Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

ke'ween • n • eel (Pacific lamprey, Lampetra tridentata)

Lexicon record # 859 | Source reference(s): WG(WEM274) R207 FS(LA138-002) JE48
Semantic domain: fish and sea life

Derived phrases or compounds

• ke'ween 'we-chege'l "early spring seaweed"

• ke'ween 'we-leen "hail"

• ke'ween 'wer-nerh "Indian peach"

• ke'ween 'ue-par "redbud"

• peeshka'eek nee ke'ween "moray eel"

Short recordings (7) | Sentence examples (15)

1. ke'ween "eel" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

2. ke'ween "eel" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

3. ke'ween "eel" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

4. ke'ween "eel" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

5. ke'ween "eel" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

6. ke'ween 'ue-'wa'elox "eel gut" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

7. 'ne-ke'ween "my eel" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)