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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'ahskehl • n • spear
Lexicon record # 1592 | Source reference: R219
Semantic
domain: hunting and fishing
Sentence examples
(8)
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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)
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Kwelekw wee' keech 'oyhl k'ee ma'ahskehl.
The spear is lying here.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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'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)
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'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)
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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)