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terhkurn

Dictionary entry

terhkurnn • fish head, salmon head • Variants terhkuen terrkuen tarkuen

Lexicon record # 3729 | Source reference(s): R259 JE54 JE66 JE116
Semantic domain: fish and sea life

Other paradigm forms

  • short form terh, terr RS(ALK1940:2) R259

Special meaning or use

  • nepuy 'wer-terh salmon head (taahl are forbidden to eat this) RS(ALK1940:2) [fish and sea life]

Short recordings (12) | Sentence examples (4)

  1. k'e-terh "your fish head" (spoken by Archie Thompson)

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  2. nepuy 'we-terh "salmon head" (spoken by Jimmie James)

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  3. tarkuen "fish head" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  4. terh "fish head, salmon head" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

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  5. terh wee'eeet "this/that fish head" (spoken by Archie Thompson)

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  6. terhkuen "fish head" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  7. terhkurn "salmon head" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  8. terhkurn "(fish) head" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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  9. 'ne-terh "my fish head" (spoken by Archie Thompson)

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  10. 'we-terh "his/her fish head" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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  11. 'we-terh "its fish head" (spoken by Jimmie James)

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  12. 'wer-terhkurn "its (fish's) head" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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