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Broader semantic domain: man-made objects

Related semantic domain(s): baskets and basket making, boats and boating, clothes and cloth objects, houses and parts of houses, tools and implements

Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic

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chegeyoh small knife, pocket knife

cheek'war chair, stool

chpeesher'erhl mirror, window, glass

hegon spoon, scraper

hooloh rohkuet basketball

keromekeenohl key

keromoh turn round (of a wheel, etc., intr.), vehicle, car, automobile

keemolenee hooloh waste basket

knetken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge

kergerserh musket

kerker'werk cheek'war rocking chair

kue wa'aw mehl meguehlsonee mop

kwerhl image, picture, shadow, doll, movie

mehl 'e'ga' mehl muehlsonee eraser

muech ro' automobile, car, vehicle

neeneechoy' saw (tool)

nerhserper' shave (trans.), shave oneself, razor

pegem knife

pegemeep wire, iron, steel, metal, sharp stone or hard wood used for making knives

pehlpel' matches

poykoh flat basket, pan, pot

perhserh

perkerm' club, jar

raas rice

sar glue, chewing gum

sarkew glue, pitchy substance from pine trees used for glue and for chewing gum, chewing gum

sleryhl handkerchief

sme'ruehl scissors

tekwonekws 'ue-kwerhl television

tkek'war' pot

tkek'wel' pot, pan, kettle

weeel wheel

'ahtemar write, draw, make basket designs, marking on baskets, paper, writing, drawing, book, newspaper

'ee'ee'gah dining room, table

'o chweeegeen place in the mountains where one regularly sits and prays, telephone

Dictionary entry

perhserhn • rifle, gun

Lexicon record # 2671 | Source references: R240 JE64 JE112
Semantic domain: modern things

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  1. perhserh "gun" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  2. perhserh "pistol" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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