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tmook' I shoot
ma'ah spear, spear, salmon harpoon pole, up to 16 feet long
krtkek' I go trout fishing, I go fishing with pole
k'ookwsok' I cut up, I split (fish, etc.), I cut into pieces, I dress fish or game
lewetek' I fish with a net, I set a net
ma'ahskehl spear
ma'ahskek' I spear, I go spear fishing
rohsimek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon
tmoolok' I shoot
'rkrh fish with a net, fishing net
lewet net, fish net, salmon net
smechoy
rorowenek' I fish, I hunt, I fish with hook for eels, I gather (e.g. clams)
sraach' tanned skin, quiver
ma'ahskumek' I spear
mrnr'skwry pull the skin off a fish
lemolok' I hook eels
loogin fish weir, fish dam, the Fish Dam at Kepel
meruh chego'onep' five-point buck
nr'wkwrt arrow
tregepah fish with a dip net, fish with a triangle net
wesomot bow (for arrows)
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
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
lem hook eels
lemolohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels
lemolo'ohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels
loo fish weir, fish dam
luu' fish with a net, set a net
ma'ahskimek' I spear
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
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
smechok' I make supple, I tan, I split (sugar pine nuts)
smohta'r bow (for arrows)
tomsewok' I catch a lot (while hunting or fishing)
tregepa' dip net
tregepetek' I fish with a dip net
'lumon eel trap, eel basket
'orpet duck blind
'umyo' fish dam, tail end of fishing net
Dictionary entry
smechoy • vn • skin a large animal • n • 1 tanned deerskin 2 man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer
Lexicon record # 3182 | Source references: FS(B215) R249 JE41 FS(B215)
Semantic
domains: clothes and cloth objects; hunting and fishing
Sentence examples
(4)
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'O na'a'n hlo'm, tu' smechoy wish 'u-mehl hlook'.
Then he brought two, and deerskins were what he brought.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Hela' we'y k'e-smechoy; k'e-to' ki laa'y.
Here is your deerskin; it must pass around your hips.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Ke'l cho kenumi sonowo'm, 'emki kwelekw ku'y 'u-pahtun ku k'e-smechoy ku k'e-nekomewet ki so 'ok'w, ku 'u-wrhl k'e-kesomewet ki so 'ok'w, 'emsi k'e-roowo's kwelekw numi k'e-yaahl ki 'ok'w.
You do just as I do, and then the neck of your deerskin will be on
your right, and its tail will be on your left, and your pipe will be
right over your belly.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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'U-pahtun ku k'e-smechoy ku k'e-kesomewet ki so 'ok'w.
The neck of your deerskin is to lie on your left.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)