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chaa-nuueks young child, baby, newborn

chey-ke-nee small, small person, child

chee-nes young man, teenage boy

chee-no-me-wah young man

chee-no-me-wes young man, teenage boy

chmerk be angry, person who pouts, moody person

chery little person

chue-lue-la' Chilula Indian

hehl-kew 'woo-gey former people (having retreated inland)

hehl-keek-laa Klamath River Indians

hoo-gech neeen' astronomer

herm-cherh adulterer

huep-'oo-la' Hupa Indian, the Hupa people

huuek child, baby

huuek-soh child, children

kaa-muueks bastard

ka-'aal slave

ke-gem someone who is jealous of everything

ke-gey doctor, Indian doctor

keen fisherman

ko-'o-mech Orleans Indian, Karuk Indian, Karuk people

ker-gert-ker' fisherman

kert-'er' bald person

kwes-'o-yew prayer doctor

k'e-rep' widow

k'e-wen widow who has cut her hair in mourning, widow with her hair cut quite short, above the shoulder

k'ohoo unmarried mother, mother of bastards

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ler'-ger' black person

ler-'er-gerysh dark-skinned person

me-ges doctor, white doctor, medical doctor

me-key children

me-key-yo-wok children

me-lo' brush dance officiant, medicine woman

me-see'-ro-nuen a slim man

mew widower

me-wee-mor old man

me-weem' widower

muen-chers fair-skinned person, white animal or bird

muen-ters fair-skinned person

muue-wee-mor old men

ne-ge-neech mouse, bastard child

ne-gee-'eehl twins

ne-go-'o-hlen midwife

nee-nos woman married to a relative

nee-wah man married to a relative

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

noh-pey enter one's wife's house, half-married man

noh-puuek child of a "half" (matrilocal) marriage

no-'o-meyr' title of girl helper at the Fish Dam ceremony

ner-'er-nerh Coast Yurok, Coast Indian

pe-cheek-laa up river Indian, Karuk Indian, Karuk people

pe-gerk man, male person, real man, rich man, independent person, all-grown-up person

pe-rey grow old (of a woman), old woman, old lady

pe-wo-meen a cook

poy'-we-son chief, leader, boss, best (at doing something), headman

pue-le-kuek-la' downriver Indian, Yurok Indian

pue-leek-laa down river people, the river Yurok

ra-'a-see-shon disgusting person

saa-mey-yohl widow with her hair cut quite short, above the shoulder, widow

saa-mey-yohl 'o 'ue-mey-yoo a child born while its widowed mother was still cutting her hair

sa-'ahl have a fit, have a tantrum, ghost

se-po-le-keek-la' any tribe living in the prairies

sker-weech craftsman, a woman who makes fine designs, fine work, centipede

taahl ceremonial singer

teee-get crybaby

tee-kues Italian person or people

tee-nuue-mo-nok crazy person

to-lo-wehl Tolowa Indian

too'-meyr friend, relative, relation

tos child!

we-goh go across by boat, someone who carries money settling disputes

wen woman

wen-chokws woman

we-roch bachelor

wey-yet Wiyot Indian

we'-yon teenage girl, young woman

wo-hluer girl dancer at the Fish Dam ceremony

wor-mey' spinster, unmarried elderly lady

wo-ro-cheen bachelor

wer-'er-gery young person

wer'-yers girl, small girl

ye-gue-'ueh ferryman

'o-mee-mos Hupa Indian

'oohl person, people, Indian, Yurok Indian

'oo-le-kwehl people, world, the human world

'oo-le-kwoh people

'o'-lehl he-goh house builder

'o'-loo-le-kweesh 'on name of a female spirit, Sky Woman

'ue-ma-'ah devil, Indian devil

'we'-ges Chinese person

'woo white person

'woo-gehl-men half-breed

'woo-gey be holy, former people, white man, white people, at first identified with former people

'werr-ger-yers fair-skinned person, brave person