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'yoch boat
'o'lehl house, home
'o'lep house, inside of house
myootek' I push, I put on (clothes, shoes)
roowo's pipe
'ekah hat, cap
'ahtemar write, draw, make basket designs, marking on baskets, paper, writing, drawing, book, newspaper
'er'gerrch sweathouse
skeryterkw' woman's dress
keromoh turn round (of a wheel, etc., intr.), vehicle, car, automobile
'lahpsew openwork basket plate for eating salmon, flat basket, plate
ka'an' deerhide blanket with hair on it, blanket, deerskin wrap (in the Jump Dance)
hooloh basket (general term)
ch'wona' coat
no'oyek' I have shoes on
cheek'war chair, stool
holeemek' I weave (baskets)
kyew' capsize
laayo' jump up and down (of a boat), pitch (of a boat)
no'oy shoe, shoes
raahlkah build up, roof, dam, stepping stones
slekwohpeyek' I put a shirt on
tekwonekws "the cylindrical trunk for feather dresses, etc.", box, case, chest
wa'aw floor
hoorechewek' I weave baskets, I make baskets, I grope, I reach
keyom dipper basket
muech ro' automobile, car, vehicle
rechok' I paddle, I row
slekwoh shirt
'er'gerrk sweathouse, prayer house
smechoy skin a large animal, tanned deerskin, man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer
chahkwoh pants, trousers
chpeesher'erhl mirror, window, glass
chyuuep'ery' comb oneself, comb
herkwterks
keneek'wechok' I steer (a boat)
kwenomet part of a sweathouse, big door of a sweathouse, "the exit and ventilator", "the place to the left of the exit, likely to be occupied by the 'owner'"
kwerhl image, picture, shadow, doll, movie
no'os baby basket
sonchok' I paddle, I propel a boat, I paddle in a particular direction
hekwch small basket for acorn soup, eating basket, soup basket, serving bowl, bowl
holeehl hazel shoot, hazel sticks (used in basket making), hazel
hooloyehl they are twisted, they are woven crooked, they are not straight (badly made baskets in which the uprights are not vertical)
keromekeenohl key
ket'ey be still (of anything movable), be parked, be moored
kery braids, hair wraps, hair tie, two braids
lekwsoo small door of a sweathouse, exit hole, space in front of the door
mestok line something (clothes, baskets, etc.)
pahtekws storage basket for food, "much larger" than a prhchrkws
pegem knife
repokw doorway, porch, front porch
skego'oh sail, cloth, sail, rag
sloyonekw it slides into water (of a boat)
tegeen' porcupine, porcupine quill, yellow moss for dying basket materials, anything yellow, canary
'o'lomah house, enter!, come in!
cherwernerh "a network headdress falling down the nape and back", long close-woven headdress, head netting
hegon spoon, scraper
hegoo' paddle
kewoy burden basket
kwar peg, nail, lamprey awl, sewing awl, needle, wooden needle
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
mechlaa something fire goes through, chimney, stove pipe, fireplace
mewore'ween towel
muenchehl ceremonial dress, dance dress
poykoh flat basket, pan, pot
perhcherkws plain trinket basket, fancy basket
perhserh rifle, gun
renek' it fits me (clothing, etc.)
skoy buckskin, strip of buckskin, leather, deerskin, elk hide
sleryhl handkerchief
sme'ruehl scissors
so'ch'eek roof, ceiling
srahkwoh loincloth
srekw ring
serp headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance
tkek'war' pot
tkek'wel' pot, pan, kettle
weno'omek' point at which another rib is added in a basket frame
weyew be woven, be finished (of baskets)
'ekar' necklace
'e'guer' a carrying case of ordinary folded deerskin, basket used in jump dance, medicine basket
'o'lomehl house
chegeyoh small knife, pocket knife
chekwchekwah vertical stripes around a basket
chelog close woven basket for seeds, fancy basket for valuables
chkerkerr' pierce, spear, pitchfork, fork (utensil)
chohchoh apron, skirt
chopeley' short blanket coat, baby's rabbit skin blanket
chuerp'ery' comb
chyuuek'wech steer (a boat), paddle in back
chyuuek'wechok' I steer (a boat)
haamoh bear grass, used in basket making
haamuer pendant worn in mourning
helog cooking paddle, acorn mush stirrer, stirring paddle
heemar 'we-chah underwear
heemar 'wo-'oy underwear
heemercherwek' I weave (baskets) quickly
hlke'mah ladder, stepping stones
hohkuem 'ue-perhchekws storage basket for tobacco
hokchkehl arrow flaker
holeemew be woven (baskets)
holoyuel' water for soaking basket materials
hoolechek' I stir (a liquid), I paddle
hooloh rohkuet basketball
hoonechek' I paddle upstream
ka'anoh blanket
ka'mt'em basket for valuables
kechew' cover on a baby basket
kehlkem red clay, floor
kekwon pounding basket (bottomless)
kekwsah apron of bark
kemew storage basket for tobacco
keneek'wech steer (a boat)
kep'ehl there is a housepit, hole in a tree, hole in the ground, housepit
kep'ohl a hollow, a space, clearing, house pit
keskeehl lower side, woodshed anteroom
ket'ket'ey' lie (of boats)
ke'moh bailer
ke'mohpechek' I bail out
ke'mohpet bail out water
ke'mohpetechek' I bail out water
keemolenee hooloh waste basket
knetken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge
kohcheneesh large tanned deerskin used for blankets or dresses (larger than smechoy)
kerch'erk row a boat
kreychoh hair ties
kergerchek' I row
kergerserh musket
kerhl earring
kerker'werk cheek'war rocking chair
kerker'werk'ws it is cranky (of a boat)
kerkue'yer' be crooked, zigzag design on baskets
kue wa'aw mehl meguehlsonee mop
kwere'wey' dugout canoe
kye'wolep' it capsizes, someone turns over (e.g. in a boat or a wagon)
kye'wol' it capsizes
legaay' doorway, trail, path, retreat, a place where someone or something passes through, the place by the entrance door in the sweathouse
legep'ew storage place
lepom' headband "worn by the woman formulist in the Brush Dance ... normally made of ordinary
feathers", doctor's forehead band of condor ruff
lewoleyetek' I pull (a boat) through shallow water by hand
lewoley' it is pulled through shallow water by hand
leyolekwsa' zigzag design on baskets, vertical stripe on baskets
le'wehl house used at the making of the Fish Dam at Kepel
mehl 'e'ga' mehl muehlsonee eraser
mehlkue part of a Yurok house: "the peripheral part ... at ground level, as contrasted with the
sunken center ... It is usually pretty well filled with large food-storage
baskets.", "a place in the sweathouse, the corner farthest from both entrance and exit ... There is
always a floor of smooth planks or stone slabs."
