Dictionary entry
twegoh • n • raccoon (Procyon locor)
Lexicon record # 3742 | Source reference(s):
R260 JE109
Semantic
domain: miscellaneous medium-sized mammals
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (13) | Photo
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Kohchewok' twegoh. Kohchewok' chmuuek.
I caught a raccoon. I caught a wildcat.
— Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)
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Twegoh.
Raccoon. — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 31: "Animals" (GT3-31, 2003)
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'O neee'no'w kue wee' 'o key kwesee twegoh.
He looked at what was sitting there and saw it was the coon.— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)
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Kem 'o ge'm kue twegoh, Kues soo hese'm, Nekee' 'ne-tektoh?
Again the coon said, Why do you think, This is my log?— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)
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Tema koma chegohchoh kue twegoh.
The coon still struggled for a long time.— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)
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Temaloh chegohchoh kue twegoh.
The coon struggled hard in vain.— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)
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Kwesee hlow wohpuek 'o leko'n kue twegoh.
Finally the coon fell down into the water.— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)
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Noohl 'o ko neee'n so puelekw 'o new 'aawokw noohl kyue' keech weno'monekw kue twegoh.
Then he looked down the river and saw the coon, poor thing, floating away there.— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)
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'O neee'no'w kue wee 'o key kwesee twegoh.
He looked at what was sitting there, and it was the coon.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)
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Kem 'ee ye'm kue twegoh, Kues soo hese'm, Nekee' 'ne-tektoh?
Again the coon said, Why do you think, This is my log?— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)
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Kwesee neekee 'ue-pel 'o wee'eeet to' tema koma chegohchoh kue twegoh.
So the fight went on there and the coon vainly struggled for a long time.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)
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Kwesee hlow wohpuek 'o leko'n kue twegoh tue' koma soo he'm, Mos kelee' k'-ekwol.
At last it fell down into the water, but it was still saying, It is not your fishing place.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)
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Noohl 'o ko neee'n so puelekw 'o new 'aawokw noohl kyue' keech weno'monekw kue twegoh.
Then he looked down the river and saw the coon, poor thing, floating away there.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)