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Broader semantic domain: physical world

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Rek'woy Requa

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

Kohpey Crescent City, site of Crescent City

Wehlkwew a village across the river from Rek'woy

'O Schegep'

Hup'oo Hupa

Tmry 'We-Roy Cannery Creek

Pekwtuhl a village between the Klamath and Trinity where they meet

Chulu Bald Hills

Kenek a village on the Klamath

Murekw a village on the Klamath

Sregon a village on the Klamath

Srprh a village along the Klamath

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

'O Regos Tucker Rock (a rock at the mouth of the Klamath River)

Hiwow a house in Rek'woy

Hop'ew a village in the current location of Klamath

Keykem a village on the Klamath

Negono' a place below Keykem

Nohchkuh a village on the Klamath

Nohchkuh Hikoh a place across the river from Nohchkuh

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

Stoowen a village along the Klamath

Twehlkar a place along the Klamath above Srpr'

Wahsekw a village on the Klamath, Martin's Ferry

'O Chaahl 'We-Repokw a place

'Rnr' a village along the Klamath

'Rnr' 'We-Roy Blue Creek

Chaahl 'O Knew a long beach

Chahpekw a village at Stone Lagoon

Chahpekw 'O Ket'oh Stone Lagoon

Chkweges 'O Rek'iin a rock in the Klamath below 'Rnr'

Chkweges 'W-a'aag a sea-stack, the larger of the Turtle Rocks near Patrick's Point

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

Chokik 'We-Roy the creek at Chokik

Churew Trinidad, Tsurai, the Indian town at Trinidad

Churewa' Trinidad Head (a large rounded promontory at Trinidad, almost separated from the mainland)

Churey Trinidad, Tsurai, the Indian town at Trinidad

Hehlkik 'We-Roy Klamath River

Hehlku Srr Maynot Creek

Hineg a Tolowa town on Smith River, Smith River

Ho Wegoh a flat near the Klamath

Hoktkehl a promontory on the north side of Trinidad Head

Hop'ew Pul 'We-Roy a gully upriver from Hop'ew

Hop'ew 'We-Roy a creek downriver from Hop'ew

Kenek Pul a village downriver from Kenek

Kenek 'We-Roy Tuley Creek

Kihl 'O Tep Himar a fishing place on the Klamath

Kihl 'O Tep 'We-Roy a creek on the Klamath

Knetken 'O Loo a large boulder in the Klamath downstream from Muurekw

Knewsep a long prairie

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

Krrnit 'Wo-'O'l Little Trinidad Head (a promontory near Trinidad Head)

Legep'ew a hole or cave on the southwest side of Trinidad Head

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

Mewihl 'O Legehl Cann's Prairie (on the ridge of the Bald Hills above the mouth of Redwood Creek)

Mewomekwehl a flat area by Trinidad Head, now a parking lot

Pekwon Pecwan (a village on the Klamath)

Pekwon 'We-Roy Pecwan Creek

Pekwtehl a rock in the Klamath River near Pekwon, a sea stack by Stone Lagoon

Pelin Krrchrh the ridge above Pekwtuhl

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

Poykoh 'O Lep a knoll just north of Big Lagoon

Prgish 'O Chyeguuk'w a sea stack near 'R Hlrgr'

Pulik Srrnry Hunters Creek

Raayip a pebbly beach at the south end of 'E'goo, by Trinidad Head

Sa'ahl a village along the Klamath

Sreg Hikoh a place across from Sregon

Sreg Pulekw a place just downriver from Sregon

Sreg Won a place just uphill from Sregon

Srepor a village site south of Churey

Sumig Patrick's Point

Tikwoh a place uphill from Keykem (formerly a prairie, now overgrown)

Tikwoo the promontory between Stone Lagoon and Freshwater Lagoon

Wechpek'w a spring at Wechpus

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

'Espew 'O Ket'u'l the lagoon at 'Espew

'E'goo a beach north of Trinidad Head

'Leptoyhl 'O Pkwegech a reef north of Churey

'O Chaahl a village site on the Klamath

'O Kaa a mountain above the Klamath

'O Kaa 'O Ket'u'l a lake on 'O Kaa

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

'O Keget'oh a place on the sandbar by Big Lagoon

'O Kegey Goat Rock (a ridge between Stone Lagoon and Big Lagoon)

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

'O Ket'u'l Big Lagoon

'O Kneget 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 Kweges sand dunes south of the mouth of Little River

