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he-lo-mey-yek' I dance
rue-ro-wok' I sing, I boil over, I sing
me-lee' there is a brush dance
ka-'an'
te-lo-gehl "small animate objects which in the body of an ordinary person cause disease but in the
body of [a doctor] give her clairvoyance and the faculty of curing", pain, disease, illness
neee-gem flint, obsidian
nerr-mery sing songs, brush dance song
cherh-kwek' I am jumping center (in the brush dance)
me-lok' I attend a brush dance
nerr-mery-pey-yok' I'm singing (in the brush dance)
pye-weg perform the white deerskin dance, white deerskin dance
re-moh take part in doctor dance, kick dance, doctor dance, kick dance
syoo-lah dance in the brush dance (of a girl)
cherkw jump center (in the brush dance), bird's tail
kery braids, hair wraps, hair tie, two braids
re-go' feather, feather for display (as in headband), morning feathers (in brush dance), "simple upright down-head feathers" in the deerskin dance
cheee'sh woodpecker crest, woodpecker scalp
loo-geen fish weir, fish dam, the Fish Dam at Kepel
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-loo brush dance
mer-werch the dance is ending, the end of a dance
mer-wery' the final dance at the brush dance is danced
muen-chehl ceremonial dress, dance dress
noh-pet-'ekws dry-salmon maggot or beetle, black bug, weevil, stranger
noh-pe-weehl sing solo at the brush dance, brush dance song, heavy song
nerr-mer-yek' I sing songs
ple-gokw headband of woodpecker scalps, headroll
pon-chech gray deer, white deerskin
pyuue-weg perform the deerskin dance, deerskin dance
serp headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance
'e'-guer' a carrying case of ordinary folded deerskin, basket used in jump dance, medicine basket
chek'-wehl prayer seat, "stone 'seats' on mountains ... They are semicircular walls of mortared stones, a yard
or two across, three or four feet high", flat place in front of a cliff
he-gel dance
hlker-'er-mery war dance
hlker-'er-mer-yek' I sing a war dance song
kehl-pey-yok' I sing through a dream (of a doctor), I lose control of myself at the doctor dance
key-che-lew speak the medicine formula on the ninth day of a girl's first menstruation
krey-choh hair ties
le-pom' headband "worn by the woman formulist in the Brush Dance ... normally made of ordinary
feathers", doctor's forehead band of condor ruff
me-wo-lep' deerskin dance officiant
no-'o-meyr' title of girl helper at the Fish Dam ceremony
puer-cheehl brush dance cap
pyue-ro-wok' I perform the sacred rites at a dance, I purify myself
rech-kok' I dance in a particular direction
re-gey ceremonial headdress
re-moh-poh doctor dance song, doctor song
rue-ro-wech dance in a particular direction, move across the sky (of stars)
ser-per-yer' headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance
taahl ceremonial singer
terr-luel bone put through nose of corpse, knife with short hilt
wo-hluer girl dancer at the Fish Dam ceremony
wo-neek 'we-le-goo jump dance
'o ker-gery feather camp, dress camp (in Jump Dance)
Dictionary entry
ka-'an' • n • deerhide blanket with hair on it • blanket • deerskin wrap (in the Jump Dance)
Lexicon record # 709 | Source references: RS(ALK1939-2:20a) R204 JE20 YLCB86
Semantic
domains: clothes and cloth objects; ceremonies and dances
Other paradigm form
Special meanings or uses
Sentence examples
(9)
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'ue-ka'.
His/Her blanket.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 24: "Household Vocabulary"
(GT3-24,
2003)
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Ka-'an.
Blanket.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 24: "Household Vocabulary"
(GT3-24,
2003)
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Me-rueh che-go-'o-nep puuek 'ue'-wers weesh-tue' 'ue-ka'.
The hide of a five-point deer was his blanket.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Che'-mekw keech 'o hue-mo-ne-pehl, noohl 'o gam' kue me-wee-mor, Nek kue hlook' kue ma-'ahs-kehl; keech 'ee 'we-son kee 'ne-goo'-loh; nek kue hlook' kue k'e-ka'.
They warmed themselves a little, and then the old man said, I will
fetch the spear; now we are ready to go; I will bring your
blanket.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Nek kee ne-ge-mek' kue 'ne-key-yom noohl ko myoo-tek' 'ne-ka'.
He said, I will take my basket and put on my blanket.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Cho 'er-ler-mer-kerhl kue k'e-ka' ske-lee le-ko-meyt-'es k'e-che-wes.
Untie your blanket and lower your hands.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Noohl now 'o nek' kue 'ue-ka' noohl 'o gam', Hl'os kue ne-puey 'o kue wer-hlery.
Then he took his blanket away and said, Pick up the salmon by its
tail.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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'O no-'oh hlom' cheek'-weyr weesh-tue' 'o rek-'eeen 'o myoo-tehl kue 'ue-ka'.
He took two chairs, and they sat down and put on their blankets.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Cho te-no-we-nem' k'e-ka' mee' nee-ko'hl 'we-che-po-reg!
Take plenty of blankets because it is always cold!
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
