Yurok dictionary
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Broader semantic domain: animals
Related semantic domain(s):
birds, bugs and insects, fish and sea life, snakes and slimy animals
More specific semantic domains:
rabbits and hares, squirrels and chipmunks, miscellaneous medium-sized mammals, larger carnivores, hoofed mammals, mice and rats, miscellaneous small mammals, aquatic mammals
Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic
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che-go-'o-nep' four-point buck
che-kas donkey
chkwe-ges hair seal
chme-gok coyote
chmuuek wild cat, bobcat
cho-ree-mew' "the name of the beaver in a myth"
chue-lue nee ne-ge-neech jumping mouse
chyer-'ery' black bear
ch'ee-shah dog
he-go-yekw pine squirrel, flying squirrel
hekw-sa' whale
hekw-sa' 'ue-mer-'erx baleen
hey-yo-mues skunk
hlke-leek-ra' shrew, mole
hlkerhl-ker-peech spotted fawn
hot-mon baby rabbit
herk'-werh cottontail rabbit, bunny rabbit
Huep-'oo nee herk'-werh jackrabbit
keyr-kehl ringtail, ring-tailed cat
ke-get panther, puma, mountain lion
ke-gor porpoise
kep-che-neesh fawn
kery-cher-gerh braid one's hair, mink
kery-cherhl ringtail, ring-tailed cat
kwe-cho-yekw ground squirrel
kwe-ge-ruer' pig, hog
kye-seks gopher
kyo-sekws gopher
lep-choh fur
le'-go' fisher
me-ge-seek weasel
me-gokw dog, barking dog
me-ger-seek weasel
me-rueh che-go-'o-nep' five-point buck
me-weehl elk
me-weehl 'wes-'ech elk horn
mer-'erh skin, hide, fur of animal
mue-lah horse
mues-mues cow, bull, cattle
ne-ge-neech mouse, bastard child
ne-go-'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck
ne-kwel porcupine
ne-pe'-weesh-neg otter
nee-kwech grizzly bear
noy-kwos shrew
pe-geehl mues-mues bull
pe-mey
pe'-weesh lake porpoise
plee'-wes gray squirrel
pon-chech gray deer, white deerskin
pon-ches white deer
per-germ' seal
pue-see cat, house cat
puuek deer, deer meat
puuek-tek deer
se-gep coyote
sheeep sheep
ske-leek-ra' gopher
sko-yom bat (animal)
smech-ken chipmunk
s'e-choh horn, horns, wedge
te-geen' porcupine, porcupine quill, yellow moss for dying basket materials, anything yellow, canary
te-guuek dive, play like a beaver, beaver
te-seer beaver
toh-soh doe
ter-gers rat
tuuuep flying squirrel
twe-goh raccoon
wehl-kem groundhog
wen-tokws female (animal or bird)
woh-pue-nee-ka' sea otter
wer-gers fox
wery-ch'erk puppy
wery-ch'erks puppy
'ech-kwoh sea lion
'lep-soyhl nap of fur or fabric
'lep-suen down
'erhl-kerh female dog, bitch
'wah-chehl civet cat
'werhl-ker-'eesh-neg wolf
Dictionary entry
pe-mey • n • grease, cooking fat, oil, liquid fat • blubber
Lexicon record # 2533 | Source references: R237 FS(B211) JE51 YG269
Semantic
domains: food, drink, and cooking; aquatic mammals
Sentence examples
(4)
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Cho' ko me'-re-pee-nem' kue ko-weesh mehl pe-mey.
Rub your stick with grease.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-022)
(LA138-022,
1980)
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Cho' ko me'-re-pee-nem' mehl pe-mey.
Coat it (rub it) with oil.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-022)
(LA138-022,
1980)
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Kue ne-puey 'ue'-wers hr mer-ner's-kwery 'ue-koo-see pe-mey kue 'we-luehl.
Where they had pulled off the salmon skin their mouths were all grease.
— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl"
(GM1,
2004)
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Kue ne-puey 'ue'-wers ho mer-ner's-kwery 'ue-koo-see pe-mey kue 'we-luehl.
Where they had pulled off the salmon skin their mouths were all grease.
— Robert Spott, "The Owl"
(LA16-4,
1951)
