Yurok dictionary

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ma'ak

Dictionary entry

ma'ak • n • head rings • "a stuffed ring of deerskin with three or four of the scarlet [woodpecker] scalps sewn on" • "head rings with woodpecker on them" • head roll

Lexicon record # 1596 | Source reference(s): FS(B206) YM284 YM440 YLCB88
Semantic domains: ceremonies and dances; clothes and cloth objects

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  1. Ma'ak.
    Head roll.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 21: "Culture" (GT3-21, 2003)