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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'ahskehl • n • spear
Lexicon record # 1592 | Source reference: R219
Semantic
domain: hunting and fishing
Sentence examples
(8)
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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)
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Kwelekw wi' kich 'oyhl k'i ma'ahskehl.
The spear is lying here.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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'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)
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'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)
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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)