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hega'p'oh

Dictionary entry

hega'p'oh • n • cottonwood (black cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa) • Variant hego'p'ah

Lexicon record # 386 | Source reference(s): R198 JE35 JE194
Semantic domain: plants and trees

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (4)

  1. Hega'p'oh.
    Cottonwood.

    Audio 

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

  2. [Kaap'ehl hes wee' k'ee hega'p'oh?] 'Ee, hega'p'oh weet kem. Weet kem skuyenee wee' k'ee hega'p'oh. Newo'm muenchey 'ue-'wer', skuyenee.
    [Is the cottonwood a kaap'ehl?] Yes, cottonwood too, cottonwood is good. You see its white roots, they're good.

    Audio 

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