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che-go-'o-nep' four-point buck

chek-cheen salmon trap

chel bone or horn piece of harpoon point

che-pue'r be steep (of water), a little waterfall, a small dam in a creek

cher-gerp crosspiece in a triangular 'erkerh net

cher-wer-ner' large fishing net

ches-kew scoop net for candlefish

ches-ke-wehl plunge net for small fish (scooped downward at high water)

cho-won seine net, eel net, dip net, lamprey net

cho-wo-nek' I fish with a seine net

cho'w fish with seine net from rocks

chpee-na' a small bone or wooden billet attached to the feeler line of an 'erkerh net and held in the hand

chuyes vertical wooden pole, as much as 8 or 9 feet long, in a triangular 'erkerh net

hehl-kue 'we-re-go-'oh gill net

ho'-neet bait, lure

ho'nk-'et bait, lure

kee-shen chkwohl summer steelhead

ke-mo-roh a fat piece of meat on a sturgeon, about 10 inches long (said to be eaten only by rich people)

kert-kek' I go trout fishing, I go fishing with pole

kert-kerhl trout fishing pole

knet-ken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge

knetk-net arrowhead, cartridge

kne-we-tek' I fish with a net

kue-reesh the end of a net, the point of a V-shaped mark, used for calendar keeping, made in a slate slab in the floor of a sweat-house

kweem harpoon foreshaft

k'ookw-sook' I cut up, I split (fish, etc.), I cut into pieces, I dress fish or game

lem hook eels

le-mo-look' I hook eels

le-mo-lo-'ohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels

lep-'o-lah protruding stakes to keep salmon from going around an 'erkerh net

le-wet net, fish net, salmon net

le-wet 'wa-'aag sinker rock on lewet net

le-we-tek' I fish with a net, I set a net

loo fish weir, fish dam

loo-geen fish weir

luue' fish with a net, set a net

ma-'ah spear, spear, salmon harpoon pole, up to 16 feet long

ma-'ahs-kee-mek' I spear

ma-'ahs-kehl spear

ma-'ahs-kek' I spear, I go spear fishing

ma-'ahs-kue-mek' I spear

mer-ner's-kwery pull the skin off a fish

me-rueh che-go-'o-nep' five-point buck

mer-yer-kerh feeler string attached to an 'erkerh net

myo' vertical posts, joined at the top, supporting a fishing platform

ne-ga' surf-fish net, triangle net

ne-go-'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck

nerh-cherr' fishhook

ner' snare

ner-'er-merh snare

ner-'er-mers snare, a trigger snare

ner-'er-mert deer meat, venison

ner-'er-mer-tek' I snare

ner-'er-pek' I trap

ner-'ers trap

ner-'er-sek' I trap

ner'w-k'wert' arrow

pa-'ah-pe-tew bowstring

per-ker'm club for fish, whiskey bottle, jar

pes-koh spear, fish spear, three piece toggle head for catching salmon

pla's stick for measuring meshes of a net

re-ke-weech fish for trout with two lines

roh-chah sturgeon net (held by two canoes)

roh-see-mek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon

ro-ro-we-nek' I fish, I hunt, I fish with hook for eels, I gather (e.g. clams)

sme-chook' I make supple, I tan, I split (sugar pine nuts)

sme-choy skin a large animal, tanned deerskin, man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer

smoh-ta'r bow (for arrows)

sraach' tanned skin, quiver

te-goh horizontal wooden pole connecting the long poles at the base of a triangular 'erkerh net

te-pue'l vertical post supporting a fishing platform

tmook' I shoot

tmoo-look' I shoot

tom-se-wok' I catch a lot (while hunting or fishing)

tre-ge-pah fish with a dip net, fish with a triangle net

tre-ge-pa' dip net

tre-ge-pe-tek' I fish with a dip net

wers-kerh fishing platform; specifically, the horizontal beam(s) to stand on

we-so-mot bow (for arrows)

wey-yuuem salmon net (held by canoes), fishing line, with rock sinker, thrown from ocean rocks to catch perch, rockfish, and eels

yuen-taat upstream brace supporting a fishing platform

'er-kerh fish with a net, fishing net

'lue-mon eel trap, eel basket

'oh-chos line(s) tying the vertical poles of an 'erkerh net to a tree or other anchor on land

'or-pet duck blind