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tmook' I shoot
ma'ah spear, spear, salmon harpoon pole, up to 16 feet long
kertkek' I go trout fishing, I go fishing with pole
k'ookwsok' I cut up, I split (fish, etc.), I cut into pieces, I dress fish or game
lewetek' I fish with a net, I set a net
ma'ahskehl spear
ma'ahskek' I spear, I go spear fishing
rohseemek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon
tmoolok' I shoot
'erkerh fish with a net, fishing net
lewet net, fish net, salmon net
smechoy
rorowenek' I fish, I hunt, I fish with hook for eels, I gather (e.g. clams)
sraach' tanned skin, quiver
ma'ahskuemek' I spear
merner'skwery pull the skin off a fish
lemolok' I hook eels
loogeen fish weir, fish dam, the Fish Dam at Kepel
merueh chego'onep' five-point buck
ner'wkwert arrow
tregepah fish with a dip net, fish with a triangle net
wesomot bow (for arrows)
chego'onep' four-point buck
chekcheen salmon trap
cheskew scoop net for candlefish
cheskewehl plunge net for small fish (scooped downward at high water)
chowon seine net, eel net, dip net, lamprey net
chowonek' I fish with a seine net
chow' fish with seine net from rocks
cherwerner' large fishing net
hehlkue 'we-rego'oh gill net
ho'neet bait, lure
ho'nk'et bait, lure
knetken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge
knetknet arrowhead, cartridge
knewetek' I fish with a net
kert trout fishing pole
kertkerhl trout fishing pole
kuereesh the end of a net, the point of a V-shaped mark, used for calendar keeping, made in a slate slab in the
floor of a sweat-house
lem hook eels
lemolohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels
lemolo'ohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels
loo fish weir, fish dam
luue' fish with a net, set a net
ma'ahskeemek' I spear
nega' surf-fish net, triangle net
nego'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck
nerhcherr' fishhook
ner' snare
ner'ermerh snare
ner'ermers snare, a trigger snare
ner'ermert deer meat, venison
ner'ermertek' I snare
ner'erpek' I trap
ner'ers trap
ner'ersek' I trap
pa'ahpetew bowstring
peskoh spear, fish spear, three piece toggle head for catching salmon
pla's stick for measuring meshes of a net
rekeweech fish for trout with two lines
smechok' I make supple, I tan, I split (sugar pine nuts)
smohtar' bow (for arrows)
tomsewok' I catch a lot (while hunting or fishing)
tregepa' dip net
tregepetek' I fish with a dip net
'luemon eel trap, eel basket
'orpet duck blind
'uemyo' fish dam, tail end of fishing net
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)