Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

se-gep • n • coyote (Canis latrans)

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

Special meaning or use

• mehl me-ge-nek se-gep 'uuek coyote weather (sun with rain/snow) [literally, "when coyote's children froze"] JE35 [weather]

Derived phrases or compounds

• se-gep 'ue-pery "rainbow"

• se-gep 'we-cheeek "poppy"

• se-gep 'we-cheee-shep' "poppy"

• se-gep 'we-roo' "California poppy"

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

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (45)

1. se-gep "coyote" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

2. se-gep "coyote" (spoken by Archie Thompson)

3. se-gep "coyote" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

4. se-gep "coyote" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)