Yurok dictionary
Your search: semantic domain snakes and slimy animals
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency
Broader semantic domain: animals
Related semantic domain(s):
birds, bugs and insects, fish and sea life, mammals
Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic
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chiik hegoh money snake
chiik mehl 'i'ikew money snake
chrgrchryrh kingsnake
hlke'goop' slug, banana slug
hlkrrwrs lizard, salamander, water dog
hlkwrtrkws frog
hlmeyep'i'r rattlesnake
hlmeyip'a'r rattlesnake
kuchkuch angleworm, worms for bait
kwegey kingsnake
leyes snake
leyolekws snake, water-snake
lochomuuk tadpole
locho'm toad
lo'liphl sting of insect, fang of snake
mekwchek snail
mewom gophersnake, bullsnake
mrwrsishleg biting lizard
wrms
wrtprs leech
wr'r' tree toad, tree frog
'eskew turtle (large)
'ewom slug
'o'rowi' dove, mourning dove, lizard
Dictionary entry
wrms • n • worm, worms
Lexicon record # 4003 | Source reference: AS1
Semantic
domain: snakes and slimy animals
Derivation: borrowed from English worms
Sentence example
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[Leyes hes wi' k'i kuchkuch?] Paa', nimi ki witi soo. Hegi' wrms wi' hegoh mocho krtki'm k'i kuchkuch.
[Is the bait worm a leyes?] No, that's not what it is. They use "worms"
to fish with, worms.
— Alice Spott, Ethnobiology
(AS1,
1962 or 1963)