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chaanuueks young child, baby, newborn

cheykenee small, small person, child

cheenes young man, teenage boy

cheenomewah young man

cheenomewes young man, teenage boy

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

huuek child, baby

huueksoh child, children

kaamuueks bastard

ka'aal slave

kegem someone who is jealous of everything

kegey doctor, Indian doctor

keen fisherman

ko'omech Orleans Indian, Karuk Indian, Karuk people

kergertker' fisherman

kert'er' bald person

kwes'oyew prayer doctor

k'erep'

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'ger' black person

ler'ergerysh dark-skinned person

meges doctor, white doctor, medical doctor

mekey children

mekeyowok children

melo' brush dance officiant, medicine woman

mesee'ronuen a slim man

mew widower

meweemor old man

meweem' widower

muenchers fair-skinned person, white animal or bird

muenters fair-skinned person

muueweemor old men

negeneech mouse, bastard child

negee'eehl twins

nego'ohlen midwife

neenos woman married to a relative

neewah man married to a relative

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

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

pecheeklaa up river Indian, Karuk Indian, Karuk people

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

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

pewomeen a cook

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

puelekuekla' downriver Indian, Yurok Indian

pueleeklaa down river people, the river Yurok

ra'aseeshon disgusting person

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

saameyohl 'o 'ue-meyoo a child born while its widowed mother was still cutting her hair

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

teekues Italian person or people

teenuuemonok crazy person

tolowehl Tolowa Indian

too'mar friend, relative, relation

tos child!

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

wen woman

wenchokws woman

weroch bachelor

weyet Wiyot Indian

we'yon teenage girl, young woman

wohluer girl dancer at the Fish Dam ceremony

wormey' spinster, unmarried elderly lady

worocheen bachelor

wer'ergery young person

wer'yers girl, small girl

yegue'ueh ferryman

'omeemos Hupa Indian

'oohl person, people, Indian, Yurok Indian

'oolekwehl people, world, the human world

'oolekwoh people

'o'lehl hegoh house builder

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

'uema'ah devil, Indian devil

'we'ges Chinese person

'woo white person

'woogehlmen half-breed

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

'werrgeryers fair-skinned person, brave person