Yurok dictionary
Your search: semantic domain kin terms
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency
Broader semantic domain: kinds of people
Related semantic domain(s):
people
Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic
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cheween mother-in-law
cheechos younger sibling, younger sister
cheemos uncle
cheem' uncle!
chnaa woman's brother-in-law
chneen sister-in-law
choch relative
kokos mother
kuech grandmother
kuechos grandmother
k'ep'ew grandchild
me'loh
meechos cousin, male cousin, elder brother
nee'eeyuen sibling
paarew father-in-law
peychew deceased grandfather
peechowos grandfather
peenos older sister
tey brother-in-law (of a man)
totos father
tuelos aunt
'n-ahpemew my mate, my spouse
'n-ahpew my wife
'n-ekchuem my nephew
'ne-chekos my mother
'ne-chkar my deceased brother's widow, my deceased sister's widower, my ex-sibling-in-law
'ne-chnewk'wos my son-in-law
'ne-choch my more distant relative
'ne-chochos my more distant relative
'ne-kwaa my relative by marriage, my distant relative by marriage
'ne-k'ep'ch'em my daughter-in-law
'ne-let my sister, my female cousin (of a woman)
'ne-ley' my brother (of a woman)
'ne-mey' my daughter
'ne-merm my son
'ne-nos my husband
'ne-paa my brother (of a man)
'ne-psech my father
'ne-romech my niece
'ne-wey my sister (of a man), my female cousin (of a man)
'ne-weyech my sister (of a man), my female cousin (of a man)
'ne-ykew my younger sibling, my younger sister
'ne-'moo my married daughter
Dictionary entry
me'loh • n • in-law whose spouse has died but who remains with spouse's family • relative
Lexicon record # 1666 | Source references: FS(B207) R223
Semantic
domain: kin terms
Sentence example
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Kohchew keech 'o choomoyhl 'o neskwechokw' 'ue-me'loh mehl kue Heewow 'o tek 'o'lehl 'o Rek'woy nue 'we-chpegar', To's wee 'no-'o'hl keech kee 'na-'ahspee'moh 'emkee weet kee 'ne-soo 'e'gah?
Six days passed and a relative of his came from the house at Hiwow in Requa,
and asked, May we now drink at home, and eat as we usually
do?
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)