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chyuuk'wech steer (a boat), paddle in back

chyuuk'wechok' I steer (a boat)

hegoo' paddle

hoolechek' I stir (a liquid), I paddle

hoonechek' I paddle upstream

kenik'wech steer (a boat)

kenik'wechok' I steer (a boat)

ket'ey be still (of anything movable), be parked, be moored

ket'ket'e'y lie (of boats)

ke'moh bailer

ke'mohpechek' I bail out

ke'mohpet bail out water

ke'mohpetechek' I bail out water

krch'rk row a boat

krgrchek' I row

krkr'wrk'ws it is cranky (of a boat)

kwere'we'y dugout canoe

kye'w capsize

kye'wolep' it capsizes, someone turns over (e.g. in a boat or a wagon)

kye'wo'l it capsizes

laayo' jump up and down (of a boat), pitch (of a boat)

lewoleyetek' I pull (a boat) through shallow water by hand

lewole'y it is pulled through shallow water by hand

mene's tow a boat, pull ashore, boat rope

menoo' pull a boat ashore, pull (anything, not just boats)

miikiwrh double ended boat

nigrk half a boat, a boat with a part split off

rechok' I paddle, I row

sloyonechkenekw they slide into water (of boats)

sloyonekw it slides into water (of a boat)

sonchok'

wrsip braided trim on the front of a boat, made of hazel sticks

'onchok' I paddle in a particular place, as in a formation

'yoch boat

'yoch 'u-poyew prow of a boat