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peesh'on

Dictionary entry

peesh'onn • scale of fish

Lexicon record # 2586 | Source reference(s): R238
Semantic domain: fish and sea life

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (3)

  1. 'O na'mee woneek so'n noohl 'o ga'm, Cho hl'o'ronepe'm k'ee kwen cho ko regaayo'repe'm, k'ee kwen cho 'ohkween m-ekwol cho 'emehl knokseeme'm k'e-peesh'on.
    He lifted it twice and then said, Stop at each place you pass, and wherever there is a fishing rock leave some of your scales there.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  2. K'ee kwen cho 'o tektonee m-ekwol kem 'emehl knoksee'm 'ue-peesh'on, 'enuemee wo'n ho mo'ok'w 'ue-peesh'on; 'esee noowo'r ho k'ee we'y 'ue-mer'wermery.
    Wherever there was a fishing rock built it left some of its scales, right on until it had no scales left; and then it went on to the head of the river.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)