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chego'onep' four-point buck

chekcheen salmon trap

chek'wehl prayer seat, "stone 'seats' on mountains ... They are semicircular walls of mortared stones, a yard or two across, three or four feet high", flat place in front of a cliff

cheskew scoop net for candlefish

cheskewehl plunge net for small fish (scooped downward at high water)

che'loh dry (food), bake (food), cure (food), dry by heating

che'lohtek' I dry (food), I bake (food), I cure (food), I dry by heating

che'lohtemew be dried (of food)

che'loyehl they are dry

cheee'sh woodpecker crest, woodpecker scalp

cheenomelek' I give away part of my winnings in a game

chkeeeker' fork, table fork

chkerkerr' pierce, spear, pitchfork, fork (utensil)

chmeyonen 'o 'we-'ee'ee'gah dinner

chokchoop' drum, drumstick

chokchoop'ar' drum, drumstick

chowon seine net, eel net, dip net, lamprey net

chowonek' I fish with a seine net

chow' fish with seine net from rocks

chpeeego'repek' I get ready for a race

cherhkwek' I am jumping center (in the brush dance)

cherkw jump center (in the brush dance), bird's tail

cherwerner' large fishing net

chuehl well, goodbye, so be it

chuue' well, goodbye, come on

harpuen mint, mint tea

hegel dance

hegon spoon, scraper

hegoorekeech yerba buena tea, vine tea

hehlkue 'we-rego'oh gill net

hekwch small basket for acorn soup, eating basket, soup basket, serving bowl, bowl

helog cooking paddle, acorn mush stirrer, stirring paddle

helomeyek' I dance

hlker'ermery war dance

hlker'ermeryek' I sing a war dance song

hookw gamble

hookwchek' I gamble, I play cards

hooloh rohkuet basketball

hoyeee oh!, hey!, hello!

ho'neet

ho'nk'et bait, lure

hergerk'eryen dealer

herhlperh stick game

herhlper' sticks (in stick game)

herkwterks small basket used as drinking cup, plate or dish

herk'eryek' I hide

her'erhkerhl be fresh (food, etc.)

kaamew it is bitter, it tastes bad, it is sour

kaamewetek' I have a bad taste in my mouth, I do not like the taste of something

ka'an' deerhide blanket with hair on it, blanket, deerskin wrap (in the Jump Dance)

kegoh acorn soup

kehlpeyok' I sing through a dream (of a doctor), I lose control of myself at the doctor dance

kep't'oh feed an infant soft food

ket'op' it is in a pot (food), it is barked (shins)

keychelew speak the medicine formula on the ninth day of a girl's first menstruation

ke'mow food

kmoypon spread (butter, jam, etc.)

knetken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge

knetknet arrowhead, cartridge

knewetek' I fish with a net

kopeen coffee

koweeshcho' thank you, thanks, I am grateful

kreychoh hair ties

kerguuek a round is won (in a game)

kert trout fishing pole

kertkek' I go trout fishing, I go fishing with pole

kertkerhl trout fishing pole

kery braids, hair wraps, hair tie, two braids

ker'yer' peel (fruit or vegetable)

kuereesh the end of a net, the point of a V-shaped mark, used for calendar keeping, made in a slate slab in the floor of a sweat-house

kuuerk cross the goal-line, score, as in the stick game

kuuerksek' I play the stick game, I score (in the stick game)

k'ookwsok' I cut up, I split (fish, etc.), I cut into pieces, I dress fish or game

lehlkemok' I wrap (something) in skunk cabbage leaves (for cooking)

lem hook eels

lemolohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels

lemolok' I hook eels

lemolo'ohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels

lepkwoh form seaweed into round cakes

lepom' headband "worn by the woman formulist in the Brush Dance ... normally made of ordinary feathers", doctor's forehead band of condor ruff

lewet net, fish net, salmon net

lewetek' I fish with a net, I set a net

loo fish weir, fish dam

loogeen fish weir, fish dam, the Fish Dam at Kepel

ler'ergerh be black, be dark-colored, (round things) coffee

luue' fish with a net, set a net

ma'ah spear, spear, salmon harpoon pole, up to 16 feet long

ma'ahskehl spear

ma'ahskek' I spear, I go spear fishing

ma'ahskeemek' I spear

ma'ahskuemek' I spear

ma'ak head rings, "a stuffed ring of deerskin with three or four of the scarlet [woodpecker] scalps sewn on", "head rings with woodpecker on them", head roll

melee' there is a brush dance

melok' I attend a brush dance

meloo brush dance

meraas be smoky, cure by smoke

meraawonee smoked (of salmon)

merueh chego'onep' five-point buck

mewolep' deerskin dance officiant

meenek' I bet

merner'skwery pull the skin off a fish

merw food carried with one, food brought by bride

merwpok' I carry food with me

merwperh food carried with one, food brought by bride, packed lunch

merwerch the dance is ending, the end of a dance

merwery' the final dance at the brush dance is danced

muenchehl ceremonial dress, dance dress

muencherhl milk

mueschen really, truly, true, yes, truly

nega' surf-fish net, triangle net

nego'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck

nepek' I eat

ney greeting between women

neyen greeting between women

neeegem flint, obsidian

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

nohpeweehl sing solo at the brush dance, brush dance song, heavy song

nooych eat food as a guest

nooychkwek' I eat food as a guest

nooychkwok' I eat food as a guest

nowoh greeting between men

no'omar' title of girl helper at the Fish Dam ceremony

nerhcherr' fishhook

nerperw meat

nerrmery sing songs, brush dance song

nerrmeryek' I sing songs

nerrmerypeyok' I'm singing (in the brush dance)

