Yurok dictionary
Your search: semantic domain miscellaneous medium-sized mammals
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Broader semantic domain: mammals
Related semantic domain(s):
rabbits and hares, squirrels and chipmunks, larger carnivores, hoofed mammals, mice and rats, miscellaneous small mammals, aquatic mammals
Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic
Dictionary entry
nepe'weeshneg • n • otter (river otter, Lontra canadensis) • Variant
nepueyshneg
Lexicon record # 2135 | Source references: WG(WEM274) R229 JE98
Semantic
domain: miscellaneous medium-sized mammals
Derivation: literally, "fish eater" (nepe'weesh "fish (generic)", nepek' "I eat")
Short recordings (4)
| Sentence examples
(9)
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nepe'weeshneg "otter" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)
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nepe'weeshneg "otter" (spoken by Jimmie James)
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nepe'weeshneg "otter" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)
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nepueyshneg "otter" (spoken by Glenn Moore)