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koh-che-moy

Dictionary entry

koh-che-moynum • one (finger span), the distance between a person's fingers on two outstretched arms, one fathom

Lexicon record # 961 | Source reference(s): WF(ALK:42:28) FS(B202)

Sentence example (1)

  1. Koh-che-moy no-'o-mek'.
    It (a dentalium necklace) is a fathom (about 6 feet) long.

    — Weitchpec Frank, Elicitation (WF1, 1902)