Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

segep • n • coyote (Canis latrans)

Lexicon record # 2969 | Source reference(s): WG(WEM264) R246 JE35
Semantic domain: larger carnivores

Special meaning or use

• mehl megenek segep '-uuek coyote weather (sun with rain/snow) [literally, "when coyote's children froze"] JE35 [weather]

Derived phrases or compounds

• segep 'ue-pery "rainbow"

• segep 'we-cheeek "poppy"

• segep 'we-cheeeshep' "poppy"

• segep 'we-roo' "California poppy"

• Segep 'We-'Er'gerrh "place directly upslope of 'Wahcheroh lake"

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (45)

1. segep "coyote" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

2. segep "coyote" (spoken by Archie Thompson)

3. segep "coyote" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

4. segep "coyote" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)