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charkoo dried fish head, gills
chechekw fin of fish, bone of fish, small fish bones
chegel' seaweed, edible seaweed, sea lettuce, Porphyra, wide summer seaweed
cheguen fallfish, king salmon
chek'or periwinkle
chenoh red cod
chkwohl steelhead
chperger' razor clam
hehlkuesleg live surf fish, smelt
hekwol' butter clam
hekwol' son' oyster
heweeyem' dentalium shell, 2 inch
hewoy surf fish
hlpergerp' flounder
herrner' barnacle
kaames evil water creature, shark
kahkah sturgeon
keges dried surf fish
keptoh horseneck clam, Washington clam
ke'ween eel
knewolek sea serpent
koyaakw' starfish
ko'ses crab
kergerpeehl dentalium shell, 2 1/2 inch
kerhkerh small turtle
kerhlkerh small turtle, crab
kuernkuern the inside of a salmon's head, gristle in salmon's head
kwo'ror' candlefish
kwerrmeech black chiton, poor man's abalone, soft-shelled abalone, China slipper
lekeeta' backbone (of fish), spine (of fish)
lohtuen lingcod, snapper
mekwchoh sea snail
meskwerek the poisonous entrails of an eel
metkoh gumboot chiton, poor man's abalone, soft-shelled abalone, China slipper
me'woo a fish (sp.)
meeeks raag back string of an eel or sturgeon
mokwchech nightfish
merner's fish skin
mer'lues a small bony river fish, sucker fish
mer'erx gills
neneepekw' sucker fish
neneepuech' sucker fish
nepe'weesh fish (generic)
nepe'woo the first salmon to run (up the Klamath river), a variety of fish, different kinds of fish
nepuey salmon
nospew skate, a mythological character
nerrgr barnacles
paamew octopus
paamoh kelp (seaweed)
paamues octopus
peeshkaahl nee ha'aag 'ue-mep'o sea moss type
peeshkaahl nee kem' seafood
peeshkaahl nee regook sea trout
peeshkaahl 'o koh seafood
peeshka'eek nee ke'ween moray eel
peesh'on scale of fish
pee'eeh mussel
pee'eeyers fresh-water clam, razor clam
perger'erh sea boots (a sea creature)
perrnekeesh dead eel in water
per'erk dried mussel
regok trout, "sometimes translated trout and sometimes minnows"
rohtuen bullhead (fish)
sa'ro' sea anemone
sech dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets
sechkes dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets
seksoh shell of any shellfish, sea shell
sekwsew quahog clam
sloyhl dried eel
smegech white sturgeon
tegeto' sea eggs (sea urchin)
tego'oh dentalium shell, 2 5/16 inch, a mythological character
tektomel' white salmon
tekwsar' heart of salmon, uvula
terhkuen fish head, salmon head
terkwterm dentalium shell
tuuek tail of fish, salmon tail
twerrnee'sh spawning salmon
wahkwehl perch (fish)
wechew sea urchin
wegah dentalium shell, 2 1/8 inch
woolew spawn or eggs of several fish, sturgeon eggs, sturgeon roe
werhlkeehl kelp
yer' abalone shell, haliotis
yer'erner' abalone shell, haliotis
'aamoh sea eel
'ohpos king salmon
'erncherh abalone shell
'uep'es backbone of fish (taken out and dried)
'uep'oy salmon sperm
'wa-rpeesh its nape (of a salmon)
'wahtey sea moss, kelp (seaweed)
'wechoh sea eggs (sea urchin)
'wo'hlp'ey'
'weryken fat part of fish between fins and gills
'yerrner' barnacle, shell of shellfish
Dictionary entry
'wo'hlp'ey' • n • 1 angelica root 2 bitter part of a fish • Variant
wo'lp'ey'
Lexicon record # 4094 | Source references: R265 JE8 TB1988
Semantic
domains: plants and trees; fish and sea life
Sentence examples
(9)
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'Wo'hlp'ey'.
Angelica root.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 29: "Flora/Trees"
(GT3-29,
2003)
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Kolchee kyah 'o guenkekso' wo'eeks 'o lehlken' 'wo'hlp'ey'.
Every month he opened the box and scattered angelica root inside.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Wooyhl noohl ho'op' mehl 'wo'hlp'ey' tue' weeshtue' keech nee soo swoo'melehl kue 'er'gerrch kem neekee son'.
All night he made a fire with angelica root and so they both smelt of it and
the sweathouse did as well.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Kue woneek 'we-rohpek' kue 'wo'hlp'ey' 'ue-meraa 'o gam' kue meweemor, Kwelekw kue roowo's weesh 'we-sewepek'; kwelekw wee'eeet keekee koosee rom' tue' 'eemoksue ko teloge'mow' mehl heeko'ch'uek ho 'wes'onah.
As the smoke from the angelica root drifted upward the old man said,
This is the breath of the pipe; it will spread everywhere and
there will be no sickness from here to the heavens.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Noohl 'o koo'op' kue meweemor 'emehl hlom' kue 'wo'hlp'ey' mecheeks 'o nek'.
Then the old man stood up and took angelica root, and put it on the
fire.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Kue keech 'o 'oo' 'we-lo'og kue 'wo'hlp'ey' noohl 'o hlom' skueyenee koweesh 'o goolehlken' mee' kee shoo mechewolo'.
When the embers of the angelica root were left, she took out a stout stick
and heaped them up so that they would glow.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Kwesee 'eemee wo gohkuem' kee 'we-na'mee meek'oluemek' mee' nuemee skena' 'ohlkuemee 'wo'hlp'ey' chpee mehl pemue'.
But he could not manage to take two bites because it was very bitter as it
had been cooked with angelica root.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Nekah kwelekw wonue lekomey' 'o 'o'lep kue ho pemue' mehl 'wo'hlp'ey'.
(He was told) It was put away by us in the house up in the roof,
cooked with angelica root.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Mocho keet mo'okw' 'n-ohkuem 'emsee 'ne-'wo'hlp'ey' chegeychekw kue nepuey kue che'lonee 'o 'o's'o' kue roowo's.
When I have no tobacco and no angelica root, I give the dried salmon
to the pipes in little pieces.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
