Yurok dictionary
Your search: semantic domain bugs and insects
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency
Broader semantic domain: animals
Related semantic domain(s):
birds, fish and sea life, mammals, snakes and slimy animals
Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic
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cheycheyes mosquito
chohkeeks gnat
chohpos fly (insect)
chorek'week nee 'werrp moth
ch'eeeyo' locust, cricket
harpuech ant
huepuepos a big black bug, stinkbug, tumblebug
kerhlkerh segon scorpion
kerkernerweech daddy longlegs
k'erosegon scorpion
lo'leephl sting of insect, fang of snake
mohkoh head louse, head lice
mo'lekws moth
nohpet'ekws
nosonos tick (insect)
pa'aahl 'werrp' dragonfly
puelews daddy longlegs
pue'nos tumble bug
saa'agoch seaweed bug
sa'ahl 'ue-'werrp' miller moth
skerweech craftsman, a woman who makes fine designs, fine work, centipede
tegey' flea
tohtar' grasshopper
tohtonos beetle
tohtor' grasshopper
terperkws acorn worm, bug holes in acorn shell
terwermers bee, yellowjacket
terwerr locust
wo'kegep cricket
werchpeet larva of the Jerusalem cricket, a mythological character
werr body louse
wertpeet Jerusalem cricket
'wech louse egg, nits
'wechken louse eggs, nits, mites
'wes spider
'wes 'wr-ner' spider web
'werrp' butterfly
'yekwhl maggot, worm
Dictionary entry
nohpet'ekws • n • 1 dry-salmon maggot or beetle • black bug • weevil 2 stranger [first timers at the Kewet Jump Dance are called this]
Lexicon record # 2193 | Source references: RS(ALK1939:2:11) R230 JE19 JE189 FS(WB:FS28) RS(ALK1939:2:11)
Semantic
domains: bugs and insects; people; ceremonies and dances
Sentence example
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Nohpet'ekws.
Fish bugs. (get into dried fish, a maggot?)
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 31: "Animals"
(GT3-31,
2003)
