Yurok dictionary

Your search: semantic domain snakes and slimy animals

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Broader semantic domain: animals

Related semantic domain(s): birds, bugs and insects, fish and sea life, mammals

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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

wrmsn • worm, worms

Lexicon record # 4003 | Source reference: AS1
Semantic domain: snakes and slimy animals
Derivation: borrowed from English worms

Sentence example (1)

  1. [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.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)