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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
chepu'r be steep (of water), a little waterfall
churey mountain
kaamopi' rough water, rapids
ket'oh there is a lagoon, body of still water, lake, lagoon
keyomop' whirlpool
keyoweyus entrance from the ocean into a lagoon
klew waterfall
krrchrh mountain ridge
mrkwrhl mountain, peak, hill
mrkwrmrkw mountain
mrkwrmrkwrhl
pa'aahl 'olonew hlkehl island
pishkaahl ocean, sea
pishkah salt, sea, ocean
prkwry hills, the back of a house, the rear part of a house
raak creek
rechah mountain ridge
rek'woy river mouth
ro'ohpi' cliff, anything inanimate standing (rocks, trees, etc.)
sepolah valley, field, prairie
sepolek valley, field, prairie
seporah small valley, small clearing
smesmemohl break up, slide (of mountainside), landslide, ravine
tewol Pacific Ocean seaside, ocean, Pacific coast
tewolew ocean, coast, Pacific coast
tikwoh cove, gap in mountain
tikwohl there is a canyon, there is a low gap
tikwo'l canyon
tu'nryk a fork in a river
t'laakuhl cliff, steep cliff
t'laaso' cliff, drop off
t'lewoluhl drip, waterfall
t'ohlt'ohl mud, swampy ground
wohpi island
'ume'woo river
Dictionary entry
mrkwrmrkwrhl • n • mountain chain • See
Lexicon record # 1886 |
Semantic
domain: landscape
Sentence example
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Mrkwrmrkwrhl.
Mountain chain.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 30: "Environment."
(GT3-30,
2003)