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chego'onep' four-point buck

chekcheen salmon trap

chel bone or horn piece of harpoon point

chepue'r be steep (of water), a little waterfall, a small dam in a creek

chergerp crosspiece in a triangular 'erkerh net

cherwerner' large fishing net

cheskew scoop net for candlefish

cheskewehl plunge net for small fish (scooped downward at high water)

chowon seine net, eel net, dip net, lamprey net

chowonek' I fish with a seine net

cho'w fish with seine net from rocks

chpeena' a small bone or wooden billet attached to the feeler line of an 'erkerh net and held in the hand

chuyes vertical wooden pole, as much as 8 or 9 feet long, in a triangular 'erkerh net

hehlkue 'we-rego'oh gill net

ho'neet bait, lure

ho'nk'et bait, lure

keeshen chkwohl summer steelhead

kemoroh a fat piece of meat on a sturgeon, about 10 inches long (said to be eaten only by rich people)

kertkek' I go trout fishing, I go fishing with pole

kertkerhl trout fishing pole

knetken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge

knetknet arrowhead, cartridge

knewetek' I fish with a net

kuereesh the end of a net, the point of a V-shaped mark, used for calendar keeping, made in a slate slab in the floor of a sweat-house

kweem harpoon foreshaft

k'ookwsook' I cut up, I split (fish, etc.), I cut into pieces, I dress fish or game

lem hook eels

lemolook' I hook eels

lemolo'ohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels

lep'olah protruding stakes to keep salmon from going around an 'erkerh net

lewet net, fish net, salmon net

lewet 'w-a'aag sinker rock on lewet net

lewetek' I fish with a net, I set a net

loo fish weir, fish dam

loogeen fish weir

luue' fish with a net, set a net

ma'ah spear, spear, salmon harpoon pole, up to 16 feet long

ma'ahskeemek' I spear

ma'ahskehl

ma'ahskek' I spear, I go spear fishing

ma'ahskuemek' I spear

merner'skwery pull the skin off a fish

merueh chego'onep' five-point buck

meryerkerh feeler string attached to an 'erkerh net

myo' vertical posts, joined at the top, supporting a fishing platform

nega' surf-fish net, triangle net

nego'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck

nerhcherr' fishhook

ner'ermerh snare

ner'ermers snare, a trigger snare

ner'ermert deer meat, venison

ner'ermertek' I snare

ner'erpek' I trap

ner'ers trap

ner'ersek' I trap

ner'wk'wert' arrow

pa'ahpetew bowstring

perker'm club for fish, whiskey bottle, jar

peskoh spear, fish spear, three piece toggle head for catching salmon

pla's stick for measuring meshes of a net

rekeweech fish for trout with two lines

rohchah sturgeon net (held by two canoes)

rohseemek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon

rorowenek' I fish, I hunt, I fish with hook for eels, I gather (e.g. clams)

smechook' I make supple, I tan, I split (sugar pine nuts)

smechoy skin a large animal, tanned deerskin, man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer

smohta'r bow (for arrows)

sraach' tanned skin, quiver

tegoh horizontal wooden pole connecting the long poles at the base of a triangular 'erkerh net

tepue'l vertical post supporting a fishing platform

tmook' I shoot

tmoolook' I shoot

tomsewok' I catch a lot (while hunting or fishing)

tregepah fish with a dip net, fish with a triangle net

tregepa' dip net

tregepetek' I fish with a dip net

werskerh fishing platform; specifically, the horizontal beam(s) to stand on

wesomot bow (for arrows)

weyuuem salmon net (held by canoes), fishing line, with rock sinker, thrown from ocean rocks to catch perch, rockfish, and eels

yuentaat upstream brace supporting a fishing platform

'erkerh fish with a net, fishing net

'luemon eel trap, eel basket

'ohchos line(s) tying the vertical poles of an 'erkerh net to a tree or other anchor on land

'orpet duck blind

Dictionary entry

ma'ahskehl • n • spear

Lexicon record # 1592 | Source reference(s): R219
Semantic domain: hunting and fishing

Sentence examples (8)

Che'mekw keech 'o huemonepehl, noohl 'o ga'm kue meweemor, Nek kue hlook' kue ma'ahskehl; keech 'ee 'we-son kee 'n-egoo'loh; nek kue hlook' kue k'e-ka'.
They warmed themselves a little, and then the old man said, I will fetch the spear; now we are ready to go; I will bring your blanket.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Kwelekw wee' keech 'oyhl k'ee ma'ahskehl.
The spear is lying here.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Noohl kue 'ne-psech woneeks 'o so'n ma'ahskehl, noohl puelekws 'o newo'm kyue' nee 'ue-ko'oh ko'l 'we-so'nk'enuue'm.
Then my father picked up the spear, and he saw people standing at the mouth of the river fishing.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Noohl 'o mene'mehl so heer, noohl 'o ko hlo'm kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl kue meweemor reeek'ew 'eekee laa'y so puelekw.
Then the men went away from the water, and the old man took his spear and went down to the river mouth along the shore.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Noohl 'o kwomhlecho'l kue meweemor, skelee 'ap nek' kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl, weeshtue' 'ap 'o key kue 'ne-psech 'o key.
Then the old man went back and put down his spear, and sat down where my father was sitting.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
'O ko hlo'm kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl yue's 'o sooto'l kue weno'omo'r kue nepuy.
He took his spear and went over to where the salmon was coming in.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
'O choona'mee kolo 'we-rohseemek', kue merueh 'we-chee woneek soo'n kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl 'eekee 'ue-ma'ahskek'.
After making as if to spear it four times, the fifth time he lifted up his spear and then speared it.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Kue hehlkue keech 'o soononee, noohl nows 'o nek' kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl.
When the salmon had been lifted out of the water, he put down his spear.

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