béhlakw

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Wiyot

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Béhlakw.

Etymology

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Possibly from or related to Chinook Jargon moolock, múlak (elk).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /βéʔlakʷ/
  • Hyphenation: béh‧lakw

Noun

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béhlakw

  1. elk, moose

Declension

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Possessive declension of béhlakw (alienable)
Unpossessed First-person Second-person Third-person Indefinite person
béhlakw duhméhlakw khuhméhlakw huhméhlakwahl huhméhlakwik

Derived terms

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References

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  • Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 80
  • George Gibbs (1863) A Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon: Or, the Trade Language of Oregon
  • Anthony Grant (1996) “Chinook Jargon and its distribution”, in Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, →ISBN (which cites Teeter–Nichols 1993)