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 in-law whose spouse has died but who remains with spouse's family, relative

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

'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

'ne-psechn dep • my father • Variant 'n-uepsech

Lexicon record # 2407 | Source references: R241 JE51 MM(ES20)
Semantic domain: kin terms

Other paradigm forms

  • 2sg/pl k'e-psech, k'-uepsech your father MM(ES20)

  • 3sg/pl 'ue-psech his, her, their father

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  1. 'n-uepsech "my father" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  2. 'ne-psech "my father" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  3. 'ue-psech "his or her father" (spoken by Carrie Roberts)

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  4. 'ue-psech "his or her father" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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