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noh-pet-'ekws

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noh-pet-'ekws • n • 1 dry-salmon maggot or beetle • black bug • weevil 2 stranger [first timers at the Kewet Jump Dance are called this]

Lexicon record # 2193 | Source reference(s): RS(ALK1939:2:11) R230 JE19 JE189 FS(WB:FS28) RS(ALK1939:2:11)
Semantic domains: bugs and insects; people; ceremonies and dances

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  1. noh-pet-'ekws "dry-salmon maggot or beetle, black bug, weevil, stranger" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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