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harpuech

Dictionary entry

harpuechn • ant

Lexicon record # 363 | Source reference(s): YM242 R199 JE9
Semantic domain: bugs and insects

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (6)

  1. [Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee harpuech?] 'Ee, wot kem kee merkue'm 'ow harpuech.
    [Is the ant a hoore'mos?] Yes, ants can eat a person up too.

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

  2. [Tee'neesho wee' k'ee harpuech?] Harpuech kwel megerkue'm 'oohl, 'o tegeykelue'm, harpuech. Ko'l tege'y see kee 'we-son.
    [What is the ant?] Ants eat people up, they bite, ants. They're something like a flea.

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

  3. pler'ery harpuech
    big ant

    — Carrie Roberts, Yurok field notebook 1 (MRH1, 1950)