Yurok dictionary

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Broader semantic domain: physical world

Related semantic domain(s): place names, rocks and inanimate natural objects, astronomy and the sky, weather

Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic

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pishkaahl ocean, sea

raak creek

krrchrh mountain ridge

pishkah salt, sea, ocean

sepolah valley, field, prairie

rek'woy

tikwohl there is a canyon, there is a low gap

mrkwrmrkwrhl mountain chain

tewol Pacific Ocean seaside, ocean, Pacific coast

tewolew ocean, coast, Pacific coast

wohpi island

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

mrkwrhl mountain, peak, hill

mrkwrmrkw mountain

pa'aahl 'olonew hlkehl island

prkwry hills, the back of a house, the rear part of a house

rechah mountain ridge

ro'ohpi' cliff, anything inanimate standing (rocks, trees, etc.)

sepolek valley, field, prairie

seporah small valley, small clearing

smesmemohl break up, slide (of mountainside), landslide, ravine

tikwoh cove, gap in mountain

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

'ume'woo river

Dictionary entry

rek'woyn • river mouth

Lexicon record # 2824 | Source references: R242 YLCB11
Semantic domain: landscape
Derivation: morphological structure rek'w-oyk-

Other paradigm form

  • locative rek'woyk R242

Representative example

  • Kus rek'woyk?

    Where is the mouth (e.g. of Redwood Creek, or any river)?
    — CW(JPH0114)

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (3)

  1. 'we-rek'woy (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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