Yurok dictionary

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tekwskey

Dictionary entry

tekwskeyn • manroot • wild cucumber, pickle • Variant tekwsew

Lexicon record # 3456 | Source reference(s): YM272 R254 JE36
Semantic domains: plants and trees; food, drink, and cooking

Other paradigm form

  • plural tekwsoh AF(JB8/22/2001)

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Tekwskey.
    Cucumber.

    Audio

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 25: "Foods/Dishes" (GT3-25, 2003)

  2. [Nepoyoch hes wee' k'ee tekwskey?] Paa'...
    [Is the pickle a nepoyoch?] No...

    Audio

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