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tmook' I shoot

ma'ah spear, spear, salmon harpoon pole, up to 16 feet long

kertkek' I go trout fishing, I go fishing with pole

k'ookwsok' I cut up, I split (fish, etc.), I cut into pieces, I dress fish or game

lewetek' I fish with a net, I set a net

ma'ahskehl

ma'ahskek' I spear, I go spear fishing

rohseemek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon

tmoolok' I shoot

'erkerh fish with a net, fishing net

lewet net, fish net, salmon net

smechoy skin a large animal, tanned deerskin, man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer

rorowenek' I fish, I hunt, I fish with hook for eels, I gather (e.g. clams)

sraach' tanned skin, quiver

ma'ahskuemek' I spear

merner'skwery pull the skin off a fish

lemolok' I hook eels

loogeen fish weir, fish dam, the Fish Dam at Kepel

merueh chego'onep' five-point buck

ner'wkwert arrow

tregepah fish with a dip net, fish with a triangle net

wesomot bow (for arrows)

chego'onep' four-point buck

chekcheen salmon trap

cheskew scoop net for candlefish

cheskewehl plunge net for small fish (scooped downward at high water)

chowon seine net, eel net, dip net, lamprey net

chowonek' I fish with a seine net

chow' fish with seine net from rocks

cherwerner' large fishing net

hehlkue 'we-rego'oh gill net

ho'neet bait, lure

ho'nk'et bait, lure

knetken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge

knetknet arrowhead, cartridge

knewetek' I fish with a net

kert trout fishing pole

kertkerhl trout fishing pole

kuereesh the end of a net, the point of a V-shaped mark, used for calendar keeping, made in a slate slab in the floor of a sweat-house

lem hook eels

lemolohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels

lemolo'ohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels

loo fish weir, fish dam

luue' fish with a net, set a net

ma'ahskeemek' I spear

nega' surf-fish net, triangle net

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

nerhcherr' fishhook

ner' snare

ner'ermerh snare

ner'ermers snare, a trigger snare

ner'ermert deer meat, venison

ner'ermertek' I snare

ner'erpek' I trap

ner'ers trap

ner'ersek' I trap

pa'ahpetew bowstring

peskoh spear, fish spear, three piece toggle head for catching salmon

pla's stick for measuring meshes of a net

rekeweech fish for trout with two lines

smechok' I make supple, I tan, I split (sugar pine nuts)

smohtar' bow (for arrows)

tomsewok' I catch a lot (while hunting or fishing)

tregepa' dip net

tregepetek' I fish with a dip net

'luemon eel trap, eel basket

'orpet duck blind

'uemyo' fish dam, tail end of fishing net

Dictionary entry

ma'ahskehln • spear

Lexicon record # 1592 | Source reference: R219
Semantic domain: hunting and fishing

Sentence examples (8)

  1. Che'mekw keech 'o huemonepehl, noohl 'o gam' kue meweemor, Nek kue hlook' kue ma'ahskehl; keech 'ee 'we-son kee 'n-egoo'loh; nek kue hlook' kue k'e-ka'.
    They warmed themselves a little, and then the old man said, I will fetch the spear; now we are ready to go; I will bring your blanket.

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

  2. Kwelekw wee' keech 'oyhl k'ee ma'ahskehl.
    The spear is lying here.

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

  3. Noohl kue 'ne-psech woneeks 'o son' ma'ahskehl, noohl puelekws 'o newom' kyue' nee 'ue-ko'oh kol' 'we-so'nk'enuuem'.
    Then my father picked up the spear, and he saw people standing at the mouth of the river fishing.

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

  4. Noohl 'o mene'mehl so heer, noohl 'o ko hlom' kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl kue meweemor reeek'ew 'eekee laay' so puelekw.
    Then the men went away from the water, and the old man took his spear and went down to the river mouth along the shore.

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

  5. Noohl 'o kwomhlechol' kue meweemor, skelee 'ap nek' kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl, weeshtue' 'ap 'o key kue 'ne-psech 'o key.
    Then the old man went back and put down his spear, and sat down where my father was sitting.

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

  6. 'O ko hlom' kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl yue's 'o sootol' kue weno'omor' kue nepuey.
    He took his spear and went over to where the salmon was coming in.

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

  7. 'O choona'mee kolo 'we-rohseemek', kue merueh 'we-chee woneek soon' kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl 'eekee 'ue-ma'ahskek'.
    After making as if to spear it four times, the fifth time he lifted up his spear and then speared it.

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

  8. Kue hehlkue keech 'o soononee, noohl nows 'o nek' kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl.
    When the salmon had been lifted out of the water, he put down his spear.

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