Yurok dictionary

Your search: semantic domain food, drink, and cooking

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Broader semantic domain: activities

Related semantic domain(s): ceremonies and dances, games, greetings and polite expressions, hunting and fishing

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che'loh dry (food), bake (food), cure (food), dry by heating

che'lohtek' I dry (food), I bake (food), I cure (food), I dry by heating

che'lohtemew be dried (of food)

che'loyehl they are dry

chkiikr' fork, table fork

chkrkrr' pierce, spear, pitchfork, fork (utensil)

chmeyonen 'o 'we-'i'i'gah dinner

harpun mint, mint tea

hegon spoon, scraper

hegoorekich yerba buena tea, vine tea

hekwch small basket for acorn soup, eating basket, soup basket, serving bowl, bowl

helog cooking paddle, acorn mush stirrer, stirring paddle

hrkwtrks small basket used as drinking cup, plate or dish

hr'rhkrhl be fresh (food, etc.)

kaamew it is bitter, it tastes bad, it is sour

kaamewetek' I have a bad taste in my mouth, I do not like the taste of something

kegoh acorn soup

kep't'oh feed an infant soft food

ket'op' it is in a pot (food), it is barked (shins)

ke'mow food

kmoypon spread (butter, jam, etc.)

kopin coffee

kr'yr' peel (fruit or vegetable)

lehlkemok' I wrap (something) in skunk cabbage leaves (for cooking)

lepkwoh form seaweed into round cakes

lr'rgrh be black, be dark-colored, (round things) coffee

meraas be smoky, cure by smoke

meraawoni smoked (of salmon)

mrw food carried with one, food brought by bride

mrwpok' I carry food with me

mrwprh food carried with one, food brought by bride, packed lunch

munchrhl milk

nepek' I eat

nooych eat food as a guest

nooychkwek' I eat food as a guest

nooychkwok' I eat food as a guest

nrprw meat

nr'rmrt deer meat, venison

nuneg food

nunepew food, fish

nunepuh food, fish

nunepuy

pechoch broil

pemek' I cook

pemey grease, cooking fat, oil, liquid fat, blubber

pemoroh drippings

pemoyekw rock dish, a hollowed rock used in cooking to collect grease drippings

penkw acorn flour

pepah pepper

pew cook

pewomek' I cook

pewomin a cook

pewomo'r s/he cooks for someone

peya'r cook over an open fire

piish pea

pishkaahl 'o koh seafood

pishkah salt, sea, ocean

plowah flour

popsew bread

poykoh flat basket, pan, pot

pr'yp'r'w be sour

pyewolumek' I chew

raas rice

reguukwoh liquor

reguukwo' beverage, especially liquor

rekiroy broil, broil over a fire

rekwoh drink

rekwohpeyok' I drink

repchem honey, sugar

rooysh rice

sech dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

sechkes dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

ske'woyehl they are ripe, they are cooked

skuuwetek' I like to taste, I like to eat

skuuwolon kmoypon jam

skuuwoloni something sweet, sweets, candies

skuuwoloni pa'ah soda

sloowin raw (of food)

sloowpey eat raw

soonewetek' I taste (something)

tekwskey manroot, wild cucumber, pickle

tenpeyok' I eat much, I eat a lot, I overeat

te'nah drunk

te'nahspek' I am drunk

tkek'wa'r pot

tkek'we'l pot, pan, kettle

tkek'we'lok' I boil

trekwonumek' I take a sip

weyoksip Labrador tea

weyo'opewek' I make acorn soup, I cook with hot rocks

wo'omehl shelled acorn

'ahspah be given food or drink

'ahspek' I drink

'ahspeyu'r soup

'ahspu'm drink

'e'gah eat in a group, have a meal, meal

'ohlpeyok' I eat from, I bite

'olulik'w lumps in acorn soup from lightly stirring

Dictionary entry

nunepuy • n • food, fish

Lexicon record # 2360 | Source reference: R233
Semantic domain: food, drink, and cooking

Sentence examples (10)

  1. [Nunepuy hes wi' k'i regook?] 'Ee, kich pope'l noohl 'o nunepuy wi'. Tkwo'o chegey kwel 'imi nunepuy.
    [Is the trout a nunepuy?] Yes, when they get big they become nunepuy. When they are still small they are not nunepuy.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  2. [Nunepuy hes wi' k'i keptoh?] 'Ee, nunepuy wi' keptoh.
    [Is the horseneck clam a nunepuy?] Yes, horsenecks are nunepuy.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  3. [Nunepuy hes wi' k'i pi'ih?] 'Ee, chege'lo'ti' kich 'o nunepuy.
    [Is the mussel a nunepuy?] Yes, you dry them and they become nunepuy.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  4. [Nunepuy hes wi' k'i wechew?] 'Ee, wechew kem nunepuy wi'. Ple'l ho 'ok'w we'yon, ho 'ok'w '-uuk'imo'ok'w 'we-new. Kwesi wishtu 'o nep' k'i wechew. Wishtu' 'o goh wenew. Ku 'uuk wishtu' 'o nahchpu'n.
    [Is the sea urchin a nunepuy?] Yes, sea urchin is nunepuy too. A young girl lived at Ple'l [in Rek'woy], she had a baby, she had no milk. That is what she ate. She used that for milk. She gave the baby that.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  5. [Nunepuy hes wi' k'i locho'm?] Paa', nimi nunepuy k'i locho'm.
    [Is the toad a nunepuy?] No, the toad isn't nunepuy.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  6. [Hoore'mos hes wi' k'i k'rr'?] K'rr' tu' kem megeskweta' mocho ko'l 'oo' nunepuy kich 'u-merku'm. K'rr' wishtu' soo ki'mole'n. Kich 'u-ke'm.
    [Is the crow a hoore'mos?] Crow will eat it up, wherever there's food he'll eat it up. That's why crow is no good. He steals.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  7. [Hoore'mos hes wi' k'i nunepuy?] K'i nunepuy kwel nimi hoore'mos wi'.
    [Is the fish a hoore'mos?] Fish is not hoore'mos.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  8. Noohl 'o ga'm, 'Ey kwelekw cho wit soo k'ookwso'w ku nunepuy noohl ko 'o che'lohtemew.
    He said, Yes, cut up fish in the usual way, and you may dry it.

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