Yurok dictionary

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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

Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic

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chahkwoh pants, trousers

chohchoh apron, skirt

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

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

ch'wona' coat

haamuer pendant worn in mourning

heemar 'we-chah underwear

heemar 'wo-'oy underwear

ka'anoh blanket

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

kekwsah apron of bark

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

kreychoh hair ties

kerhl earring

kery braids, hair wraps, hair tie, two braids

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

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

muen dress

muenchehl ceremonial dress, dance dress

muenchoh dress

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

myootelek' I am pushed, I am shoved

nohchuer bone hairpin

noy shoe

no'ohpeeet belt

no'oy shoe, shoes

no'oyek' I have shoes on

pah legaa scarf

perkwcheehl headdress with feathers

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

permeryerh 'we-'ekah rain hat

puercheehl brush dance cap

regey ceremonial headdress

rekwetoy scarf

renek' it fits me (clothing, etc.)

seksah small shell used on dresses

skego'oh sail, cloth, sail, rag

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

skeryterkw' woman's dress

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

slekwoh shirt

slekwohpeyek' I put a shirt on

slekwohsom'

slekwslekw clothes

slekwslekwoh dress oneself, clothes

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

srahkwoh loincloth

srekw ring

srek'wahpeeet breechcloth

srek'wepeeet diaper

serp headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance

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

'ekah hat, cap

'ekar' necklace

'onches bracelet

'oohl 'we-'ekah Indian cap

'werhperyerh basket cap for everyday use, full cap

Dictionary entry

slekwohsom'vi • s/he dresses someone

Lexicon record # 3143 | Source reference: JE44
Semantic domain: clothes and cloth objects
Derivation: morphological structure slekw-ohs-oo-