Dictionary entry
lewet • n • net, fish net, salmon net
Lexicon record # 1402 | Source reference(s):
R216 JE54 JE116
Semantic
domain: hunting and fishing
Other paradigm form
short form lew R216
lewet 'w-ekwol "place to set a lewet net"
lewet 'w-a'aag "sinker rock on lewet net"
Short recordings (7) | Sentence examples (6)
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Nuemee koy kol he'wehlek' keetkwo 'o ho'oh kue neee'n 'ne-lew.
I'm going to wake up early when it's still dark to check my net.
— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
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Skewok kue 'ne-lewetek', weetee' 'olonekw 'ne-lew. Ko'l tensewok' k'ee nepuy.
I'm going to set my net, my net will float there. I'll catch a lot of salmon. — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
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To' hes kee nergery kue 'ne-lewet kee 'ne-hoh?
Will you help me clean my net? — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)
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Kues kee too'm k'e-lew keehl lewete'm?
How many nets are you going to fish with? — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)
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Nuemee koy cho' 'o neee'nem' k'ee k'e-lew.
Go and look at your net early in the morning.— Georgiana Trull, Jimmie James, and Josephine James, "Yurok Sentences" (CICD1, 1985)
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Yo' ho nergerykerpa' mocho hohkuemek' 'ne-lew.
He used to help me when I was mending my nets.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)