mekwar' menstrual hut
mene's tow a boat, pull ashore, boat rope
menoo' pull a boat ashore, pull (anything, not just boats)
mesen' lichen for dyeing yellow, yellow moss, tree moss
mesolehl large platter for salmon meat, openwork and larger than 'lahpsew
mestek lining of leaves in a basket
mestenekw ferns used to line baskets
mes'ehl a basket for drying things in, drying basket
meychoh storage basket, "similar in shape [to pahtekws], but made altogether of hazel,
without overlaying or patterns", measuring basket (for liquids)
meeekeewerh double ended boat
mersterk line a basket, lining to make something warmer
muen dress
muenchoh dress
mue'reep large basket for cooking acorn soup, cooking pot basket
myootelek' I am pushed, I am shoved
naanaak' ring of black and white dots around the bottom of a basket
na'maw' chipper (tool)
nemekw adze
neegerk half a boat, a boat with a part split off
neeneechoy' saw (tool)
nohchuer bone hairpin
nohpeyuel' raised rim of a basket, raised edge
noy shoe
no'ohpeeet belt
nergernerhl the interior part of a dwelling-place or sweathouse
nerhserper' shave (trans.), shave oneself, razor
ner'merwue' adze blade
pah legaa scarf
pa'aap' ladyfern, woodwardia fern (dyed in alder juice and used in basket making)
pegemeep wire, iron, steel, metal, sharp stone or hard wood used for making knives
pehlpel' matches
pekwolewek' I peel sticks (for baskets)
pekwon basket used for acorn pounding
pkwegeno'ohl quill, needle, awl
pla's stick for measuring meshes of a net
poychekws a small basket tray for seeds used as food
perkerm' club, jar
perkwcheehl headdress with feathers
perkwery hills, the back of a house, the rear part of a house
permeryerh 'we-ch'wona' raincoat, waterproof coat
permeryerh 'we-'ekah rain hat
puercheehl brush dance cap
raak nee yey' stem of maidenhair fern (used in baskets)
raas rice
regey ceremonial headdress
rekwetoy scarf
rekwom' part of the roof
repoh doorway
sar glue, chewing gum
sarkew glue, pitchy substance from pine trees used for glue and for chewing gum, chewing gum
seksah small shell used on dresses
se'lepek' I scrape the inside of a basket smooth
skeweechokw nicely made basket, basket with good shape
skerweechewek' I weave (baskets) well and smoothly
skeryterk'werlek' I dress myself (of a woman)
slekwohsom' s/he dresses someone
slekwslekw clothes
slekwslekwoh dress oneself, clothes
sloyhlketo' brush, broom
sloyonechkenekw they slide into water (of boats)
sluuek'woh space at the foot of the sweathouse ladder
smohtar' bow (for arrows)
srek'wahpeeet breechcloth
srek'wepeeet diaper
serperyer' headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance
swechoh tear, yard (measure, of cloth)
s'echoh horn, horns, wedge
tekwonekws 'ue-kwerhl television
tekwonuer hammer
tepolehl post of a sweathouse, "the place in the sweathouse opposite the exit, and the place of honor", middle (of a sweathouse, a valley, etc.)
te'rekws a close-woven conical basket for seed gathering, bride's basket
te'rekws 'ue-son thimble
tkwep' 'ue-meehl 'we-chahkwoh shorts, short pants
toomechek' I carry (a heavy basket)
terrluel bone put through nose of corpse, knife with short hilt
tuemeech carrying basket
tye'womehl corner (in the back of the house)
t'weyomah basket cap
wa'awor floor
weyewetek' I weave, I finish (baskets)
weeel wheel
wohlkekw roof
werseep braided trim on the front of a boat, made of hazel sticks
werypuer' first part of a basket to be woven, beginning of basket
'ee'ee'gah dining room, table
'luemon eel trap, eel basket
'o chweeegeen place in the mountains where one regularly sits and prays, telephone
'onches bracelet
'onchok' I paddle in a particular place, as in a formation
'oohl 'we-'ekah Indian cap
'o'lehl hegoh house builder
'o'lehl 'we-sohchee roof
'ruemeechekws "a nearly spherical basket in openwork, usually neatly made, and serving to hold sinew,
awls, spoons, and small odds and ends", basket with handles, picnic basket
'uekoko'ya' up and down design on baskets
'uepuer raised ridge round basket
'wechonep flat sifter basket
'weskuuel strap (on basket or load of wood; traditionally usually made of elk-skin)
'wohpeg spruce root (used in basket making)
'wohpeg 'we-'ekah work cap made of spruce
'werhperyerh basket cap for everyday use, full cap
'yoch 'ue-poyew prow of a boat
