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chego'onep' four-point buck
chekas donkey
chkweges hair seal
chmegok coyote
chmuuek wild cat, bobcat
choreeme'w "the name of the beaver" in a creation story
chuelue nee negeneech jumping mouse
chyer'er'y black bear
ch'eeshah dog
hegoyekw pine squirrel, flying squirrel
hehlkue legenew whale
hekwsa' whale
hekwsa' 'ue-mer'erx baleen
her'k'werh cottontail rabbit, bunny rabbit
heyomues skunk
hlkeleekra' shrew, mole
hlkerhlkerpeech spotted fawn
hotmon baby rabbit
Huep'oo nee her'k'werh jackrabbit
karkehl ringtail, ring-tailed cat
keget panther, puma, mountain lion
kegor killer whale, orca, cormorant, shag
kepcheneesh fawn
kerychergerh braid one's hair, mink
kerycherhl ringtail, ring-tailed cat
kwechoyekw ground squirrel
kwegerue'r pig, hog
kyeseks gopher
kyosekws gopher
lepchoh fur
le'go' fisher
megerseek weasel
megeseek weasel
megokw dog, barking dog
merueh chego'onep' five-point buck
mer'erh skin, hide, fur of animal
meweehl elk
meweehl 'we-s'ech elk horn
muelah horse
muesmues cow, bull, cattle
neekwech grizzly bear
negeneech mouse, bastard child
nego'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck
nekwel porcupine
nepe'weeshneg otter
noykwos shrew
pegeehl muesmues bull
pemey grease, cooking fat, oil, blubber, lard, liquid fat
perger'm seal
pe'weesh harbor porpoise
plee'wes gray squirrel
ponchech gray deer, white deerskin
ponches white deer
puesee
puuek deer, deer meat
puuektek deer
segep coyote
sheeep sheep
skeleekra' gopher
skoyom bat (animal)
smechken chipmunk
s'echoh horn, horns, wedge
tegee'n porcupine, porcupine quill, yellow moss for dying basket materials, anything yellow, canary
teguuek dive, play like a beaver, beaver
tergers rat
tes'eer beaver
tohsoh doe
tuuuep flying squirrel
twegoh raccoon
wentokws female (animal or bird)
wergers fox
werych'erk puppy
werych'erks puppy
we'yhlkem mountain beaver
wohpueneeka' sea otter
'echkwoh sea lion
'erhlkerh female dog, bitch
'lepsoyhl nap of fur or fabric
'lepsuen down
'wahchehl civet cat
'werhlker'eeshneg wolf
Dictionary entry
puesee • n • cat, house cat • Variant
puesee'
Lexicon record # 2741 | Source reference(s):
R241 JE29
Semantic
domain: larger carnivores
Derivation: borrowed from English pussy
Derived phrase or compound
Short recordings (15)
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cherwerseek' termerwer'y puesee "seven cats" (spoken by Carrie Roberts)
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kerhter'y puesee "one cat" (spoken by Carrie Roberts)
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kerhter'y puesee "one cat" (spoken by Violet Moore)
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kerrmeek' termerwer'y puesee "nine cats" (spoken by Carrie Roberts)
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kneweteek' termerwer'y puesee "eight cats" (spoken by Carrie Roberts)
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kohchew termerwer'y puesee "six cats" (spoken by Carrie Roberts)
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kue puesee "the cat" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)
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merueh termerwer'eryhl puesee "five cats" (spoken by Violet Moore)
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merueh termerwer'y puesee "five cats" (spoken by Carrie Roberts)
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nerhkser'y puesee "three cats" (spoken by Carrie Roberts)
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ner'er'er'y puesee "two cats" (spoken by Carrie Roberts)
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puesee "cat" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)
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ter'erner'y puesee "four cats" (spoken by Carrie Roberts)
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werhlerwer'eryhl puesee "ten cats" (spoken by Violet Moore)
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werhlerwer'y puesee "ten cats" (spoken by Carrie Roberts)
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