hl it is cold weather

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

che'-loy'hl it is dry weather, it evaporates, the river is narrow

chkem-koh flint used in face tattooing

Chkwe-ges 'O Rek-'eeen a rock in the Klamath below 'Rnr'

Chkwe-ges 'Wa-'aag a sea-stack, the larger of the Turtle Rocks near Patrick's Point

chmey-yo-nen hoo-gech evening star

Cho-keek a place just upriver from Sregon; also called Sreg Pech

Cho-keek 'WeRoy the creek at Chokik

Chue-lue Bald Hills

Chue-rew Trinidad, Tsurai, the Indian town at Trinidad

Chue-re-wa' Trinidad Head (a large rounded promontory at Trinidad, almost separated from the mainland)

chue-rey mountain

Chue-rey Trinidad, Tsurai, the Indian town at Trinidad

ha-'aag rock

Hehl-keek 'WeRoy Klamath River

Hehl-kue Serr Maynot Creek

Hee-neg a Tolowa town on Smith River, Smith River

Hee-wow a house in Rek'woy

hlkehl land, ground, clay, dirt

hlkey-yom clay

hlke'-mah ladder, stepping stones

hlkohl mud

hlkoo-lon be muddy, mud

hl'oh-ko'hl it thunders

Ho We-goh a flat near the Klamath

Hokt-kehl a promontory on the north side of Trinidad Head

hoo-gech star

hoo-gech neeen' astronomer

hoo-gech 'uem falling star

hoo-ge-choy be starry (night)

Hop-'ew a village in the current location of Klamath

Hop-'ew Puel 'WeRoy a gully upriver from Hop'ew

Hop-'ew 'WeRoy a creek downriver from Hop'ew

ho'-gon north wind, storm

Huep-'oo Hupa

kaa-meg be bad weather

kaa-me-ge'hl it is bad weather, it is stormy

kaa-mo-pee' rough water, rapids

ke-chee' it is daylight

ke-gey'

kehl-kem red clay, floor

Ke-nek a village on the Klamath

Ke-nek Puel a village downriver from Kenek

Ke-nek 'WeRoy Tuley Creek

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

Key-kem a village on the Klamath

key-yo-mop' whirlpool

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

ke'-ween 'we-leen hail

ke'y-pe'hl there is a flicker of lightning

Keehl 'O Tep Hee-meyr a fishing place on the Klamath

Keehl 'O Tep 'WeRoy a creek on the Klamath

klew waterfall

Knet-ken 'O Loo a large boulder in the Klamath downstream from Muurekw

Knew-sep a long prairie

Knuehl a fishing place (where there is deep water) off Moore's Rock

Koh-pey Crescent City, site of Crescent City

koy-kuuel' hollow rock (lucky)

koy-poh hoo-gech morning star

kerr-cherh mountain ridge

Kerr-neet 'Wo'Ol' Little Trinidad Head (a promontory near Trinidad Head)

kue-reesh the end of a net, the point of a V-shaped mark, used for calendar keeping, made in a slate slab in the floor of a sweat-house

kyah rise (sun or moon), spring (season), vernal

k'e'-go' there is lightning

Le-gep-'ew a hole or cave on the southwest side of Trinidad Head

le-ko-nee hoo-gech falling star, shooting star

len-kwe'hl it is overcast, there is an eclipse

lep-te-nok cloud, clouds blowing

lep-te-nok-see'hl it is cloudy, it gets cloudy

lep-te-noyhl be cloudy, be misty

lew-kwe-nohl be cloudy

loh-kwo'hl it is dull weather

loh-pee'hl clouds gather, it is cloudy

lerp-sue-wery' it is covered in mist

lerp-ter-nue-'er-wery' it is bad weather

maay clear (of weather), pass by

mehl se-ges-'ew shooting star

Me-leg a sea-stack between 'O Segen and the mouth of the Klamath

mew blow in a particular direction (of wind)

me-wech' it blows (wind), the wind is blowing in this direction

me-we's

Me-weehl 'O Le-gehl Cann's Prairie (on the ridge of the Bald Hills above the mouth of Redwood Creek)

me-wo-mech' it blows in a particular direction (of the wind)

