béhlakw
(Redirected from melak)
Wiyot edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from or related to Chinook Jargon moolock, múlak (“elk”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
béhlakw
Declension edit
| Possessive declension of béhlakw (alienable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unpossessed | First-person | Second-person | Third-person | Indefinite person |
| béhlakw | duhméhlakw | khuhméhlakw | huhméhlakwahl | huhméhlakwik |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- 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)