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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locho'm toad
'o'rowi' dove, mourning dove, lizard
leyes snake
hlkrrwrs lizard, salamander, water dog
'eskew turtle (large)
hlmeyep'i'r rattlesnake
'ewom slug
kuchkuch angleworm, worms for bait
mrwrsishleg biting lizard
chrgrchryrh kingsnake
hlkwrtrkws frog
leyolekws snake, water-snake
mekwchek snail
wrms
wr'r' tree toad, tree frog
chiik hegoh money snake
chiik mehl 'i'ikew money snake
hlke'goop' slug, banana slug
hlmeyip'a'r rattlesnake
kwegey kingsnake
lochomuuk tadpole
lo'liphl sting of insect, fang of snake
mewom gophersnake, bullsnake
wrtprs leech
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)