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chah-kwoh pants, trousers
choh-choh apron, skirt
cho-pe-ley' short blanket coat, baby's rabbit skin blanket
cher-wer-nerh "a network headdress falling down the nape and back", long close-woven headdress, head netting
ch'wo-na' coat
haa-muer pendant worn in mourning
hee-meyr 'we-chah underwear
hee-meyr 'wo-'oy underwear
ka-'a-noh blanket
ka-'an' deerhide blanket with hair on it, blanket, deerskin wrap (in the Jump Dance)
kekw-sah apron of bark
koh-che-neesh large tanned deerskin used for blankets or dresses (larger than smechoy)
krey-choh hair ties
kerhl earring
kery braids, hair wraps, hair tie, two braids
le-pom' headband "worn by the woman formulist in the Brush Dance ... normally made of ordinary
feathers", doctor's forehead band of condor ruff
ma-'ak head rings, "a stuffed ring of deerskin with three or four of the scarlet [woodpecker] scalps sewn
on", "head rings with woodpecker on them", head roll
me-wo-re'-ween towel
muen dress
muen-chehl ceremonial dress, dance dress
muen-choh dress
myoo-tek' I push, I put on (clothes, shoes)
myoo-te-lek' I am pushed, I am shoved
noh-chuer bone hairpin
noy shoe
no-'oh-peeet belt
no-'oy shoe, shoes
no-'o-yek' I have shoes on
pah le-gaa scarf
perkw-cheehl headdress with feathers
per-mer-yerh 'wech'-wo-na' raincoat, waterproof coat
per-mer-yerh 'we-'e-kah rain hat
puer-cheehl brush dance cap
re-gey ceremonial headdress
re-kwe-toy scarf
re-nek' it fits me (clothing, etc.)
sek-sah small shell used on dresses
ske-go-'oh sail, cloth, sail, rag
skoy buckskin, strip of buckskin, leather, deerskin, elk hide
skery-terkw' woman's dress
skery-terk'-wer-lek' I dress myself (of a woman)
sle-kwoh shirt
sle-kwoh-pey-yek' I put a shirt on
sle-kwoh-som' s/he dresses someone
slekws-lekw clothes
slekws-le-kwoh dress oneself, clothes
sme-choy
srah-kwoh loincloth
srekw ring
srek'-wah-peeet breechcloth
srek'-we-peeet diaper
serp headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance
ser-per-yer' headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance
swe-choh tear, yard (measure, of cloth)
te'-rekws 'ue-son thimble
tkwep' 'ue-meehl 'we-chah-kwoh shorts, short pants
t'wey-yo-mah basket cap
'e-kah hat, cap
'e-keyr' necklace
'on-ches bracelet
'oohl 'we-'e-kah Indian cap
'werh-per-yerh basket cap for everyday use, full cap
Dictionary entry
sme-choy • vn • skin a large animal • n • 1 tanned deerskin 2 man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer
Lexicon record # 3182 | Source references: FS(B215) R249 JE41 FS(B215)
Semantic
domains: clothes and cloth objects; hunting and fishing
Sentence examples
(4)
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'O na-'an' hlom', tue' sme-choy weesh 'ue-mehl hlook'.
Then he brought two, and deerskins were what he brought.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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He-la' wey' k'es-me-choy; k'e-to' kee laay'.
Here is your deerskin; it must pass around your hips.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Kel' cho ke-nue-mee so-no-wom', 'em-kee kwe-lekw kuey' 'ue-pah-tuen kue k'es-me-choy kue k'e-ne-ko-me-wet kee so 'okw', kue 'ue-werhl k'e-ke-so-me-wet kee so 'okw', 'em-see k'e-roo-wo's kwe-lekw nue-mee k'ey-yaahl kee 'okw'.
You do just as I do, and then the neck of your deerskin will be on
your right, and its tail will be on your left, and your pipe will be
right over your belly.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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'Upah-tuen kue k'es-me-choy kue k'e-ke-so-me-wet kee so 'okw'.
The neck of your deerskin is to lie on your left.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)