Yurok dictionary

Your search: semantic domain snakes and slimy animals

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Broader semantic domain: animals

Related semantic domain(s): birds, bugs and insects, fish and sea life, mammals

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cheeek he-goh money snake

cheeek mehl 'ee-'ee-kew money snake

cher-ger-cher-yerh kingsnake

hlke'-goop' slug, banana slug

hlkerr-wers lizard, salamander, water dog

hlkwer-terkws frog

hlmey-yep-'eer' rattlesnake

hlmey-yeep-'eyr' rattlesnake

kuech-kuech angleworm, worms for bait

kwe-gey kingsnake

ley-yes snake

ley-yo-lekws

lo-cho-muuek tadpole

lo-chom' toad

lo'-leephl sting of insect, fang of snake

mekw-chek snail

me-wom gophersnake, bullsnake

mer-wer-sees-hleg biting lizard

werms worm, worms

wert-pers leech

wer-'er' tree toad, tree frog

'es-kew turtle (large)

'e-wom slug

'o'-ro-wee' dove, mourning dove, lizard

Dictionary entry

ley-yo-lekwsn • snake, water-snake

Lexicon record # 1414 | Source reference: MM(ES60)
Semantic domain: snakes and slimy animals

Sentence example (1)

  1. Tue' 'o nue-meech-yue hek'ws: ley-yo-lekws, hlmey-yep-'eer', hlkerr-wers, hlkerr-wers, hlkwer-terkws .
    He found everything: gartersnakes, rattlesnakes, salamanders, salamanders, frogs.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)