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Broader semantic domain: animals

Related semantic domain(s): birds, bugs and insects, fish and sea life, snakes and slimy animals

More specific semantic domains: rabbits and hares, squirrels and chipmunks, miscellaneous medium-sized mammals, larger carnivores, hoofed mammals, mice and rats, miscellaneous small mammals, aquatic mammals

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ch'ishah dog

segep coyote

puuk deer, deer meat

negenich mouse, bastard child

twegoh raccoon

chyr'r'y black bear

mewihl elk

megokw dog, barking dog

kwegeru'r pig, hog

nepe'wishneg otter

pusi cat, house cat

wrgrs fox

'echkwoh sea lion

mulah horse

nikwech grizzly bear

heyomus skunk

keget panther, puma, mountain lion

pemey grease, cooking fat, oil, liquid fat, blubber

chekas donkey

hlkelikra' shrew, mole

hrk'wrh cottontail rabbit, bunny rabbit

skoyom bat (animal)

'wahchehl civet cat

chmuuk wild cat, bobcat

le'go' fisher

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

chkweges hair seal

hegoyekw pine squirrel, flying squirrel

hekwsa' whale

karkehl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

kegor porpoise

kepchenish fawn

kwechoyekw ground squirrel

megesik weasel

meruh chego'onep' five-point buck

musmus cow, bull, cattle

nekwel porcupine

pli'wes gray squirrel

ponchech gray deer, white deerskin

smechken chipmunk

tesir beaver

trgrs rat

tuuup flying squirrel

wentokws female (animal or bird)

wrych'rks puppy

'rhlkrh female dog, bitch

chego'onep' four-point buck

chmegok coyote

chorime'w

chulu ni negenich jumping mouse

hekwsa' 'u-mr'rx baleen

hlkrhlkrpich spotted fawn

hotmon baby rabbit

Hup'oo ni hrk'wrh jackrabbit

krychrgrh braid one's hair, mink

krychrhl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

kyeseks gopher

kyosekws gopher

lepchoh fur

megrsik weasel

mewihl 'we-s'ech elk horn

mr'rh skin, hide, fur of animal

nego'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck

noykwos shrew

pegihl musmus bull

pe'wish lake porpoise

ponches white deer

prgr'm seal

puuktek deer

shiip sheep

skelikra' gopher

s'echoh horn, horns, wedge

teguuk dive, play like a beaver, beaver

tohsoh doe

wehlkem groundhog

wohpunika' sea otter

wrych'rk puppy

'lepsoyhl nap of fur or fabric

'lepsun down

'wrhlkr'ishneg wolf

Dictionary entry

chorime'wn • "the name of the beaver in a myth"

Lexicon record # 209 | Source reference: FS(B199)
Semantic domain: miscellaneous medium-sized mammals