Dictionary entry
ne-po-yoch • n • greens, hay • Variant ne-po-yech
Lexicon record # 2138 | Source reference(s):
FS(WB:FS32)
Semantic
domain: plants and trees
Sentence examples (4)
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[Kus soo ne-po-yoch yok nee hue-ne'm?] Sekws tue' skuuye'n, kweech kem skuuye'n. Ne-ge-pue' yok nee nep.
[What kinds of greens are around here?] Wild celery is good, kwich is good too. You eat the ones that grow around here.
— Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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[Kaap'ehl hes wee' k'ee ne-po-yoch?] 'Ee, kaap-'ehl wee' k'ee ne-po-yoch... 'wew ne-po-yoch, 'ohl-kue-mee kaap-'ehl wee'.
[Is the hay kaap'ehl?] Yes, greens are brush. Its name is nepoyoch, because it is brush. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)