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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locho'm toad

'o'rowi' dove, mourning dove, lizard

leyes snake

hlkrrwrs lizard, salamander, water dog

'eskew turtle (large)

hlmeyep'i'r rattlesnake

'ewom slug

kuchkuch angleworm, worms for bait

mrwrsishleg biting lizard

chrgrchryrh kingsnake

hlkwrtrkws frog

leyolekws

mekwchek snail

wrms worm, worms

wr'r' tree toad, tree frog

chiik hegoh money snake

chiik mehl 'i'ikew money snake

hlke'goop' slug, banana slug

hlmeyip'a'r rattlesnake

kwegey kingsnake

lochomuuk tadpole

lo'liphl sting of insect, fang of snake

mewom gophersnake, bullsnake

wrtprs leech

Dictionary entry

leyolekwsn • snake, water-snake

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

Sentence example (1)

  1. Tu' 'o numichyu hek'ws: leyolekws, hlmeyep'i'r, hlkrrwrs, hlkrrwrs, hlkwrtrkws .
    He found everything: gartersnakes, rattlesnakes, salamanders, salamanders, frogs.

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