Dictionary entry
mehlkue • n • 1 part of a Yurok house: "the peripheral part ... at ground level, as contrasted with the sunken center ... It is usually pretty well filled with large food-storage baskets." 2 "a place in the sweathouse, the corner farthest from both entrance and exit ... There is always a floor of smooth planks or stone slabs."
Lexicon record # 1678 | Source reference(s):
YM219 YM392 YM470 YM250 YM346 HIC82 FS(B206)
Semantic
domain: houses and parts of houses