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skewok want, wish, love, like

telek' I am ill, I am sick, I am physically unwell

soneenepek' I feel, I think (a particular way)

skewokseemek' I want, I wish, I love, I like

chewes hand

rook'ws it blows (of wind), s/he is flatulent

peerwerkseemek' I love

tewomehl be glad, happy

kweskwesek' I have a cold, I caught a cold

teytesek' I am angry

tyohpeyokseemek' I hate, I dislike

meges doctor, white doctor, medical doctor

soneen feel, think (a particular way)

chperwerk remember, think of, miss, pine for, become lonesome for

meskwok' I doctor someone

moykek' I die (used of gods, plants, and animals)

'leptoyhl hair

'werskuen skin, shell, as of acorns

'ne-luehl my mouth

meehlpehl leg, shin, lower leg

telogehl "small animate objects which in the body of an ordinary person cause disease but in the body of [a doctor] give her clairvoyance and the faculty of curing", pain, disease, illness

tetolohlek' I cry, I neigh (of a horse)

tewomehlkok' I am glad, I am happy

wokhlew be glad, thank you, thanks, I give thanks, I am grateful

chpegar' hear, ask, ear

lepehlek' I ache

pekoyek blood

'werhlker' bone

chpoksek' I think, I meditate

chperwerkseemek' I remember, I think of someone, I miss someone, I pine for

hewolon heal, cure (the body, an illness)

hohsepek' I am ashamed

homtepek' I play, I play with, I am happy

kegey doctor, Indian doctor

kyerneekerhl sprain

mey mourn, cry, tear, tears (from eyes)

noweenepek' I am happy, I enjoy

pahtuen neck

po'oh get well, heal (intr.), scar, healed sore

pue'nek' I fart, I break wind, I expel gas

teloguemek' I am in pain, I resent

tetomokseemek' I am angry (at someone)

'ne-yah my stomach, my belly

chekws heart

kaamokseemek' I dislike, I hate

kemolochek' I am jealous, I envy

kergerwers wrist

kwoytemel' shoulder

nohlpeyek' I go out, I defecate, I go to the bathroom

tewon flesh

tmentmen throb, ache

tooloh cheek, face

'n-aawech my back (body part)

'ne-leen my eye(s), my glasses, my eyeglasses

chegeyonahpeemek' I am tired of

chegeyonepek' I am annoyed at (someone)

chpuerowok' I menstruate

hahpeleen be lively, be happy

heyomoksek' I am lucky

homtah play, play with, be happy

kochpoksek' I think over, I meditate

megenep' it moves or stretches in an elastic way (like an inchworm, or in a belly-ache or body building), it (someone's stomach) aches

menewkwek' I drown, I go under water, , I am bashful

mohlkwoh head

merterw buttocks, rump, derriere, arse

pletew thumb, big toe

rewoh lip(s)

sketew little finger

soneenah feel, think

soonoksek' I think

tetomok be angry (at someone)

tokseemek' I admire, I respect

wa's'ok pity

'n-rp'ern' my nose

'na-rpehl my tooth, my teeth

'ne-chkah my foot

'ne-sen my arm

'ochek' I sneeze

'errkerhl knee

'wa'alox guts, intestines

chelogaapeehl ribs

hle'mekw heel of foot, sole of shoe

huenpeyok' I want the opposite sex, I am sexually aroused, I am horny

kesomewehlek' I am homesick, I long for, I miss, I am sad, I am lonesome, I am sorry for (someone)

knewoletew middle (long) finger

kerweryerh chin, jaw, beard

k'enrokseemek' I trust, I admire, I respect

k'ensoonokseemek' I dislike, I have hateful thoughts about

lerhperyehl drool, saliva, spittle

mecholew' eye mucus

melo' brush dance officiant, medicine woman

met'eek rectum, ass!

meyoomoyek' I am pregnant

mokwsek muscle, sinew

merterlerp' nasal mucus, runny nose

nektokseemek' I adore, I admire, I like (someone)

nohlpeyok' I defecate, I go the bathroom

nokseemek' I think of

noweenah be happy, enjoy

perwkweesh elbow

perykerr' brain, brains

peryerm penis

puenomeehl malicious thoughts (cause of illness in someone else), contamination, bad omen

pyerwerkseemek' I love

sme'lenek' I masturbate (of men)

soono'p'eyok' I am angry, I am furious, I resent

sooyhl gum (part of mouth)

