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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' s/he dresses someone
slekwslekw clothes
slekwslekwoh dress oneself, clothes
smechoy
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
smechoy • vn • skin a large animal • n • 1 tanned deerskin 2 man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer
Lexicon record # 3182 | Source references: FS(B215) R249 JE41 FS(B215)
Semantic
domains: clothes and cloth objects; hunting and fishing
Sentence examples
(4)
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'O na'an' hlom', tue' smechoy weesh 'ue-mehl hlook'.
Then he brought two, and deerskins were what he brought.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Hela' wey' k'e-smechoy; k'e-to' kee laay'.
Here is your deerskin; it must pass around your hips.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Kel' cho kenuemee sonowom', 'emkee kwelekw kuey' 'ue-pahtuen kue k'e-smechoy kue k'e-nekomewet kee so 'okw', kue 'ue-werhl k'e-kesomewet kee so 'okw', 'emsee k'e-roowo's kwelekw nuemee k'e-yaahl kee 'okw'.
You do just as I do, and then the neck of your deerskin will be on
your right, and its tail will be on your left, and your pipe will be
right over your belly.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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'U-pahtuen kue k'e-smechoy kue k'e-kesomewet kee so 'okw'.
The neck of your deerskin is to lie on your left.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)