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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

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 duck blind

'umyo' fish dam, tail end of fishing net