Dictionary entry
sme-choy • vn • skin a large animal • n • 1 tanned deerskin 2 man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer
Lexicon record # 3182 | Source reference(s):
FS(B215) R249 JE41 FS(B215)
Semantic
domains: clothes and cloth objects; hunting and fishing
Sentence examples (4)
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'O na-'a'n hlo'm, tue' sme-choy weesh 'ue-mehl hlook'.
Then he brought two, and deerskins were what he brought.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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He-la' we'y k'es-me-choy; k'e-to' kee laa'y.
Here is your deerskin; it must pass around your hips.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Ke'l cho ke-nue-mee so-no-wo'm, 'em-kee kwe-lekw ku'y 'ue-pah-tuen kue k'es-me-choy kue k'e-ne-ko-me-wet kee so 'ok'w, kue 'ue-werhl k'e-ke-so-me-wet kee so 'ok'w, 'em-see k'e-roo-wo's kwe-lekw nue-mee k'ey-yaahl kee 'ok'w.
You do just as I do, and then the neck of your deerskin will be on your right, and its tail will be on your left, and your pipe will be right over your belly.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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'Upah-tuen kue k'es-me-choy kue k'e-ke-so-me-wet kee so 'ok'w.
The neck of your deerskin is to lie on your left.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)