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hlke'-mah ladder, stepping stones

kehl-kem red clay, floor

kep-'ehl there is a housepit, hole in a tree, hole in the ground, housepit

kep-'ohl a hollow, a space, clearing, house pit

kes-keehl lower side, woodshed anteroom

kwe-no-met part of a sweathouse, big door of a sweathouse, "the exit and ventilator", "the place to the left of the exit, likely to be occupied by the 'owner'"

le-gaa'y doorway, trail, path, retreat, a place where someone or something passes through, the place by the entrance door in the sweathouse

le-gep-'ew storage place

lekw-soo small door of a sweathouse, exit hole, space in front of the door

le'-wehl house used at the making of the Fish Dam at Kepel

mec-hlaa something fire goes through, chimney, stove pipe, fireplace

mehl-kue 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.", "a place in the sweathouse, the corner farthest from both entrance and exit ... There is always a floor of smooth planks or stone slabs."

me-kwa'r menstrual hut

ner-ger-nerhl the interior part of a dwelling-place or sweathouse

per-kwery hills, the back of a house, the rear part of a house

raahl-kah build up, roof, dam, stepping stones

re-kwo'm part of the roof

re-poh doorway

re-pokw doorway, porch, front porch

sluuek'-woh space at the foot of the sweathouse ladder

so'ch-'eek roof, ceiling

te-po-lehl post of a sweathouse, "the place in the sweathouse opposite the exit, and the place of honor", middle (of a sweathouse, a valley, etc.)

tye'-wo-mehl corner (in the back of the house)

wa-'aw floor

wa-'a-wor floor

wohl-kekw roof

'ee-'ee'-gah dining room, table

'er'-gerrch sweathouse

'er'-gerrk sweathouse, prayer house

'o'-lehl house, home

'o'-lehl he-goh house builder

'o'-lehl 'we-soh-chee roof

'o'-lep house, inside of house

'o'-lo-mah house, enter!, come in!

'o'-lo-mehl house