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'oohl person, people, Indian, Yurok Indian

meweemor old man

pegerk man, male person, real man, rich man, independent person, all-grown-up person

wenchokws woman

we'yon teenage girl, young woman

huueksoh child, children

perey grow old (of a woman), old woman, old lady

wer'yers girl, small girl

cheykenee small, small person, child

huuek child, baby

too'mar friend, relative, relation

'woogey be holy, former people, white man, white people, at first identified with former people

negeneech mouse, bastard child

cheenes young man, teenage boy

meges doctor, white doctor, medical doctor

cheenomewes young man, teenage boy

poy'weson chief, leader, boss, best (at doing something), headman

kegey doctor, Indian doctor

tos child!

'oolekwehl people, world, the human world

'uema'ah devil, Indian devil

'omeemos Hupa Indian

chaanuueks young child, baby, newborn

ka'aal slave

keen fisherman

ko'omech Orleans Indian, Karuk Indian, Karuk people

ler'ger' black person

mekey children

melo' brush dance officiant, medicine woman

nohpet'ekws dry-salmon maggot or beetle, black bug, weevil, stranger

pecheeklaa up river Indian, Karuk Indian, Karuk people

pueleeklaa down river people, the river Yurok

teekues Italian person or people

'oolekwoh people

cheenomewah young man

chmerk be angry, person who pouts, moody person

chery little person

chueluela' Chilula Indian

hehlkew 'woogey former people (having retreated inland)

hehlkeeklaa Klamath River Indians

hoogech neeen' astronomer

hermcherh adulterer

huep'oola' Hupa Indian, the Hupa people

kaamuueks bastard

kegem someone who is jealous of everything

kergertker' fisherman

kert'er' bald person

kwes'oyew prayer doctor

k'erep' widow

k'ewen widow who has cut her hair in mourning, widow with her hair cut quite short, above the shoulder

k'ohoo unmarried mother, mother of bastards

lo' chief builder of the Fish Dam at Kepel

ler'ergerysh dark-skinned person

mekeyowok children

mesee'ronuen a slim man

mew widower

meweem' widower

muenchers fair-skinned person, white animal or bird

muenters fair-skinned person

muueweemor old men

negee'eehl twins

nego'ohlen midwife

neenos woman married to a relative

neewah man married to a relative

nohpey enter one's wife's house, half-married man

nohpuuek child of a "half" (matrilocal) marriage

no'omar' title of girl helper at the Fish Dam ceremony

ner'ernerh Coast Yurok, Coast Indian

pewomeen a cook

puelekuekla' downriver Indian, Yurok Indian

ra'aseeshon disgusting person

saameyohl widow with her hair cut quite short, above the shoulder, widow

saameyohl 'o 'ue-meyoo

sa'ahl have a fit, have a tantrum, ghost

sepolekeekla' any tribe living in the prairies

skerweech craftsman, a woman who makes fine designs, fine work, centipede

taahl ceremonial singer

teeeget crybaby

teenuuemonok crazy person

tolowehl Tolowa Indian

wegoh go across by boat, someone who carries money settling disputes

wen woman

weroch bachelor

weyet Wiyot Indian

wohluer girl dancer at the Fish Dam ceremony

wormey' spinster, unmarried elderly lady

worocheen bachelor

wer'ergery young person

yegue'ueh ferryman

'o'lehl hegoh house builder

'o'loolekweesh 'o-n name of a female spirit, Sky Woman

'we'ges Chinese person

'woo white person

'woogehlmen half-breed

'werrgeryers fair-skinned person, brave person