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Broader semantic domain: mammals

Related semantic domain(s): rabbits and hares, squirrels and chipmunks, larger carnivores, hoofed mammals, mice and rats, miscellaneous small mammals, aquatic mammals

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chorime'w "the name of the beaver in a myth"

heyomus skunk

krychrgrh braid one's hair, mink

krychrhl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

le'go'

megesik weasel

megrsik weasel

nekwel porcupine

nepe'wishneg otter

tegi'n porcupine, porcupine quill, yellow moss for dying basket materials, anything yellow, canary

teguuk dive, play like a beaver, beaver

tesir beaver

twegoh raccoon

wehlkem groundhog

wohpunika' sea otter

'wahchehl civet cat

Dictionary entry

le'go' • n • fisher (Martes pennanti)

Lexicon record # 1418 | Source references: WG(WEM274) R216 JE55 JE172 YLCB118
Semantic domain: miscellaneous medium-sized mammals

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Kohchewok' le'go'.
    I caught a fisher.

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    — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)

  2. Le'go'.
    Fisher.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 31: "Animals" (GT3-31, 2003)