Yurok dictionary

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chego'onep' four-point buck

chekas donkey

chkweges hair seal

chmegok coyote

chmuuek wild cat, bobcat

choreemew' "the name of the beaver in a myth"

chuelue nee negeneech jumping mouse

chyer'ery' black bear

ch'eeshah dog

hegoyekw pine squirrel, flying squirrel

hekwsa' whale

hekwsa' 'ue-mer'erx baleen

heyomues skunk

hlkeleekra' shrew, mole

hlkerhlkerpeech spotted fawn

hotmon baby rabbit

herk'werh cottontail rabbit, bunny rabbit

Huep'oo nee herk'werh jackrabbit

karkehl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

keget panther, puma, mountain lion

kegor porpoise

kepcheneesh fawn

kerychergerh braid one's hair, mink

kerycherhl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

kwechoyekw ground squirrel

kwegeruer' pig, hog

kyeseks gopher

kyosekws gopher

lepchoh fur

le'go' fisher

megeseek weasel

megokw dog, barking dog

megerseek weasel

merueh chego'onep' five-point buck

meweehl elk

meweehl 'we-s'ech elk horn

mer'erh skin, hide, fur of animal

muelah

muesmues cow, bull, cattle

negeneech mouse, bastard child

nego'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck

nekwel porcupine

nepe'weeshneg otter

neekwech grizzly bear

noykwos shrew

pegeehl muesmues bull

pemey grease, cooking fat, oil, liquid fat, blubber

pe'weesh lake porpoise

plee'wes gray squirrel

ponchech gray deer, white deerskin

ponches white deer

pergerm' seal

puesee cat, house cat

puuek deer, deer meat

puuektek deer

segep coyote

sheeep sheep

skeleekra' gopher

skoyom bat (animal)

smechken chipmunk

s'echoh horn, horns, wedge

tegeen' porcupine, porcupine quill, yellow moss for dying basket materials, anything yellow, canary

teguuek dive, play like a beaver, beaver

teseer beaver

tohsoh doe

tergers rat

tuuuep flying squirrel

twegoh raccoon

wehlkem groundhog

wentokws female (animal or bird)

wohpueneeka' sea otter

wergers fox

werych'erk puppy

werych'erks puppy

'echkwoh sea lion

'lepsoyhl nap of fur or fabric

'lepsuen down

'erhlkerh female dog, bitch

'wahchehl civet cat

'werhlker'eeshneg wolf