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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

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

chue-rey mountain

kaa-mo-pee' rough water, rapids

kerr-cherh mountain ridge

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

key-yo-mop' it's a whirlpool

key-yo-wey-yues entrance from the ocean into a lagoon

klew waterfall

mer-kwerhl mountain, peak, hill

neek-'ehl end of a beach

nue-'ueh-perk fork, of a stream or a trail

nue-'ueh-pery double creek, two creeks coming together

pa-'aahl 'o-lo-new hlkehl island

peesh-kaahl ocean, sea

peesh-kah salt, sea, ocean

pekw-tehl island

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

raak creek

re-chah mountain ridge

rek'-woy river mouth

ro-'oh-pee' cliff, anything inanimate standing (rocks, trees, etc.)

se-po-lah valley, field, prairie

se-po-lek valley, field, prairie

se-po-rah small valley, small clearing

smes-me-mohl break up, slide (of mountainside), landslide, ravine

tee-kwoh cove, gap in mountain

tee-kwohl there is a canyon, there is a low gap

tee-kwo'l canyon

te-wol Pacific Ocean seaside, ocean, Pacific coast

te-wo-lew ocean, coast, Pacific coast, toward the ocean side

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

t'laa-kuehl cliff, steep cliff

t'laa-so' cliff, drop off

t'le-wo-luehl drip, waterfall

t'ohl-t'ohl mud, swampy ground

woh-pee island

woo-gehl tall mountain

'o hlmey-yehl a scary place

'ue-me'-woo river