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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

chepue'r be steep (of water), a little waterfall, a small dam in a creek

chuerey mountain

kaamopee' rough water, rapids

kerrcherh mountain ridge

ket'oh there is a lagoon, body of still water, lake, lagoon

keyomop' it's a whirlpool

keyoweyues entrance from the ocean into a lagoon

klew waterfall

merkwerhl mountain, peak, hill

neek'ehl end of a beach

nue'uehperk fork, of a stream or a trail

nue'uehpery double creek, two creeks coming together

pa'aahl 'olonew hlkehl island

peeshkaahl ocean, sea

peeshkah salt, sea, ocean

pekwtehl island

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

raak creek

rechah mountain ridge

rek'woy river mouth

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

sepolah

sepolek valley, field, prairie

seporah small valley, small clearing

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

teekwoh cove, gap in mountain

teekwohl there is a canyon, there is a low gap

teekwo'l canyon

tewol Pacific Ocean seaside, ocean, Pacific coast

tewolew ocean, coast, Pacific coast, toward the ocean side

tue'neryk' there's a fork in a river

t'laakuehl cliff, steep cliff

t'laaso' cliff, drop off

t'lewoluehl drip, waterfall

t'ohlt'ohl mud, swampy ground

wohpee island

woogehl tall mountain

'o hlmeyehl a scary place

'ueme'woo river