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chaa-nuueks young child, baby, newborn

che-ween mother-in-law

chey-ke-nee small, small person, child

chee-chos younger sibling, younger sister

chee-mos uncle

chee-nes young man, teenage boy

chee-no-me-wah young man

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

cheem' uncle!

chmerk be angry, person who pouts, moody person

chnaa woman's brother-in-law

chneen sister-in-law

choch relative

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-kos mother

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

ker-gert-ker' fisherman

kert-'er' bald person

kuech grandmother

kue-chos grandmother

kwes-'o-yew prayer doctor

k'ep-'ew grandchild

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

me'-loh in-law whose spouse has died but who remains with spouse's family, relative

mee-chos cousin, male cousin, elder brother

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

nee-'ee-yuen sibling

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

paa-rew father-in-law

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

pey-chew deceased grandfather

pee-cho-wos grandfather

pee-nos older sister

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

tey brother-in-law (of a man)

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!

to-tos father

tue-los aunt

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

'nah-pe-mew my mate, my spouse

'nah-pew my wife

'nek-chuem my nephew

'ne-che-kos my mother

'nech-keyr my deceased brother's widow, my deceased sister's widower, my ex-sibling-in-law

'nech-newk'-wos my son-in-law

'ne-choch my more distant relative

'ne-cho-chos my more distant relative

'ne-kwaa my relative by marriage, my distant relative by marriage

'nek-'ep'-ch'em my daughter-in-law

'ne-let my sister, my female cousin (of a woman)

'ne-ley' my brother (of a woman)

'ne-mey' my daughter

'ne-merm my son

'ne-nos my husband

'ne-paa my brother (of a man)

'nep-sech my father

'ne-ro-mech my niece

'ne-wey my sister (of a man), my female cousin (of a man)

'ne-wey-yech my sister (of a man), my female cousin (of a man)

'ney-kew my younger sibling, my younger sister

'ne'-moo my married daughter

'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