ner' snare

ner'ermerh snare

ner'ermers snare, a trigger snare

ner'ermert deer meat, venison

ner'ermertek' I snare

ner'erpek' I trap

ner'ers trap

ner'ersek' I trap

ner'wkwert arrow

nueneg food

nuenepew food, fish

nuenepueh food, fish

nuenepuey food, fish

par

parkokwch guessing sticks, playing card

pa'ahpetew bowstring

pechoch broil

pemek' I cook

pemey grease, cooking fat, oil, liquid fat, blubber

pemoroh drippings

pemoyekw rock dish, a hollowed rock used in cooking to collect grease drippings

penkw acorn flour

pepah pepper

peskoh spear, fish spear, three piece toggle head for catching salmon

pew cook

pewomek' I cook

pewomeen a cook

pewomor' s/he cooks for someone

peyar' cook over an open fire

peeesh pea

peeshkaahl 'o koh seafood

peeshkah salt, sea, ocean

pee'woh why not!, you're welcome!, sure!, okay

pla's stick for measuring meshes of a net

plegokw headband of woodpecker scalps, headroll

plowah flour

ponchech gray deer, white deerskin

popsew bread

poykoh flat basket, pan, pot

per'yp'erw' be sour

puercheehl brush dance cap

pyeweg perform the white deerskin dance, white deerskin dance

pyewoluemek' I chew

pyuerowok' I perform the sacred rites at a dance, I purify myself

pyuueweg perform the deerskin dance, deerskin dance

raas rice

rechkok' I dance in a particular direction

regey ceremonial headdress

rego' feather, feather for display (as in headband), morning feathers (in brush dance), "simple upright down-head feathers" in the deerskin dance

reguuekwoh liquor

reguuekwo' beverage, especially liquor

rehl'ep' be concentrated in a given direction, of a wish or a prayer, be tossed in a given direction in the stick game, point in a given direction, of a person

rekeweech fish for trout with two lines

rekeeroy broil, broil over a fire

rekwoh drink

rekwohpeyok' I drink

remoh take part in doctor dance, kick dance, doctor dance, kick dance

remohpoh doctor dance song, doctor song

repchem honey, sugar

repoy drum song

repoyok' I sing a song with drum beating

rewpenek' I win (in gambling)

rohkuen ball

rohsek' I throw, I pitch (a ball)

rohseemek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon

rooysh rice

rorowenek' I fish, I hunt, I fish with hook for eels, I gather (e.g. clams)

ruerowech dance in a particular direction, move across the sky (of stars)

ruerowok' I sing, I boil over, I sing

sech dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

sechkes dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

ske'woyehl they are ripe, they are cooked

skuuewetek' I like to taste, I like to eat

skuuewolon kmoypon jam

skuuewolonee something sweet, sweets, candies

skuuewolonee pa'ah soda

slooween raw (of food)

sloowpey eat raw

smechok' I make supple, I tan, I split (sugar pine nuts)

smechoy skin a large animal, tanned deerskin, man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer

smohtar' bow (for arrows)

soonewetek' I taste (something)

sraach' tanned skin, quiver

sroy signal in games

serp headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance

serperyer' headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance

syoolah dance in the brush dance (of a girl)

taahl ceremonial singer

tekwskey manroot, wild cucumber, pickle

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

tenpeyok' I eat much, I eat a lot, I overeat

te'nah drunk

te'nahspek' I am drunk

tkek'war' pot

tkek'wel' pot, pan, kettle

tkek'we'lok' I boil

tmook' I shoot

tmoolok' I shoot

tomsewok' I catch a lot (while hunting or fishing)

tos child!

tregepah fish with a dip net, fish with a triangle net

tregepa' dip net

tregepetek' I fish with a dip net

trekwonuemek' I take a sip

terrluel bone put through nose of corpse, knife with short hilt

wahtey tossle in stick game

wesomot bow (for arrows)

weyokseep Labrador tea

weyo'opewek' I make acorn soup, I cook with hot rocks

wohluer girl dancer at the Fish Dam ceremony

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

woneek 'we-legoo jump dance

wor mode of address by a man to his wife

wo'omehl shelled acorn

werhlperh stick game

'ahspah be given food or drink

'ahspek' I drink

'ahspeyuer' soup

'ahspuem' drink

'ayekwee' alas!, I am sorry, a formal salutation of departure, formerly used "chiefly as farewell to the dead, etc.", hello!

'ey yes

'e'gah eat in a group, have a meal, meal

'e'guer' a carrying case of ordinary folded deerskin, basket used in jump dance, medicine basket

'luemon eel trap, eel basket

'o kergery feather camp, dress camp (in Jump Dance)

'ohlkuem of course, you're welcome

'ohlpeyok' I eat from, I bite

'olueleekw' lumps in acorn soup from lightly stirring

'orpet duck blind

'oyekwee' long for, miss, hey!, hello!, oh!

'oyeee hey!, hello!, oh!

'oyuuekwee' hey!, hello!, oh!

'erkerh fish with a net, fishing net

'uemyo' fish dam, tail end of fishing net