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Poykoh 'O Lep

Dictionary entry

Poykoh 'O Leppn • a knoll just north of Big Lagoon

Lexicon record # 2654 | Source reference(s): YG:I17
Semantic domain: place names
Derivation: literally, "where a flat basket lies" (poykoh "flat basket")

Geographical story

  • YG265 • "Chicken-hawk, Krrnit, left Trinidad with his wife, and started on a journey. At this point a rainstorm came up, and they covered themselves with a flat basket. This utensil is still seen, in the form of a dome of rock."