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-che-ge'l "early spring seaweed"

• ke'-ween 'we-leen "hail"

• ke'-ween 'wer-nerh "Indian peach"

• ke'-ween 'ue-par "redbud"

• peesh-ka-'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-'e-lox "eel gut" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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