Yurok dictionary

Your search: semantic domain miscellaneous medium-sized mammals

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Broader semantic domain: mammals

Related semantic domain(s): rabbits and hares, squirrels and chipmunks, larger carnivores, hoofed mammals, mice and rats, miscellaneous small mammals, aquatic mammals

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chorime'w "the name of the beaver in a myth"

heyomus skunk

krychrgrh braid one's hair, mink

krychrhl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

le'go' fisher

megesik weasel

megrsik weasel

nekwel porcupine

nepe'wishneg otter

tegi'n

teguuk dive, play like a beaver, beaver

tesir beaver

twegoh raccoon

wehlkem groundhog

wohpunika' sea otter

'wahchehl civet cat

Dictionary entry

tegi'nn 1 porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) porcupine quill 2 yellow moss for dying basket materials 3 anything yellow 4 canary

Lexicon record # 3416 | Source references: R253 JE105 R253 FS(B216) FS(B216)
Semantic domains: baskets and basket making; miscellaneous medium-sized mammals; colors

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Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (2)

  1. tegi'n "porcupine quill" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  2. tegi'n "canary; porcupine; yellow dye" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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