Me-wo-me-kwehl a flat area by Trinidad Head, now a parking lot

me-wo-roh it is clearing (of weather), clouds are gone

mo-'oh-peer fog

mo-'oh-peerk be foggy

mer-kwerhl mountain, peak, hill

mer-kwer-merkw mountain

mer-kwer-mer-kwerhl mountain chain

Mue-rekw a village on the Klamath

ne-gah-se'-wey rainbow

ne-ge'hl the weather is (a certain way)

Ne-go-no' a place below Keykem

ne-keech-wey rainbow

neee-gem flint, obsidian

Nohch-kueh a village on the Klamath

Nohch-kueh Hee-koh a place across the river from Nohchkuh

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

pehl-kohl pebbles, gravel

pehl-koo pebble

Pe-kwon Pecwan (a village on the Klamath)

Pe-kwon 'WeRoy Pecwan Creek

Pekw-tehl a rock in the Klamath River near Pekwon, a sea stack by Stone Lagoon

Pekw-tuehl a village between the Klamath and Trinity where they meet

Pe-leen Kerr-cherh the ridge above Pekwtuhl

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

peesh-kaahl ocean, sea

peesh-kah salt, sea, ocean

Pluel' Fish Lake, on the mountain above Weitchpec and Bluff Creek

pon-tet ashes

Poy-koh 'O Lep a knoll just north of Big Lagoon

Prgeesh 'O Chye-guuekw' a sea stack near 'R Hlrgr'

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

per-mer-yerh rock used to make pemoyekw, waterproof, water-resistant, rainproof, smooth

pern-cherch dust

Pue-leek Serr-nery Hunters Creek

raak creek

Raa-yeep a pebbly beach at the south end of 'E'goo, by Trinidad Head

re-chah mountain ridge

re-ko-yoysh white flint used for cutting

rek'-woy river mouth

Rek'-woy Requa

rew-kwo'hl it is misty

roh-pee'hl it clears (of weather)

rookw wind

rook'ws it blows (of wind), s/he is flatulent

roo-tah sun ray

ro-reer snow

ro-ree' it snows

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

ror' it snows

rue-ro-wech dance in a particular direction, move across the sky (of stars)

sah-ksah hail, hail

Sa-'ahl a village along the Klamath

se-gep 'ue-pery rainbow

se-po-lah valley, field, prairie

se-po-lek valley, field, prairie

se-po-rah small valley, small clearing

ske-weg be good weather, be clear weather, be sunny weather

ske-we-ge'hl it is good weather, it is clear weather

skue-weg be good weather

skue-we-ge'hl it is good weather

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

so-'oo 'we-laay Milky Way

Sreg Hee-koh a place across from Sregon

Sreg Pech a place just upriver from Sregon; also called Chokik

Sreg Pue-lekw a place just downriver from Sregon

Sreg Won a place just uphill from Sregon

Sre-gon a village on the Klamath

Sre-por a village site south of Churey

Srperh a village along the Klamath

serr-nerk'ws it is very windy weather

Stoo-wen a village along the Klamath

Sue-meeg Patrick's Point

swe-goo-peehl pour with rain

swoo-pee'hl pour with rain, rain hard

swerrk'ws there is a gust of wind, wind is blowing in this direction

s'ey-yoh pounding stone

ta' be hot weather, be sunny

ta-'a-noy'hl it is hot weather, it is sunny

ta-'ehl be hot weather

ten rain

ten-pe-we'hl it is raining, rain, storm

te-wol Pacific Ocean seaside, ocean, Pacific coast

te-wo-lew ocean, coast, Pacific coast

tee-kwoh cove, gap in mountain

Tee-kwoh a place uphill from Keykem (formerly a prairie, now overgrown)

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

Tee-kwoo the promontory between Stone Lagoon and Freshwater Lagoon

tee-kwol' canyon

Tmery 'WeRoy Cannery Creek

ton-pe-we'hl it is showery

tue'-neryk a fork in a river

Twehl-keyr a place along the Klamath above Srpr'

