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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
kertkek' I go trout fishing, I go fishing with 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
k'ookwsok' I cut up, I split (fish, etc.), I cut into pieces, I dress fish or game
lem hook eels
lemolohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels
lemolok' I hook eels
lemolo'ohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels
lewet net, fish net, salmon net
lewetek' I fish with a net, I set a net
loo fish weir, fish dam
loogeen fish weir, fish dam, the Fish Dam at Kepel
luue' fish with a net, set a net
ma'ah spear, spear, salmon harpoon pole, up to 16 feet long
ma'ahskehl spear
ma'ahskek' I spear, I go spear fishing
ma'ahskeemek' I spear
ma'ahskuemek' I spear
merueh chego'onep'
merner'skwery pull the skin off a fish
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
ner'wkwert arrow
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
rohseemek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon
rorowenek' I fish, I hunt, I fish with hook for eels, I gather (e.g. clams)
smechok' I make supple, I tan, I split (sugar pine nuts)
smechoy skin a large animal, tanned deerskin, man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer
smohtar' bow (for arrows)
sraach' tanned skin, quiver
tmook' I shoot
tmoolok' I shoot
tomsewok' I catch a lot (while hunting or fishing)
tregepah fish with a dip net, fish with a triangle net
tregepa' dip net
tregepetek' I fish with a dip net
wesomot bow (for arrows)
'luemon eel trap, eel basket
'orpet duck blind
'erkerh fish with a net, fishing net
'uemyo' fish dam, tail end of fishing net
Dictionary entry
merueh chego'onep' • np • five-point buck
Lexicon record # 1721 | Source reference: R222
Semantic
domains: hunting and fishing; hoofed mammals
Sentence example
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Merueh chego'onep puuek 'ue-'wers weeshtue' 'ue-ka'.
The hide of a five-point deer was his blanket.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)