keyohke•yohᗸᘏᑋNterritory, village, trapline

    

Possessed Forms:

1s skeyoh 1p nekeyoh
2s nkeyoh 2p nahkeyoh
3s bukeyoh 3p hubukeyoh
ref dukeyoh recip
djr yukeyoh pdjr huikeyoh
Areal hukweyoh ind

Etymology: ‟beneath the feet”, that is, the area one regularly walks over. This is not so obvious in Carrier, which has lost yoh with the meaning ‟beneath”, but is made clear by cognates in related languages, e.g. Sekani keyih, Denaina qayeh, Atna qayax and Navajo kéyah.


Related Words:   Government   Land, Landforms, Rocks and Soils   Trapping


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