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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nepek' I eat

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

'ahspek' I drink

rekwoh drink

pemek' I cook

kegoh acorn soup

nunepuy

pewomek' I cook

popsew bread

che'loyehl they are dry

pew cook

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

skuuwetek' I like to taste, I like to eat

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

ke'mow food

nrprw meat

pishkah salt, sea, ocean

soonewetek' I taste (something)

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

nuneg food

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

skuuwoloni something sweet, sweets, candies

che'lohtemew be dried (of food)

hegoorekich yerba buena tea, vine tea

hrkwtrks small basket used as drinking cup, plate or dish

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

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

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

nunepuh food, fish

pyewolumek' I chew

reguukwo' beverage, especially liquor

repchem honey, sugar

ske'woyehl they are ripe, they are cooked

tekwskey manroot, wild cucumber, pickle

te'nahspek' I am drunk

'ahspah be given food or drink

'ahspeyu'r soup

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

chkiikr' fork, table fork

harpun mint, mint tea

hegon spoon, scraper

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

mrw food carried with one, food brought by bride

munchrhl milk

nooych eat food as a guest

poykoh flat basket, pan, pot

pr'yp'r'w be sour

skuuwoloni pa'ah soda

tkek'wa'r pot

tkek'we'l pot, pan, kettle

weyoksip Labrador tea

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

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

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

helog cooking paddle, acorn mush stirrer, stirring paddle

hr'rhkrhl be fresh (food, etc.)

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

kep't'oh feed an infant soft 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

meraas be smoky, cure by smoke

meraawoni smoked (of salmon)

mrwpok' I carry food with me

nooychkwek' I eat food as a guest

nooychkwok' I eat food as a guest

nr'rmrt deer meat, venison

nunepew food, fish

pechoch broil

pemoroh drippings

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

penkw acorn flour

pepah pepper

pewomin a cook

pewomo'r s/he cooks for someone

peya'r cook over an open fire

piish pea

pishkaahl 'o koh seafood

plowah flour

raas rice

reguukwoh liquor

rekiroy broil, broil over a fire

rekwohpeyok' I drink

rooysh rice

sech dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

sechkes dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

skuuwolon kmoypon jam

sloowin raw (of food)

sloowpey eat raw

te'nah drunk

tkek'we'lok' I boil

trekwonumek' I take a sip

wo'omehl shelled acorn

'ahspu'm drink

'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)