Dictionary entry
Tmry 'We-Roy • n • Cannery Creek
Lexicon record # 3607 | Source reference: R257
Semantic
domain: place names
Other places in the Rek'woy area: Hehlku Srr, Hiwow, Hop'ew, Hop'ew Pul 'We-Roy, Hop'ew 'We-Roy, Prgish 'O Chyeguuk'w, Pulik Srrnry, Rek'woy, Wechpus, Wehlkwew, 'Yoch Legaay, 'O Kegep, 'O Kneget, 'O Kwegoh 'O Ket'oh, 'O Men, 'O Men Hipur, 'O Men 'We-Roy, 'O Regos, 'O Schegep', 'R Hlrgr'
Sentence examples (4)
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Noohl Tmry 'We-Roy ho riigor tu' wi'iit noohl 'o gi' Pewolew.
Waves came up as far as Cannery Creek, and this was then called Pewolew.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Tmry 'We-Roy kwelekw ku 'woogey soo hegoni Requa 'emsi ku 'oohl soo neke'y Rek'woy 'enumi wogi 'we-raayoy.
Cannery Creek is the creek between the place white men call Requa and the place the Indians call Rek'woy.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Mocho Tmry 'We-Roy hehlku 'o sootok'w nepuy kwelekw ko' nepu' k'i kwen cho hehlku no'moye'we'y tu' wi'iit chpi nepu', ku pa'aahl 'we-tmenomen kwelekw nimi nepu'.
If a salmon came ashore at Cannery Creek people could eat whichever part faced away from the water, and this alone was eaten, the half that was toward the water was not eaten.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Ku Tmry 'We-Roy 'we-hipech kwelekw ni kohchewi' noohl kiki chu wi 'o nepi'm.
What was caught upstream from Cannery Creek everyone could eat.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)