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rohtuen

Dictionary entry

rohtuen • n • bullhead (fish)

Lexicon record # 2878 | Source reference(s): R243 JE24
Semantic domain: fish and sea life

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (3)

  1. [Pishkaahl 'o koh hes wee' k'ee rohtuen?] Rohtuen kwel peeshkaahl k'o koh, we'y kem k'o koh k'ee nekah 'we-rooy. So pechue rohtuen.
    [Is the bullhead fish a pishkaahl 'o koh?] You can catch bullheads in the ocean, you can catch them in our stream. Bullheads are upriver.

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