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'lohn • 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 (1)

  1. 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)