Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

smechoy • vn • skin a large animal • n • 1 tanned deerskin 2 man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer

Lexicon record # 3182 | Source references: FS(B215) R249 JE41 FS(B215)
Semantic domains: clothes and cloth objects; hunting and fishing

Sentence examples (4)

1. 'O na'an' hlom', tue' smechoy weesh 'ue-mehl hlook'.
   Then he brought two, and deerskins were what he brought.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

2. Hela' wey' k'e-smechoy; k'e-to' kee laay'.
   Here is your deerskin; it must pass around your hips.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

3. Kel' cho kenuemee sonowom', 'emkee kwelekw kuey' 'ue-pahtuen kue k'e-smechoy kue k'e-nekomewet kee so 'okw', kue 'ue-werhl k'e-kesomewet kee so 'okw', 'emsee k'e-roowo's kwelekw nuemee k'e-yaahl kee 'okw'.
   You do just as I do, and then the neck of your deerskin will be on your right, and its tail will be on your left, and your pipe will be right over your belly.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

4. 'U-pahtuen kue k'e-smechoy kue k'e-kesomewet kee so 'okw'.
   The neck of your deerskin is to lie on your left.

   — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)