Yurok dictionary

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chek'-wehl

Dictionary entry

chek'-wehln • 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

Lexicon record # 55 | Source reference(s): YM381 FS(B198)
Semantic domains: ceremonies and dances; landscape