béhlakw

Wiyot

Béhlakw.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

béhlakw

1. elk, moose

Declension

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

Derived terms

• béhlakwahl

References

• 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)