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chego'onep' four-point buck

chekchin salmon trap

cheskew scoop net for candlefish

cheskewehl plunge net for small fish (scooped downward at high water)

chowon seine net, eel net, dip net, lamprey net

chowonek' I fish with a seine net

cho'w fish with seine net from rocks

chrwrnr' large fishing net

hehlku 'we-rego'oh gill net

ho'nit bait, lure

ho'nk'et bait, lure

knetken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge

knetknet arrowhead, cartridge

knewetek' I fish with a net

krt trout fishing pole

krtkek' I go trout fishing, I go fishing with pole

krtkrhl trout fishing pole

kurish the end of a net, the point of a V-shaped mark, used for calendar keeping, made in a slate slab in the floor of a sweat-house

k'ookwsok' I cut up, I split (fish, etc.), I cut into pieces, I dress fish or game

lem hook eels

lemolohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels

lemolok' I hook eels

lemolo'ohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels

lewet net, fish net, salmon net

lewetek' I fish with a net, I set a net

loo fish weir, fish dam

loogin fish weir, fish dam, the Fish Dam at Kepel

luu' fish with a net, set a net

ma'ah spear, spear, salmon harpoon pole, up to 16 feet long

ma'ahskehl

ma'ahskek' I spear, I go spear fishing

ma'ahskimek' I spear

ma'ahskumek' I spear

meruh chego'onep' five-point buck

mrnr'skwry pull the skin off a fish

nega' surf-fish net, triangle net

nego'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck

nrhchrr' fishhook

nr' snare

nr'rmrh snare

nr'rmrs snare, a trigger snare

nr'rmrt deer meat, venison

nr'rmrtek' I snare

nr'rpek' I trap

nr'rs trap

nr'rsek' I trap

nr'wkwrt arrow

pa'ahpetew bowstring

peskoh spear, fish spear, three piece toggle head for catching salmon

pla's stick for measuring meshes of a net

rekewich fish for trout with two lines

rohsimek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon

rorowenek' I fish, I hunt, I fish with hook for eels, I gather (e.g. clams)

smechok' I make supple, I tan, I split (sugar pine nuts)

smechoy skin a large animal, tanned deerskin, man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer

smohta'r bow (for arrows)

sraach' tanned skin, quiver

tmook' I shoot

tmoolok' I shoot

tomsewok' I catch a lot (while hunting or fishing)

tregepah fish with a dip net, fish with a triangle net

tregepa' dip net

tregepetek' I fish with a dip net

wesomot bow (for arrows)

'lumon eel trap, eel basket

'orpet duck blind

'rkrh fish with a net, fishing net

'umyo' fish dam, tail end of fishing net

Dictionary entry

ma'ahskehln • spear

Lexicon record # 1592 | Source reference: R219
Semantic domain: hunting and fishing

Sentence examples (8)

  1. Che'mekw kich 'o humonepehl, noohl 'o ga'm ku mewimor, Nek ku hlook' ku ma'ahskehl; kich 'i 'we-son ki 'n-egoo'loh; nek ku hlook' ku 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)

  2. Kwelekw wi' kich 'oyhl k'i ma'ahskehl.
    The spear is lying here.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  3. Noohl ku 'ne-psech woniks 'o so'n ma'ahskehl, noohl pulekws 'o newo'm kyu' ni 'u-ko'oh ko'l 'we-so'nk'enuu'm.
    Then my father picked up the spear, and he saw people standing at the mouth of the river fishing.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  4. Noohl 'o mene'mehl so hir, noohl 'o ko hlo'm ku 'u-ma'ahskehl ku mewimor riik'ew 'iki laa'y so pulekw.
    Then the men went away from the water, and the old man took his spear and went down to the river mouth along the shore.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  5. Noohl 'o kwomhlecho'l ku mewimor, skeli 'ap nek' ku 'u-ma'ahskehl, wishtu' 'ap 'o key ku 'ne-psech 'o key.
    Then the old man went back and put down his spear, and sat down where my father was sitting.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  6. 'O ko hlo'm ku 'u-ma'ahskehl yu's 'o sooto'l ku weno'omo'r ku nepuy.
    He took his spear and went over to where the salmon was coming in.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  7. 'O choona'mi kolo 'we-rohsimek', ku meruh 'we-chi wonik soo'n ku 'u-ma'ahskehl 'iki 'u-ma'ahskek'.
    After making as if to spear it four times, the fifth time he lifted up his spear and then speared it.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  8. Ku hehlku kich 'o soononi, noohl nows 'o nek' ku 'u-ma'ahskehl.
    When the salmon had been lifted out of the water, he put down his spear.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)