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chah-kwoh pants, trousers

choh-choh apron, skirt

cho-pe-ley' short blanket coat, baby's rabbit skin blanket

cher-wer-nerh "a network headdress falling down the nape and back", long close-woven headdress, head netting

ch'wo-na' coat

haa-muer pendant worn in mourning

hee-meyr 'we-chah underwear

hee-meyr 'wo-'oy underwear

ka-'a-noh blanket

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

kekw-sah apron of bark

koh-che-neesh large tanned deerskin used for blankets or dresses (larger than smechoy)

krey-choh hair ties

kerhl earring

kery

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

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

me-wo-re'-ween towel

muen dress

muen-chehl ceremonial dress, dance dress

muen-choh dress

myoo-tek' I push, I put on (clothes, shoes)

myoo-te-lek' I am pushed, I am shoved

noh-chuer bone hairpin

noy shoe

no-'oh-peeet belt

no-'oy shoe, shoes

no-'o-yek' I have shoes on

pah le-gaa scarf

perkw-cheehl headdress with feathers

per-mer-yerh 'wech'-wo-na' raincoat, waterproof coat

per-mer-yerh 'we-'e-kah rain hat

puer-cheehl brush dance cap

re-gey ceremonial headdress

re-kwe-toy scarf

re-nek' it fits me (clothing, etc.)

sek-sah small shell used on dresses

ske-go-'oh sail, cloth, sail, rag

skoy buckskin, strip of buckskin, leather, deerskin, elk hide

skery-terkw' woman's dress

skery-terk'-wer-lek' I dress myself (of a woman)

sle-kwoh shirt

sle-kwoh-pey-yek' I put a shirt on

sle-kwoh-som' s/he dresses someone

slekws-lekw clothes

slekws-le-kwoh dress oneself, clothes

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

srah-kwoh loincloth

srekw ring

srek'-wah-peeet breechcloth

srek'-we-peeet diaper

serp headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance

ser-per-yer' headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance

swe-choh tear, yard (measure, of cloth)

te'-rekws 'ue-son thimble

tkwep' 'ue-meehl 'we-chah-kwoh shorts, short pants

t'wey-yo-mah basket cap

'e-kah hat, cap

'e-keyr' necklace

'on-ches bracelet

'oohl 'we-'e-kah Indian cap

'werh-per-yerh basket cap for everyday use, full cap