Yurok dictionary

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chego'onep' four-point buck

chekas

hlkerhlkerpeech spotted fawn

kepcheneesh fawn

kwegerue'r pig, hog

merueh chego'onep' five-point buck

meweehl elk

meweehl 'we-s'ech elk horn

muelah horse

muesmues cow, bull, cattle

nego'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck

pegeehl muesmues bull

ponchech gray deer, white deerskin

ponches white deer

puuek deer, deer meat

puuektek deer

sheeep sheep

s'echoh horn, horns, wedge

tohsoh doe

Dictionary entry

chekas • n • donkey

Lexicon record # 44 | Source reference(s): FS(B198)
Semantic domain: hoofed mammals
Derivation: borrowed from English jackass

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Kwesee yok suewee eyk 'eketkwelee' kue 'we-nah kue ka'ar chekas nekah ho soo hee' tue' weetee' 'eketkwelee'.
    And his donkey was tied up there with him.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  2. Kue wee' 'o key kue nah chekas skelee keech lechee'.
    The donkey standing there had fallen down.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  3. 'O noonoo laa pey, Kwelekw keech tmoolok' kue k'e-nah kue k'e-chekas.
    ... I shot your donkey.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)