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tmook' I shoot

ma'ah spear, spear, salmon harpoon pole, up to 16 feet long

krtkek' I go trout fishing, I go fishing with pole

k'ookwsok' I cut up, I split (fish, etc.), I cut into pieces, I dress fish or game

lewetek' I fish with a net, I set a net

ma'ahskehl spear

ma'ahskek' I spear, I go spear fishing

rohsimek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon

tmoolok' I shoot

'rkrh fish with a net, fishing net

lewet net, fish net, salmon net

smechoy skin a large animal, tanned deerskin, man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer

rorowenek' I fish, I hunt, I fish with hook for eels, I gather (e.g. clams)

sraach' tanned skin, quiver

ma'ahskumek' I spear

mrnr'skwry pull the skin off a fish

lemolok' I hook eels

loogin fish weir, fish dam, the Fish Dam at Kepel

meruh chego'onep' five-point buck

nr'wkwrt arrow

tregepah fish with a dip net, fish with a triangle net

wesomot bow (for arrows)

chego'onep' four-point buck

chekchin salmon trap

cheskew scoop net for candlefish

cheskewehl plunge net for small fish (scooped downward at high water)

chowon seine net, eel net, dip net, lamprey net

chowonek' I fish with a seine net

cho'w fish with seine net from rocks

chrwrnr' large fishing net

hehlku 'we-rego'oh gill net

ho'nit bait, lure

ho'nk'et bait, lure

knetken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge

knetknet arrowhead, cartridge

knewetek' I fish with a net

krt trout fishing pole

krtkrhl trout fishing pole

kurish the end of a net, the point of a V-shaped mark, used for calendar keeping, made in a slate slab in the floor of a sweat-house

lem hook eels

lemolohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels

lemolo'ohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels

loo fish weir, fish dam

luu' fish with a net, set a net

ma'ahskimek' I spear

nega' surf-fish net, triangle net

nego'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck

nrhchrr' fishhook

nr' snare

nr'rmrh snare

nr'rmrs snare, a trigger snare

nr'rmrt deer meat, venison

nr'rmrtek' I snare

nr'rpek' I trap

nr'rs trap

nr'rsek' I trap

pa'ahpetew bowstring

peskoh spear, fish spear, three piece toggle head for catching salmon

pla's stick for measuring meshes of a net

rekewich fish for trout with two lines

smechok' I make supple, I tan, I split (sugar pine nuts)

smohta'r bow (for arrows)

tomsewok' I catch a lot (while hunting or fishing)

tregepa' dip net

tregepetek' I fish with a dip net

'lumon eel trap, eel basket

'orpet

'umyo' fish dam, tail end of fishing net