Yurok dictionary

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che-meen

Dictionary entry

che-meen • n • 1 hog's fennel 2 doctor's pain

Lexicon record # 76 | Source reference(s): R190 RS(YN159)
Semantic domain: plants and trees

YN159: "The word chemin is used by people other than doctors to denote medicine for salmon or sturgeon or game."

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Wo-rue 'o cho' ko sle-poh k'e-che-meen.
    Put your chemin up there.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-045) (LA138-045, 1980)

  2. Sku'y k'e-che-meen ke'l.
    Your pain is good.

    — Robert Spott, Sentences in Spott and Kroeber's Yurok Narratives (YN, 1942)