Yurok dictionary

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ch'ek'-ch'ek'

Dictionary entry

ch'ek'-ch'ek' • n • wren • See chek'chek'

Lexicon record # 344 | Source reference(s): FS(WB:FS18)
Semantic domain: birds

Sentence examples (2)

  1. [Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee ch'ek'-ch'ek'?] Ch'ek'-ch'ek' tue' kem he-goh-kue'm kee 'we-ten. Hlmey-kee' keech 'o ten-pe-we'hl.
    [Is the wren a hoore'mos?] Wren can make rain. If you disturb him it will rain.

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