'O Legew a place on the east side of Trinidad Head

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

'O Men Hipur a village north of 'O Men

'O Men 'We-Roy Wilson Creek

'O Pegish a beach north of 'Espew

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

'O Pyuuweg a village on the south shore of Big Lagoon

'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 Segen a village on the coast between 'Espew and the mouth of the Klamath

'O Segen 'We-Roy a creek at 'O Segen

'O Segish a flat area along the Klamath near Wohkero'

'O Shyrgrysh near Elk Point, "a sea rock, with two points"

'O Slegoych a place where a trail descends, a declivity

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

'O Teguukw a flat rock near Pekwon on the south side of the Klamath

'O Tmekwor a village at the north end of Redwood Lagoon

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

'Oohl 'O Chyuu a cliff overlooking the Klamath River

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

'O'rekw 'We-Roy Redwood Creek

'R Hlrgr' False Klamath Rock

'U-Kwewon the beach between Trinidad Head and Little Trinidad Head

'Yoch Legaay a ridge above 'O Men 'We-Roy

'Yoch 'O Kegey a place on the sand barrier between Freshwater Lagoon and the ocean

Dictionary entry

'O Schegep'pn 1 the boat landing at Rek'woy 2 a reddish cliff north(west) of the mouth of the Klamath 3 a site with house-pits somewhere north of Stone Lagoon 4 a rock by the landing spot at Churey

Lexicon record # 4323 | Source references: YG:A36 YM435 YG:A47 YM435 YG267 YG:K30
Semantic domain: place names
Derivation: literally, "where boats land" (schep'oo "land (from a boat)")

Other places in the Rek'woy, Orick, and Churey areas: Chahpekw, Chahpekw 'O Ket'oh, Churew, Churewa', Churey, Hehlku Srr, Hiwow, Hoktkehl, Hop'ew, Hop'ew Pul 'We-Roy, Hop'ew 'We-Roy, Krrnit 'Wo-'O'l, Legep'ew, 'Leptoyhl 'O Pkwegech, Meleg, Mewomekwehl, Pekwtehl, Prgish 'O Chyeguuk'w, Pulik Srrnry, Raayip, Rek'woy, Srepor, Tikwoo, Tmry 'We-Roy, Wechpus, Wehlkwew, 'Yoch Legaay, 'Yoch 'O Kegey, 'Espew, 'Espew 'O Ket'u'l, 'E'goo, 'O Kegep, 'O Kneget, 'O Kweges, 'O Kwegoh 'O Ket'oh, 'O Legew, 'O Men, 'O Men Hipur, 'O Men 'We-Roy, 'O Pegish, 'O Regos, 'O Segen, 'O Segen 'We-Roy, 'O Shyrgrysh, 'O Tmekwor, 'O Tohpew, 'O'rekw, 'O'rekw 'We-Roy, 'R Hlrgr', 'U-Kwewon

Geographical story

  • Johnny Shortman, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy", YM445 ('O Schegep' 2) • "A 'woogey said that he would make red obsidian. That is why the cliff beyond the mouth of the river is red. One can see that it is striped, as some obsidian is. He who said this was one of those who later went off into the hillls. When the 'woogey went off into the hills, they stopped turning the cliff into obsidian. If these human beings had not arrived, the 'woogey would have made obsidian there. Because they withdrew, back from the river, hey no longer wanted to see that place be obsidian and stopped making it so."

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Kwelekw witu si numi 'o hlko'y k'i niigem 'O Schegep'.
    Obsidian would actually have been gathered at 'O Schegep'.

    — Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)

  2. Tu witu 'o tekto'y, tu witu si numi 'wo-'o hlkoyek' k'i niigem, k'i 'O Schegep'
    That's where it stands, that's where obsidian would actually have been gathered, at 'O Schegep'.

    — Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)

  3. Tu wi nini yo gooluulowi' k'i 'w-a'aagk'i riik'ew k'i pishkaahl, k'i 'O Schegep' 'o tekto'y.
    He was carrying his rock around at the sea-shore, the one that stands at 'O Schegep'.

    — Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)

  4. 'Iimokw wo' pyekwcheni sone'm 'we-tektoyek' wi k'i 'O Schegep'
    But it did look right where it stood at 'O Schegep'.

    — Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)

  5. Pishtu witu 'o lesi', Chuhl, Wit ku 'o tekto'y we'y k'i 'O Schegep', tu witi emehl rek'iinewor.
    Then what he thought was, Well, it will stand here at 'O Schegep', that is where it will sit.

    — Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)

  6. hesiirk 'emehl tepo'n k'i 'O Schegep' hesiirk emehl tepo'n, mo wi si 'o legohku' we'y ki s'oktop'.
    off 'O Schegep' on the shore, when he was going to make it red.

    — Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)