Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

pegoy • n • flicker, yellowhammer

Lexicon record # 2491 | Source reference(s): R237 JE55 JE153
Semantic domain: birds

Sentence examples (4)

1. Pegoy.
   Flicker.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 31: "Animals" (GT3-31, 2003)

2. [Ch'ue'ch'eesh hes wee' k'ee pegoy?] Pegoy kwel kem 'ok'w 'ue-poy. Weeshteesh mehl 'ue-pegoy.
   [Is the yellowhammer bird a ch'u'ch'ish?] Yellowhammer has a chin tattoo, that's why he's called yellowhammer.

   — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)