Yurok dictionary

'O Kneget a large sea-stack just south of the mouth of the Klamath, Flint Rock Head (a conspicuous promontory south of the mouth of the Klamath), a crag on a cliff at the north of Patrick's Point, a rock in the ocean near the mouth of Luffenholtz Creek

'O Knue'l the lowest part of the Hoopa Valley

'O Kweges sand dunes south of the mouth of Little River

'O Kwegoo a place on the trail, 2 miles south of Wilson Creek

'O Leeken a sandbar on the Klamath near Stoowen

'O Lee'eeken Lamb's Riffle

'O Legew a place on the east side of Trinidad Head

'O Lego' a place on the Klamath across from Wa's'ey

'O Le'n a sea stack south in the ocean south of Big Lagoon

'O Loowehl promontory upcoast of the mouth of the Klamath River, mouth of Terwer Creek

'O Lowehl a place on the Klamath

'O Luuep a flat area near Trinidad

'O Meee rock below Kootep on turn/bend

'O Men a town along the coast north of Rek'woy

'O Men Heepuer a village north of 'O Men

'O Men Perwerh a place south of 'O Men

'O Men 'We-Roy Wilson Creek

'O Menok a place on the Klamath, downriver from Ho'p'ew

'O Mergern Rocky Point

'O Negecheekw a camp on the hillside above the old trail, just north of Mill Creek

'O Negoo a promontory in False Klamath Cove

'O Pegeesh a beach north of 'Espew

'O Pegee' a beach north of 'Espew

'O Pegee'eeh a nearly submerged rock near Elk Point (also called 'O Pegee'eeyem')

'O Pegee'eeyem' a nearly submerged rock near Elk Point (also called 'O Pegee'eeh)

'O Pegemue' a cooking place

'O Pegoohl a place south of Chahpekw

'O Perger' the mouth of Red Cap Creek

'O Permerk a beach of blue basalt pebbles just south of Patrick's Point

'O Pkwegoo a place near 'O Men

'O Pkwegoo a place 4 miles east of Squashan Creek

'O Plegoh a Hupa town (Ta'k'yimił-diŋ "where they stir acorn mush")

'O Puue'wet' a place on the Klamath near Pekwon

'O Pyuueweg a village on the south shore of Big Lagoon

'O Regos Tucker Rock (a rock at the mouth of the Klamath River)

'O Rew a bank downstream of 'Ernr'

'O Rew a camp-site or town on Redwood Creek, about 4 miles from the coast, just before Chilula land

'O Rew a rock in Karuk territory

'O Rew confluence of Hunter's Creek and another Creek

'O Rewok a hill south of Wilson Creek

'O Ruue a meadow in the area of Sregon

'O Schegep' the boat landing at Rek'woy

'O Schegep' a reddish cliff north(west) of the mouth of the Klamath

'O Schegep' a site with house-pits somewhere north of Stone Lagoon

'O Schegep' a rock by the landing spot at Churey

'O Schegep' a beach north of 'O Segen

'O Schekwenee Wes'onah the end of the sky

'O Seeyoh a slide of mud, clay, and gravel south of 'O Segen

'O Segeesh a flat area along the Klamath near Wohkero'

'O Segen a village on the coast between 'Espew and the mouth of the Klamath

'O Segen Soh the summit above 'O Segen

'O Segen 'We-Roy a creek at 'O Segen

'O Segenuuem' a place on the sand bar near Stone Lagoon

'O Serperh Butler Creek

'O Shyergerysh near Elk Point, "a sea rock, with two points"

'O Skerweech a home site on the Klamath upriver from Merip, across from Woketel

'O Slegoych a place where a trail descends, a declivity

'O Slookw a site on the northeast shore of Big Lagoon

'O Slookw a place one mile up the Trinity from Weitchpec

'O Suuekwehl a rock on the shore just north of Big Lagoon

'O Swergert a snaring place south of the southern Del Norte County line

'O Tegah cliff near Squashan Creek

'O Teguuekw a flat rock near Pekwon on the south side of the Klamath

'O Tergerp a creek near False Klamath Cove

'O Tkerr a resting place on the trail north of Mill Creek

'O Tlep place on Redwood Creek where there was a dam

'O Tlepew place in Chulula country

'O Tlew a place where a little creek falls all the way to the beach, north of Squashan Creek

'O Tlew a place where there is a small waterfall, north of Elk Point

'O Tmekwor a village at the north end of Redwood Lagoon

'O Tohpew a natural archway under Krrnit 'Wo-'O'l (Little Trinidad Head)

'O Tuuer Cleveland Riffle

'O Twegoh a draw upriver from Welhkwew, at the mouth of the Klamath

'O Twego' a place where a canoe could go through at high tide

'O Twego' 'We-Roy a creek

'O Wa'ar a sea stack at Rocky Point

'O Wegehl an acorn ground up Wilson Creek

'O Weyek a point where the cliffs get low at the south end of Big Lagoon

'O Yoh a hillside north of Wilson Creek

'Ohpoh flat land by Ahpah Creek

'Ohtar village on the north side of the Klamath

'Omeemos 'Wer-Nerh a large hill north of 'O Segen where the old trail went

'Oohl 'O Chyuue a cliff overlooking the Klamath River

'Oolekw acorn grounds on the Klamath, across from Heyomew

'O'lehl a home site across from Kenek

'O'rekw mouth of Redwood Creek, a village to the south of Redwood Lagoon (Orick)

'O'rekw 'We-Roy

'U-Kwewon the beach between Trinidad Head and Little Trinidad Head

'Uemewoo Hunter's Creek or one of its branches

'Uep'erhserh Upper Island, an island in the Klamath River mouth

'Ues'aamey hill at the southwest corner of Freshwater Lagoon

'Wahcheroh formerly a lake on the beach, where it was said a man-eating snake lived

'Yoch Legaay a ridge above 'O Men 'We-Roy

'Yoch 'O Kegey a place on the sand barrier between Freshwater Lagoon and the ocean

Dictionary entry

'O'rekw 'We-Roy • pn • Redwood Creek

Lexicon record # 4384 | Source reference(s): CW(JPH0080)
Semantic domain: place names
Derivation: literally, "Orick creek" ('O'rekw "mouth of Redwood Creek", roy "flow")