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chyuuek'wech steer (a boat), paddle in back

chyuuek'wechok' I steer (a boat)

hegoo' paddle

hoolechek' I stir (a liquid), I paddle

hoonechek' I paddle upstream

keneek'wech steer (a boat)

keneek'wechok' I steer (a boat)

ket'ey

ket'ket'ey' lie (of boats)

ke'moh bailer

ke'mohpechek' I bail out

ke'mohpet bail out water

ke'mohpetechek' I bail out water

kerch'erk row a boat

kergerchek' I row

kerker'werk'ws it is cranky (of a boat)

kwere'wey' dugout canoe

kyew' capsize

kye'wolep' it capsizes, someone turns over (e.g. in a boat or a wagon)

kye'wol' it capsizes

laayo' jump up and down (of a boat), pitch (of a boat)

lewoleyetek' I pull (a boat) through shallow water by hand

lewoley' it is pulled through shallow water by hand

mene's tow a boat, pull ashore, boat rope

menoo' pull a boat ashore, pull (anything, not just boats)

meeekeewerh double ended boat

neegerk half a boat, a boat with a part split off

rechok' I paddle, I row

sloyonechkenekw they slide into water (of boats)

sloyonekw it slides into water (of a boat)

sonchok' I paddle, I propel a boat, I paddle in a particular direction

werseep braided trim on the front of a boat, made of hazel sticks

'onchok' I paddle in a particular place, as in a formation

'yoch boat

'yoch 'ue-poyew prow of a boat