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pkwo'olo'

Dictionary entry

pkwo'olo' • n • maple (Acer)

Lexicon record # 2605 | Source reference(s): R239 JE88
Semantic domain: plants and trees

Special meaning or use

  • pkwo'olo segon maple vine JE88

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (6)

  1. Pkwo'olo' 'ue-'warkwech 'oohl 'we-skerymehl hohkue'.
    An Indian dress is made with maple bark.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 9: "What are you making? Making, Doing, Fishing" (GT3-09, 2003)

  2. Pkwo'olo'.
    Maple.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 29: "Flora/Trees" (GT3-29, 2003)

  3. [Kaap'ehl hes wee' k'ee pkwo'olo'?] ...
    [Is the maple a kaap'ehl?] ...

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  4. [Tepoo hes wee' k'ee pkwo'olo'?] ...
    [Is the maple a tepoo?] ...

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  5. Pkwo'olo' 'ue-'wers skeryterk'w hegoh.
    Maple bark makes skirts.

    — Maggie Pilgrim and Lulu Donnelly, Yurok field notebook 3 (MRH3, 1966)

  6. Muenchehl hegoh pkwo'olo' 'ue-'wers.
    Maple bark makes an Indian dress.

    — Maggie Pilgrim and Lulu Donnelly, Yurok field notebook 3 (MRH3, 1966)