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Broader semantic domain: mammals

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

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chego'onep' four-point buck

chekas

hlkrhlkrpich spotted fawn

kepchenish fawn

kwegeru'r pig, hog

meruh chego'onep' five-point buck

mewihl elk

mewihl 'we-s'ech elk horn

mulah horse

musmus cow, bull, cattle

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

pegihl musmus bull

ponchech gray deer, white deerskin

ponches white deer

puuk deer, deer meat

puuktek deer

shiip sheep

s'echoh horn, horns, wedge

tohsoh doe

Dictionary entry

chekas • n • donkey

Lexicon record # 44 | Source reference: FS(B198)
Semantic domain: hoofed mammals
Derivation: borrowed from English jackass

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Kwesi yok suwi eyk 'eketkweli' ku 'we-nah ku ka'ar chekas nekah ho soo hi' tu' witi' 'eketkweli'.
    And his donkey was tied up there with him.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  2. Ku wi' 'o key ku nah chekas skeli kich lechi'.
    The donkey standing there had fallen down.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  3. 'O noonoo laa pey, Kwelekw kich tmoolok' ku k'e-nah ku k'e-chekas.
    ... I shot your donkey.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)