sweyokseemek' I slight, I insult, I am aloof, I am disrespectful

sweyoneenepek' I am aloof, I don't want to associate, I fade

tewey forehead

te'noyok' I feel insulted

to' hip (body part), thigh

tyohpeyok hate, dislike

weena'atew third finger, ring finger

'wehlketeg nail, fingernail, toenail, claw

'weskwelon body, value, trunk of body

chegaanoksek' I forgive

chegeyoneenepek' I am tired of

chelogehl ribs

chelogepeehl ribs

cheyketew little finger, pinky finger

chkenoowok be very stupid, be very poor

chkenoowoksek' I am very stupid, I am very poor

chmerk be angry, person who pouts, moody person

chpokseemek' I remember, I think back, I recollect

chperwerksek' I remember, I long for, I think about

cherwerserterw index finger, pointer finger

chueluesew runny eyes

ch'eeg saliva, foam

hahpeleenepek' I am lively, I am happy

hahsehl urine

hewonekeer' have an erection

hlem' heel

hlkekwolek' I limp, I am lame, I am crippled

hlkwert'err' pass gas through the vagina

hlmeyokseemek' I am suspicious of

hlmeyorkweeshonek' I am feared, I am an object of fear

hooroksek' I am cunning, I am clever

hooruerehlek' I feel sick, I feel nauseous, I have nausea

kaamok be disliked

kelokel' throat

kesomewtek' I am homesick

kesomuey corpse, dead person

ket'etew palm (of hand)

knetew finger

kol' 'ne-son' my genitals (male or female)

kerchpok' I menstruate for the first time

kerkerchpok' I menstruate, I menstruate for the first time, I reach womanhood

kerkerhl ankle

kermerterw little finger

kers'erkw shoulder blade

kerwers wrist

keryermerh skull

kweruehl snout, long nose

kwes'oyew prayer doctor

kwes'oyewek'

kwetoyos pear-shaped piece of wood put near fire in wishing ill on someone

kyahtor' sweat, sweat

kya' sore, ulcer

kya'hl'oo' open sore, ulcer, open wound

kyerneekert sprain

k'eerwerler'ery be gray-haired

k'leemowok' I feel ill

lepoh hip

lerh saliva, spittle

luuewoloyek' I cramp, I have a cramp

markarkeehl hip

mecholep mucus in one's eye

mechomee' venereal disease, the clap

megeyoo miscarry, die soon after birth, be stillborn, lose children in childbirth

mekwar' menstrual hut

mek'woh pus

meleg excrement

melox excrement, feces, turds

mep'och beard, mustache, whiskers

metolep snot

meweepeehl waist, tree trunk

meyoo be pregnant

me'yk'wah boil (skin affliction), pus

mochkwoch' little boy's penis

mol' sexual intercourse

merkcher'erkerhl hip, hip bone

merrgen lungs

merserw ointment

mer'p'erhl pubic hair

naagoh gut on one side

na'atew ring finger

nekteyok' I admire the cleverness of a person

nektok like (a favorite), pity

new breast milk

newon breast, nipple, tit, breast milk

nerrwert visit the sick

nerryerksek' I betray a trust

nerryerwerksek' I am betrayed

pah neck

pesoh clitoris

peerwerkseeshonowok' I am lovely

pkwokseemek' I find out (what somebody is thinking), I find (somebody) out

ponues pre-pubescent vagina, hymen

perkeryer'ery' it is red (animals, birds, human hair)

perperyuuepek' I am curly, I have curly hair

puenomeehlkok' I am contaminated, I have a pain

rewoch lip(s)

rohpeer semen

rohtekw' testicle, scrotum, testes

rokseemek' I trust

roowo's hegoh a plant whose leaves are used for colds

sewkweluemek' I am bruised

ska'ah sole of foot, palm of hand

ska'atew finger, toe

skoypeehl flank, side (body part)

sleyehl substance like mucus which contained a pain object

slerperh thigh, penis

sleryhlkerp'ok' I blow my nose

smeykoluemek' I pine, I miss

sme'lenepek' I masturbate (of men)

soono' be angry, be furious, resent

soo' cascara tree, chittamwood, cascara tree bark used as laxative

sweyokseeshonowok' I am rude

s'oh anus, rectum

s'errperhl marrow (of bone)

tegokseemek' I praise

tektey stomach

tektomoksek' I am angry, I am mad

tekwsar' heart of salmon, uvula

tenuemonok have bad luck wished on one, bad luck, spirits, insane

tenuemonokseemek' I wish bad luck on, I cast a spell on

tenuemonoksoyek' I have bad luck wished upon me

tetomosek' I am angry, I am mad

tew flesh

te'noyowok' I feel insulted

teenuuemonok crazy person

tohtoh kidney

tyohpeeshonek' I am hateful

wa's'eeshonowok' I am pitiful, I am wretched

wa's'okseemek' I pity

wega'sok be unselfish

wega'sokseemek' I am unselfish

weyoksek' I am poisoned, I have cancer

weyomenehl they copulate

weypegar there is an epidemic

werserh navel

yoneekwo' become sprained

'ahkek' I urinate, I piss (of men)

'e'guer' 'wes'onah uterus

'lepsoyhl nap of fur or fabric

'n-eephl my tongue

'n-rp'ern' 'we-tohpew my nostril

'na-rkow my armpit

'ne-hlp'ehl my eyelash

'ne-keek my hips

'ne-kwen my chest (body part)

'ne-ykwet my penis (usually of a prepubescent boy)

'ne-'rep' my eyebrow

'ochomek' I sneeze

'ochomok' I sneeze

'oloyokel' larynx, vocal chords, throat

'erkeryshek' I urinate

'uep'erh backbone, string, spinal cord

'wa'al guts, intestines

'wes body

'werhlkuen liver

'wers skin