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Broader semantic domain: man-made objects

Related semantic domain(s): baskets and basket making, clothes and cloth objects, houses and parts of houses, modern things, tools and implements

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'yoch boat

kyew' capsize

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

rechok' I paddle, I row

keneek'wechok' I steer (a boat)

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

ket'ey

sloyonekw it slides into water (of a boat)

hegoo' paddle

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

chyuuek'wechok' I steer (a boat)

hoolechek' I stir (a liquid), I paddle

hoonechek' I paddle upstream

keneek'wech steer (a boat)

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

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

kye'wol' it capsizes

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

sloyonechkenekw they slide into water (of boats)

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 'ue-poyew prow of a boat

Dictionary entry

ket'eyvn • be still (of anything movable), be parked, be moored

Lexicon record # 849 | Source references: R206 FS(LA138-002) JE90
Semantic domain: boats and boating
Derivation: morphological structure ket'-ey-

Other paradigm form

  • repetitive ket'ket'ey be still (of more than one thing)

Special meaning or use

  • kue 'o keget'ey mooring place R206 JE90

Derived phrase or compound

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (2)

  1. keget'ey "mooring place for a boat" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  2. ket'ey "park or moor" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  3. ket'ket'ey "be moored (more than one boat)" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  4. 'yonch 'o keget'ey "mooring place" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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