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chyuuek'-wech steer (a boat), paddle in back

chyuuek'-we-chook' I steer (a boat)

he-goo' paddle

hoo-le-chek' I stir (a liquid), I paddle

hoo-ne-chek' I paddle upstream

ke-neek'-wech steer (a boat)

ke-neek'-we-chook' I steer (a boat)

kerch-'erk row a boat

ker-ger-chek' I row

ker-ker'-werk'ws it is cranky (of a boat)

ket-'ey be still (of anything movable), be parked, be moored

ket'-ket-'e'y lie (of boats)

ke'-moh bailer

ke'-moh-pe-chek' I bail out

ke'-moh-pet bail out water

ke'-moh-pe-te-chek' I bail out water

kwe-re'-we'y dugout canoe

kye'w capsize

kye'-wo-lep' it capsizes, someone turns over (e.g. in a boat or a wagon)

kye'-wo'l it capsizes

laa-yo' jump up and down (of a boat), pitch (of a boat)

le-wo-ley-ye-tek' I pull (a boat) through shallow water by hand

le-wo-le'y it is pulled through shallow water by hand

meee-kee-werh double ended boat

me-ne's tow a boat, pull ashore, boat rope

me-noo' pull a boat ashore, pull (anything, not just boats)

nee-gerk half a boat, a boat with a part split off

re-chook' I paddle, I row

slo-yo-nech-ke-nekw they slide into water (of boats)

slo-yo-nekw it slides into water (of a boat)

son-chook' I paddle, I propel a boat, I paddle in a particular direction

wer-seep' braided trim on the front of a boat, made of hazel sticks

'on-chook' I paddle in a particular place, as in a formation

'yoch boat

'yoch 'ue-po-yew prow of a boat