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

Wah-sekw a village on the Klamath, Martin's Ferry

Wa's-'ey a village at Young's Bar

Wech-pekw' a spring at Wechpus

Wech-pues Weitchpec (the town), a point projecting from the north side of the river into the Klamath estuary

Wehl-kwew a village across the river from Rek'woy

woh-pee island

wo-news-leg moon, sun

wo-news-le-pah rainbow

wo-no-ye-'eek in the sky, up in the middle of the sky

wo-nue 'we-laa-ye-kah rainbow

yew' the sun sets

ye'-wo-mey' the sun sets

'ehl-kehl clay

'Espew a village on the coast between Redwood Creek and the Klamath

'Espew 'O Ket-'uel' the lagoon at 'Espew

'E'goo a beach north of Trinidad Head

'Lep-toyhl 'O Pkwe-gech a reef north of Churey

'ne-kwol my fishing rock, my claim, my title, my fishing place

'O Chaahl a village site on the Klamath

'O Chaahl 'WeRe-pokw a place

'O Kaa a mountain above the Klamath

'O Kaa 'O Ket-'uel' a lake on 'O Kaa

'O Ke-gep a spring near 'O Men 'We Roy, a sea-stack near Elk Point, north of Churey

'O Ke-get-'oh a place on the sandbar by Big Lagoon

'O Ke-gey Goat Rock (a ridge between Stone Lagoon and Big Lagoon)

'O Ket-'oh Big Lagoon, a town on Big Lagoon

'O Ket-'uel' Big Lagoon

'O Kne-get a large sea-stack just south of the mouth of the Klamath, Flint Rock Head (a conspicuous promontory south of the mouth of the Klamath), a crag on a cliff at the north of Patrick's Point, a rock in the ocean near the mouth of Luffenholtz Creek

'O Kwe-ges sand dunes south of the mouth of Little River

'O Le-gew a place on the east side of Trinidad Head

'O Men a town along the coast north of Rek'woy

'O Men Hee-puer a village north of 'O Men

'O Men 'WeRoy Wilson Creek

'O Pe-geesh a beach north of 'Espew

'O Ple-goh a Hupa town (Ta'k'yimił-diŋ "where they stir acorn mush")

'O Pyuue-weg a village on the south shore of Big Lagoon

'O Re-gos Tucker Rock (a rock at the mouth of the Klamath River)

'O Rew a fishing place across from Weitchpec, where the current formerly struck the south shore, a bank downstream of 'Rnr', a camp-site or town on Redwood Creek, about 4 miles from the coast, just before Chilula land, a rock in Karuk territory

'O Sche-gep' the boat landing at Rek'woy, a reddish cliff north(west) of the mouth of the Klamath, a site with house-pits somewhere north of Stone Lagoon, a rock by the landing spot at Churey

'O Se-gen a village on the coast between 'Espew and the mouth of the Klamath

'O Se-gen 'WeRoy a creek at 'O Segen

'O Se-geesh a flat area along the Klamath near Wohkero'

'O Shyer-gerysh near Elk Point, "a sea rock, with two points"

'O Sle-goych a place where a trail descends, a declivity

'O Slookw a site on the northeast shore of Big Lagoon

'O Te-guuekw a flat rock near Pekwon on the south side of the Klamath

'O Tme-kwor a village at the north end of Redwood Lagoon

'O Toh-pew a natural archway under Krrnit 'Wo-'O'l (Little Trinidad Head)

'Oohl 'O Chyuue a cliff overlooking the Klamath River

'or' it is the first sliver of the new moon

'O'rekw mouth of Redwood Creek, a village to the south of Redwood Lagoon (Orick)

'O'rekw 'WeRoy Redwood Creek

'R Hler-ger' False Klamath Rock

'Rner' a village along the Klamath

'Er-ner' 'We-Roy Blue Creek

'UKwe-won the beach between Trinidad Head and Little Trinidad Head

'ue-me'-woo river

'wes-'o-nah sky, horizon, world, cosmos, earth, universe

'wes-'o-new sky

'Yoch Le-gaay a ridge above 'O Men 'We-Roy

'Yoch 'O Ke-gey a place on the sand barrier between Freshwater Lagoon and the ocean