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cheyr-koo dried fish head, gills
che-chekw fin of fish, bone of fish, small fish bones
che-gel' seaweed, edible seaweed, sea lettuce, Porphyra, wide summer seaweed
che-guen fallfish, king salmon
chek-'or periwinkle
che-noh red cod
chkwohl steelhead
chper-ger' razor clam
hehl-kues-leg live surf fish, smelt
he-kwol' butter clam
he-kwol' son' oyster
he-wee-yem' dentalium shell, 2 inch
he-woy surf fish
hlper-gerp' flounder
herr-ner' barnacle
kaa-mes evil water creature, shark
kah-kah sturgeon
ke-ges dried surf fish
kep-toh horseneck clam, Washington clam
ke'-ween eel
kne-wo-lek sea serpent
ko-yaakw' starfish
ko'-ses crab
ker-ger-peehl dentalium shell, 2 1/2 inch
kerh-kerh small turtle
kerhl-kerh small turtle, crab
kuern-kuern the inside of a salmon's head, gristle in salmon's head
kwo'-ror' candlefish
kwerr-meech black chiton, poor man's abalone, soft-shelled abalone, China slipper
le-kee-ta' backbone (of fish), spine (of fish)
loh-tuen lingcod, snapper
mekw-choh sea snail
mes-kwe-rek the poisonous entrails of an eel
met-koh gumboot chiton, poor man's abalone, soft-shelled abalone, China slipper
me'-woo a fish (sp.)
meeeks raag back string of an eel or sturgeon
mokw-chech nightfish
mer-ner's fish skin
mer'-lues a small bony river fish, sucker fish
mer-'erx gills
ne-nee-pekw' sucker fish
ne-nee-puech' sucker fish
ne-pe'-weesh fish (generic)
ne-pe'-woo the first salmon to run (up the Klamath river), a variety of fish, different kinds of fish
ne-puey salmon
nos-pew skate, a mythological character
nerrgr barnacles
paa-mew octopus
paa-moh kelp (seaweed)
paa-mues octopus
peesh-kaahl nee ha-'aag 'ue-mep-'o sea moss type
peesh-kaahl nee kem' seafood
peesh-kaahl nee re-gook sea trout
peesh-kaahl 'o koh seafood
peesh-ka-'eek nee ke'-ween moray eel
peesh-'on scale of fish
pee-'eeh mussel
pee-'ee-yers fresh-water clam, razor clam
per-ger-'erh sea boots (a sea creature)
perr-ne-keesh dead eel in water
per-'erk dried mussel
re-gok trout, "sometimes translated trout and sometimes minnows"
roh-tuen bullhead (fish)
sa'-ro' sea anemone
sech dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets
sech-kes dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets
sek-soh shell of any shellfish, sea shell
sekw-sew quahog clam
sloyhl dried eel
sme-gech white sturgeon
te-ge-to' sea eggs (sea urchin)
te-go-'oh dentalium shell, 2 5/16 inch, a mythological character
tek-to-mel' white salmon
tekw-seyr' heart of salmon, uvula
terh-kuen fish head, salmon head
terkw-term dentalium shell
tuuek tail of fish, salmon tail
twerr-nee'sh spawning salmon
wah-kwehl perch (fish)
we-chew sea urchin
we-gah dentalium shell, 2 1/8 inch
woo-lew spawn or eggs of several fish, sturgeon eggs, sturgeon roe
werhl-keehl kelp
yer' abalone shell, haliotis
yer-'er-ner' abalone shell, haliotis
'aa-moh sea eel
'oh-pos king salmon
'ern-cherh abalone shell
'uep-'es backbone of fish (taken out and dried)
'uep-'oy salmon sperm
'weyr-peesh its nape (of a salmon)
'wah-tey sea moss, kelp (seaweed)
'we-choh sea eggs (sea urchin)
'wo'hl-p'ey'
'wery-ken fat part of fish between fins and gills
'yerr-ner' barnacle, shell of shellfish
Dictionary entry
'wo'hl-p'ey' • n • 1 angelica root 2 bitter part of a fish • Variant
wo'lp-'ey'
Lexicon record # 4094 | Source references: R265 JE8 TB1988
Semantic
domains: plants and trees; fish and sea life
Sentence examples
(9)
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'Wo'hl-p'ey'.
Angelica root.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 29: "Flora/Trees"
(GT3-29,
2003)
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Kol-chee kyah 'o guen-kek-so' wo-'eeks 'o lehl-ken' 'wo'hl-p'ey'.
Every month he opened the box and scattered angelica root inside.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Wooyhl noohl ho-'op' mehl 'wo'hl-p'ey' tue' weesh-tue' keech nee soo swoo'-me-lehl kue 'er'-gerrch kem nee-kee son'.
All night he made a fire with angelica root and so they both smelt of it and
the sweathouse did as well.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Kue wo-neek 'we-roh-pek' kue 'wo'hl-p'ey' 'ue-me-raa 'o gam' kue me-wee-mor, Kwe-lekw kue roo-wo's weesh 'we-se-we-pek'; kwe-lekw wee-'eeet kee-kee koo-see rom' tue' 'ee-mok-sue ko te-lo-ge'-mow' mehl hee-ko'ch-'uek ho 'wes-'o-nah.
As the smoke from the angelica root drifted upward the old man said,
This is the breath of the pipe; it will spread everywhere and
there will be no sickness from here to the heavens.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Noohl 'o koo-'op' kue me-wee-mor 'e-mehl hlom' kue 'wo'hl-p'ey' me-cheeks 'o nek'.
Then the old man stood up and took angelica root, and put it on the
fire.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Kue keech 'o 'oo' 'we-lo-'og kue 'wo'hl-p'ey' noohl 'o hlom' skuey-ye-nee ko-weesh 'o goo-lehl-ken' mee' kee shoo me-che-wo-lo'.
When the embers of the angelica root were left, she took out a stout stick
and heaped them up so that they would glow.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Kwe-see 'ee-mee wo goh-kuem' kee 'we-na'-mee meek-'o-lue-mek' mee' nue-mee ske-na' 'ohl-kue-mee 'wo'hl-p'ey' chpee mehl pe-mue'.
But he could not manage to take two bites because it was very bitter as it
had been cooked with angelica root.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Ne-kah kwe-lekw wo-nue le-ko-mey' 'o 'o'-lep kue ho pe-mue' mehl 'wo'hl-p'ey'.
(He was told) It was put away by us in the house up in the roof,
cooked with angelica root.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Mo-cho keet mo-'okw' 'noh-kuem 'em-see 'ne'-wo'hl-p'ey' che-gey-chekw kue ne-puey kue che'-lo-nee 'o 'o's-'o' kue roo-wo's.
When I have no tobacco and no angelica root, I give the dried salmon
to the pipes in little pieces.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
