Yurok dictionary
Your search: semantic domain bugs and insects
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency
Broader semantic domain: animals
Related semantic domain(s):
birds, fish and sea life, mammals, snakes and slimy animals
Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic
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cheycheyes mosquito
chohkiks gnat
chohpos fly (insect)
chorek'wik ni 'wrrp moth
ch'iiyo' locust, cricket
harpuch ant
hupupos a big black bug, stinkbug, tumblebug
krhlkrh segon scorpion
krkrnrwich daddy longlegs
k'erosegon scorpion
lo'liphl sting of insect, fang of snake
mohkoh head louse, head lice
mo'lekws moth
nohpet'ekws dry-salmon maggot or beetle, black bug, weevil, stranger
nosonos tick (insect)
pa'aahl 'wrrp' dragonfly
pulews daddy longlegs
pu'nos
saa'agoch seaweed bug
sa'ahl 'u-'wrrp' miller moth
skrwich craftsman, a woman who makes fine designs, fine work, centipede
tege'y flea
tohta'r grasshopper
tohtonos beetle
tohto'r grasshopper
trprkws acorn worm, bug holes in acorn shell
trwrmrs bee, yellowjacket
trwrr locust
wo'kegep cricket
wrchpit larva of the Jerusalem cricket, a mythological character
wrr body louse
wrtpit Jerusalem cricket
'wech louse egg, nits
'wechken louse eggs, nits, mites
'wes spider
'wes 'wr-nr' spider web
'wrrp' butterfly
'yekwhl maggot, worm
Dictionary entry
pu'nos • n • tumble bug
Lexicon record # 2737 | Source references: R241 JE139
Semantic
domain: bugs and insects
Other paradigm form
Sentence examples
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[Ti'nisho wi' ku pu'nos?] Pu'nos kwel wishtu' mehl hegi' pu'nos... 'u-pu'nek'.
[What are pu'nos?] Tumblebugs are called stinkbugs because they break wind.
— Alice Spott, Ethnobiology
(AS1,
1962 or 1963)