melak

See also: mēļāk

Wiyot

Etymology

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

Noun

melak

  1. deer, elk

References

  • Anthony Grant, Chinook Jargon and its distribution, in the Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific (which cites Gibbs 1863 and Teeter–Nichols 1993)
  • George Gibbs, A Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon: Or, the Trade Language of Oregon (1863)
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