Dictionary entry
kahkah • n • green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)
Lexicon record # 698 | Source reference(s):
R204 JE54 JE129 CW(JPBH0058)
Semantic
domain: fish and sea life
kahkah 'we-nep "hog's fennel"
kahkah 'wer-'erkerh "sturgeon net"
Short recordings (8) | Sentence examples (15)
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Peleen kahkah.
Sturgeons are big.
— Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)
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Kue pa'aahl ko newoo'm kahkah.
You can see sturgeon in the water. — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)
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kahkah.
Sturgeon. — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 25: "Foods/Dishes" (GT3-25, 2003)
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Kahkah.
Sturgeon. — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 31: "Animals" (GT3-31, 2003)
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Nekah kohchewoo'moh kahkah.
We caught sturgeon. — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02) (JB-01-02, 2001)
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Ma lewetek' 'o kohchewok' kahkah.
I went fishing and caught a sturgeon. — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-01-04) (JB-01-04, 2001)
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[Pishkaahl 'o koh hes wee' k'ee kahkah?] kahkah kwel peeshkaahl 'o koh.
[Is the sturgeon a pishkaahl 'o koh?] Sturgeon you can catch in the ocean. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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[Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee kahkah?] kahkah kwel kem neemee hoore'mos, kee nepue' mocho keech koh.
[Is the sturgeon a hoore'mos?] Sturgeon is not an animal, you eat it when you catch it. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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K'ehl nuemee tokto'm, sega'anee popsew, neeko'l nepuy, sega'anee kahkah, sega'anee cho' nerper'w k'en 'ok'w.
It was in tiny bits, sometimes bread, always salmon, sometimes sturgeon, sometimes there was meat.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Feeding Otters" (LA181-31, 1986)
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K'ee nuemee muueweemor 'emsee pegerey wo'hl tue' chpee weesh kee nepee'mehl, kwelekw nepuy wee chpee mehl so'n kahkah ke'ween keges 'emsee kwo'ro'r kwelekw k'ee kwen kee nepue'.
Only very old men and very old women could eat salmon then; but this only concerned salmon; and sturgeon, eels, surf fish, and candlefish could be eaten all the time.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Noohl wee 'o wenok'w pegerk kue meweemor 'we-heenoy 'ema 'oolo' noohl 'o ga'm, Nekah kwelekw kahkah 'emsee ke'ween kegoh.
Then a man came and stood behind the old man and said, We are catching sturgeon and eels.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Noohl weet 'o soo chween meweemor 'w-egolek', Koweecho noo kegohchewo'w kahkah; ke'ween cho' chpee kegoh, cho' neee'nowo'w mehl nepuy.
Then the old man said, Stop catching sturgeon; catch eels only, and watch for salmon.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kem kwelekw merueh kee choomoyhl kee noohl mechee chpee 'o pemue' kahkah 'emsee nepuy 'emsee ke'ween.
For five more days sturgeon, salmon, and eels must only be cooked on a fire.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)