Yurok dictionary
Your search: semantic domain snakes and slimy animals
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency
Broader semantic domain: animals
Related semantic domain(s):
birds, bugs and insects, fish and sea life, mammals
Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic
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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
chrgrchryrh kingsnake
hlkwrtrkws frog
leyolekws snake, water-snake
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
mrwrsishleg • n • biting lizard
Lexicon record # 1914 | Source reference: R225
Semantic
domain: snakes and slimy animals
Sentence examples
(2)
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[Leyes hes wi' k'i mrwrsishleg?] Paa', wit kem nimi leyes wi'.
[Is the biting lizard a leyes?] No, that's not a snake.
— Alice Spott, Ethnobiology
(AS1,
1962 or 1963)
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[Ti'nisho wi' k'i mrwrsishleg?] Tenumonoksi'm 'oow wot kem. Kelechki kahsele'w k'o hloyo'm.
[What is the biting lizard?] It'll cast a spell on one. It's a stranger, it'll
harm you.
— Alice Spott, Ethnobiology
(AS1,
1962 or 1963)
