Yurok dictionary

Your search: semantic domain kin terms

Index order: alphabetical | text frequency



Broader semantic domain: kinds of people

Related semantic domain(s): people

Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic

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'nep-sech my father

'nah-pew my wife

kue-chos grandmother

k'ep-'ew grandchild

'ne-mey' my daughter

pee-cho-wos grandfather

'ne-che-kos my mother

'ne-nos my husband

'ne-merm my son

tue-los aunt

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

'ne-paa my brother (of a man)

'ne-ro-mech my niece

chee-mos uncle

ko-kos mother

tey brother-in-law (of a man)

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

che-ween mother-in-law

chnaa woman's brother-in-law

me'-loh

mee-chos cousin, male cousin, elder brother

paa-rew father-in-law

pey-chew deceased grandfather

pee-nos older sister

to-tos father

'nek-chuem my nephew

'ney-kew my younger sibling, my younger sister

chee-chos younger sibling, younger sister

cheem' uncle!

chneen sister-in-law

choch relative

kuech grandmother

nee-'ee-yuen sibling

'nah-pe-mew my mate, my spouse

'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-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)

'ne'-moo my married daughter

Dictionary entry

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

Lexicon record # 1666 | Source references: FS(B207) R223
Semantic domain: kin terms

Sentence example (1)

  1. Koh-chew keech 'o choo-moyhl 'o nes-kwe-chokw' 'ue-me'-loh mehl kue Hee-wow 'o tek 'o'-lehl 'o Rek'-woy nue 'wech-pe-geyr', To's wee 'no-'o'hl keech kee 'na-'ahs-pee'-moh 'em-kee weet kee 'ne-soo 'e'-gah?
    Six days passed and a relative of his came from the house at Hiwow in Requa, and asked, May we now drink at home, and eat as we usually do?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)