Yurok dictionary

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kohchewech

Dictionary entry

kohchewech • n • first month in old Yurok calendar • num • one month

Lexicon record # 966 | Source reference(s): R208 AF(JB-01-04)
Semantic domain: times and seasons

Short recording (1) | Sentence example (1)

  1. Neemee ho negepue' nepuy 'o puelekw weet 'ue-weno'omehl kohchewech noohl ho k'ee cherwerseek' 'w-e'gor, kwelekw hegee' mocho 'oohl weesh kee nep' k'ee nepuy kwelekw kue 'ue-meworoyek' kue 'ue-pekoyek.
    During the season from the first to the seventh month salmon was not eaten at the mouth of the river, and it was said that if anyone did eat it his blood would flow away.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)