Yurok dictionary

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ch'ee-shah dog

se-gep coyote

puuek deer, deer meat

ne-ge-neech mouse, bastard child

twe-goh raccoon

chyer-'ery' black bear

me-weehl elk

me-gokw dog, barking dog

kwe-ge-ruer' pig, hog

ne-pe'-weesh-neg otter

pue-see cat, house cat

wer-gers fox

'ech-kwoh sea lion

mue-lah horse

nee-kwech grizzly bear

hey-yo-mues skunk

ke-get panther, puma, mountain lion

pe-mey grease, cooking fat, oil, liquid fat, blubber

che-kas donkey

hlke-leek-ra' shrew, mole

herk'-werh cottontail rabbit, bunny rabbit

sko-yom bat (animal)

'wah-chehl civet cat

chmuuek wild cat, bobcat

le'-go'

te-geen' porcupine, porcupine quill, yellow moss for dying basket materials, anything yellow, canary

chkwe-ges hair seal

he-go-yekw pine squirrel, flying squirrel

hekw-sa' whale

keyr-kehl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

ke-gor porpoise

kep-che-neesh fawn

kwe-cho-yekw ground squirrel

me-ge-seek weasel

me-rueh che-go-'o-nep' five-point buck

mues-mues cow, bull, cattle

ne-kwel porcupine

plee'-wes gray squirrel

pon-chech gray deer, white deerskin

smech-ken chipmunk

te-seer beaver

ter-gers rat

tuuuep flying squirrel

wen-tokws female (animal or bird)

wery-ch'erks puppy

'erhl-kerh female dog, bitch

che-go-'o-nep' four-point buck

chme-gok coyote

cho-ree-mew' "the name of the beaver in a myth"

chue-lue nee ne-ge-neech jumping mouse

hekw-sa' 'ue-mer-'erx baleen

hlkerhl-ker-peech spotted fawn

hot-mon baby rabbit

Huep-'oo nee herk'-werh jackrabbit

kery-cher-gerh braid one's hair, mink

kery-cherhl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

kye-seks gopher

kyo-sekws gopher

lep-choh fur

me-ger-seek weasel

me-weehl 'wes-'ech elk horn

mer-'erh skin, hide, fur of animal

ne-go-'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck

noy-kwos shrew

pe-geehl mues-mues bull

pe'-weesh lake porpoise

pon-ches white deer

per-germ' seal

puuek-tek deer

sheeep sheep

ske-leek-ra' gopher

s'e-choh horn, horns, wedge

te-guuek dive, play like a beaver, beaver

toh-soh doe

wehl-kem groundhog

woh-pue-nee-ka' sea otter

wery-ch'erk puppy

'lep-soyhl nap of fur or fabric

'lep-suen down

'werhl-ker-'eesh-neg wolf