Keyoh

Keyoh

Keyoh is a Dakelh word meaning "Family Territory". It may be translated as"where we make our living".

Source: Fraser-Fort George Regional Museum ( [http://www.theexplorationplace.com/] ) First Nations Gallery

It is also the name of one of the student residence halls at UNBC.UNBC defines Keyoh as "our community", and Neyoh, the name of another hall, as "our home" [http://www.unbc.ca/about/campus/residence.html]

William Poser, in "Noun Classification in Carrier" [http://www.billposer.org/Papers/nclass.pdf] , gives "yoh" as "house", "neyoh" as "our-house", and "keyoh" as "village"


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