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Broader semantic domain: man-made objects

Related semantic domain(s): baskets and basket making, boats and boating, houses and parts of houses, modern things, tools and implements

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myootek' I push, I put on (clothes, shoes)

'ekah hat, cap

skeryterkw' woman's dress

ka'an' deerhide blanket with hair on it, blanket, deerskin wrap (in the Jump Dance)

ch'wona' coat

no'oyek' I have shoes on

no'oy shoe, shoes

slekwohpeyek' I put a shirt on

slekwoh shirt

smechoy skin a large animal, tanned deerskin, man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer

chahkwoh pants, trousers

kery braids, hair wraps, hair tie, two braids

skego'oh sail, cloth, sail, rag

cherwernerh "a network headdress falling down the nape and back", long close-woven headdress, head netting

ma'ak head rings, "a stuffed ring of deerskin with three or four of the scarlet [woodpecker] scalps sewn on", "head rings with woodpecker on them", head roll

mewore'ween towel

muenchehl ceremonial dress, dance dress

renek' it fits me (clothing, etc.)

skoy buckskin, strip of buckskin, leather, deerskin, elk hide

srahkwoh loincloth

srekw ring

serp headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance

'ekar' necklace

chohchoh apron, skirt

chopeley' short blanket coat, baby's rabbit skin blanket

haamuer pendant worn in mourning

heemar 'we-chah underwear

heemar 'wo-'oy underwear

ka'anoh blanket

kekwsah apron of bark

kohcheneesh large tanned deerskin used for blankets or dresses (larger than smechoy)

kreychoh hair ties

kerhl earring

lepom' headband "worn by the woman formulist in the Brush Dance ... normally made of ordinary feathers", doctor's forehead band of condor ruff

muen dress

muenchoh dress

myootelek' I am pushed, I am shoved

nohchuer bone hairpin

noy shoe

no'ohpeeet belt

pah legaa scarf

perkwcheehl headdress with feathers

permeryerh 'we-ch'wona' raincoat, waterproof coat

permeryerh 'we-'ekah

puercheehl brush dance cap

regey ceremonial headdress

rekwetoy scarf

seksah small shell used on dresses

skeryterk'werlek' I dress myself (of a woman)

slekwohsom' s/he dresses someone

slekwslekw clothes

slekwslekwoh dress oneself, clothes

srek'wahpeeet breechcloth

srek'wepeeet diaper

serperyer' headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance

swechoh tear, yard (measure, of cloth)

te'rekws 'ue-son thimble

tkwep' 'ue-meehl 'we-chahkwoh shorts, short pants

t'weyomah basket cap

'onches bracelet

'oohl 'we-'ekah Indian cap

'werhperyerh basket cap for everyday use, full cap

Dictionary entry

permeryerh 'we-'ekahnp • rain hat

Lexicon record # 2694 | Source reference: JE109
Semantic domain: clothes and cloth objects