Dictionary entry
terhkurn • n • fish head, salmon head • Variants terhkuen terrkuen tarkuen
Lexicon record # 3729 | Source reference(s):
R259 JE54 JE66 JE116
Semantic
domain: fish and sea life
Other paradigm forms
short form terh, terr RS(ALK1940:2) R259
Special meaning or use
nepuy 'wer-terh salmon head (taahl are forbidden to eat this) RS(ALK1940:2) [fish and sea life]
Short recordings (12) | Sentence examples (4)
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Neemee negep' kue 'we-terh.
He never ate its head.
— Aileen Figueroa, Eating Fish Heads (AF3, 2001)
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Neeko'l 'we-negeee'n nepuy 'we-terh.
He would always look for fish heads. — Aileen Figueroa, Eating Fish Heads (AF3, 2001)
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'O kue 'we-nekomewet laayekeen weet laatekwso'm mehl kue 'ue-mer'erx so kue 'we-tuuek; noohl 'o tekwsee' kue 'we-terr, noohl kue 'we-tuuek.
She cut it along the line on its right from its gills to its tail; then its head was cut off, then its tail.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kue 'ue-mer'erx 'emsee 'ue-'wa'alox 'emsee kue 'w-aawech 'we-terr 'we-tuuek neekee koosee neemee wo pemue'.
The gills and the guts, the back, the head, and the tail of the salmon was none of it cooked.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)