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ch'eeshah dog

segep coyote

puuek deer, deer meat

negeneech mouse, bastard child

twegoh raccoon

chyer'ery' black bear

meweehl elk

megokw dog, barking dog

kwegeruer' pig, hog

nepe'weeshneg otter

puesee cat, house cat

wergers fox

'echkwoh sea lion

muelah horse

neekwech grizzly bear

heyomues skunk

keget panther, puma, mountain lion

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

chekas donkey

hlkeleekra' shrew, mole

herk'werh

skoyom bat (animal)

'wahchehl civet cat

chmuuek wild cat, bobcat

le'go' fisher

tegeen' porcupine, porcupine quill, yellow moss for dying basket materials, anything yellow, canary

chkweges hair seal

hegoyekw pine squirrel, flying squirrel

hekwsa' whale

karkehl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

kegor porpoise

kepcheneesh fawn

kwechoyekw ground squirrel

megeseek weasel

merueh chego'onep' five-point buck

muesmues cow, bull, cattle

nekwel porcupine

plee'wes gray squirrel

ponchech gray deer, white deerskin

smechken chipmunk

teseer beaver

tergers rat

tuuuep flying squirrel

wentokws female (animal or bird)

werych'erks puppy

'erhlkerh female dog, bitch

chego'onep' four-point buck

chmegok coyote

choreemew' "the name of the beaver in a myth"

chuelue nee negeneech jumping mouse

hekwsa' 'ue-mer'erx baleen

hlkerhlkerpeech spotted fawn

hotmon baby rabbit

Huep'oo nee herk'werh jackrabbit

kerychergerh braid one's hair, mink

kerycherhl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

kyeseks gopher

kyosekws gopher

lepchoh fur

megerseek weasel

meweehl 'we-s'ech elk horn

mer'erh skin, hide, fur of animal

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

noykwos shrew

pegeehl muesmues bull

pe'weesh lake porpoise

ponches white deer

pergerm' seal

puuektek deer

sheeep sheep

skeleekra' gopher

s'echoh horn, horns, wedge

teguuek dive, play like a beaver, beaver

tohsoh doe

wehlkem groundhog

wohpueneeka' sea otter

werych'erk puppy

'lepsoyhl nap of fur or fabric

'lepsuen down

'werhlker'eeshneg wolf