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chah-kwoh pants, trousers

che-gey-yoh small knife, pocket knife

chekw-che-kwah vertical stripes around a basket

che-log close woven basket for seeds, fancy basket for valuables

cheek'-weyr chair, stool

chker-kerr' pierce, spear, pitchfork, fork (utensil)

choh-choh apron, skirt

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

chpee-sher-'erhl mirror, window, glass

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

chuerp-'ery' comb

chyuuek'-wech steer (a boat), paddle in back

chyuuek'-we-chok' I steer (a boat)

chyuuep-'ery' comb oneself, comb

ch'wo-na' coat

haa-moh bear grass, used in basket making

haa-muer pendant worn in mourning

he-gon spoon, scraper

he-goo' paddle

hekwch small basket for acorn soup, eating basket, soup basket, serving bowl, bowl

he-log cooking paddle, acorn mush stirrer, stirring paddle

hee-meyr 'we-chah underwear

hee-meyr 'wo-'oy underwear

hee-mer-cher-wek' I weave (baskets) quickly

hlke'-mah ladder, stepping stones

hoh-kuem 'ue-perh-chekws storage basket for tobacco

hokch-kehl arrow flaker

ho-leehl hazel shoot, hazel sticks (used in basket making), hazel

ho-lee-mek' I weave (baskets)

ho-lee-mew be woven (baskets)

ho-lo-yuel' water for soaking basket materials

hoo-le-chek' I stir (a liquid), I paddle

hoo-loh basket (general term)

hoo-loh roh-kuet basketball

hoo-lo-yehl they are twisted, they are woven crooked, they are not straight (badly made baskets in which the uprights are not vertical)

hoo-ne-chek' I paddle upstream

hoo-re-che-wek' I weave baskets, I make baskets, I grope, I reach

herkw-terks small basket used as drinking cup, plate or dish

ka-'a-noh blanket

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

ka'mt-'em basket for valuables

ke-chew' cover on a baby basket

kehl-kem red clay, floor

ke-kwon pounding basket (bottomless)

kekw-sah apron of bark

ke-mew storage basket for tobacco

ke-neek'-wech steer (a boat)

ke-neek'-we-chok' I steer (a boat)

kep-'ehl there is a housepit, hole in a tree, hole in the ground, housepit

kep-'ohl a hollow, a space, clearing, house pit

ke-ro-me-kee-nohl key

ke-ro-moh turn round (of a wheel, etc., intr.), vehicle, car, automobile

kes-keehl lower side, woodshed anteroom

ket-'ey be still (of anything movable), be parked, be moored

ket'-ket-'ey' lie (of boats)

ke-woy burden basket

key-yom dipper basket

ke'-moh bailer

ke'-moh-pe-chek' I bail out

ke'-moh-pet bail out water

ke'-moh-pe-te-chek' I bail out water

kee-mo-le-nee hoo-loh waste basket

knet-ken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge

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

kerch-'erk row a boat

krey-choh hair ties

ker-ger-chek' I row

ker-ger-serh musket

kerhl earring

ker-ker'-werk cheek'-weyr rocking chair

ker-ker'-werk'ws it is cranky (of a boat)

ker-kue'-yer' be crooked, zigzag design on baskets

kery braids, hair wraps, hair tie, two braids

kue wa-'aw mehl me-guehl-so-nee mop

kweyr peg, nail, lamprey awl, sewing awl, needle, wooden needle

kwe-no-met part of a sweathouse, big door of a sweathouse, "the exit and ventilator", "the place to the left of the exit, likely to be occupied by the 'owner'"

kwe-re'-wey' dugout canoe

kwerhl image, picture, shadow, doll, movie

kyew' capsize

kye'-wo-lep' it capsizes, someone turns over (e.g. in a boat or a wagon)

kye'-wol' it capsizes

laa-yo' jump up and down (of a boat), pitch (of a boat)

le-gaay' doorway, trail, path, retreat, a place where someone or something passes through, the place by the entrance door in the sweathouse

le-gep-'ew storage place

lekw-soo small door of a sweathouse, exit hole, space in front of the door

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

le-wo-ley-ye-tek' I pull (a boat) through shallow water by hand

le-wo-ley' it is pulled through shallow water by hand

ley-yo-lekw-sa' zigzag design on baskets, vertical stripe on baskets

le'-wehl house used at the making of the Fish Dam at Kepel

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

mec-hlaa something fire goes through, chimney, stove pipe, fireplace

mehl 'e'-ga' mehl muehl-so-nee eraser

mehl-kue part of a Yurok house: "the peripheral part ... at ground level, as contrasted with the sunken center ... It is usually pretty well filled with large food-storage baskets.", "a place in the sweathouse, the corner farthest from both entrance and exit ... There is always a floor of smooth planks or stone slabs."

me-kweyr' menstrual hut

me-ne's tow a boat, pull ashore, boat rope

me-noo' pull a boat ashore, pull (anything, not just boats)

me-sen' lichen for dyeing yellow, yellow moss, tree moss

me-so-lehl large platter for salmon meat, openwork and larger than 'lahpsew

mes-tek lining of leaves in a basket

mes-te-nekw ferns used to line baskets

mes-tok line something (clothes, baskets, etc.)

mes-'ehl a basket for drying things in, drying basket

me-wo-re'-ween towel

mey-choh storage basket, "similar in shape [to pahtekws], but made altogether of hazel, without overlaying or patterns", measuring basket (for liquids)

meee-kee-werh double ended boat

mers-terk line a basket, lining to make something warmer

muech ro' automobile, car, vehicle

muen dress

muen-chehl ceremonial dress, dance dress

muen-choh dress

mue'-reep large basket for cooking acorn soup, cooking pot basket

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

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

naa-naak' ring of black and white dots around the bottom of a basket

na'-maw' chipper (tool)

ne-mekw adze

nee-gerk half a boat, a boat with a part split off

nee-nee-choy'

noh-chuer bone hairpin

noh-pey-yuel' raised rim of a basket, raised edge

noy shoe

no-'oh-peeet belt

no-'os baby basket

no-'oy shoe, shoes

no-'o-yek' I have shoes on

ner-ger-nerhl the interior part of a dwelling-place or sweathouse

nerh-ser-per' shave (trans.), shave oneself, razor

ner'-mer-wue' adze blade

pah le-gaa scarf

pah-tekws storage basket for food, "much larger" than a prhchrkws

pa-'aap' ladyfern, woodwardia fern (dyed in alder juice and used in basket making)

pe-gem knife

pe-ge-meep wire, iron, steel, metal, sharp stone or hard wood used for making knives

pehl-pel' matches

pe-kwo-le-wek' I peel sticks (for baskets)

pe-kwon basket used for acorn pounding

pkwe-ge-no-'ohl quill, needle, awl

pla's stick for measuring meshes of a net

poy-chekws a small basket tray for seeds used as food

poy-koh flat basket, pan, pot

perh-cherkws plain trinket basket, fancy basket

perh-serh rifle, gun

per-kerm' club, jar

perkw-cheehl headdress with feathers

per-kwery hills, the back of a house, the rear part of a house

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

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

puer-cheehl brush dance cap

raahl-kah build up, roof, dam, stepping stones

raak nee yey' stem of maidenhair fern (used in baskets)

raas rice

re-chok' I paddle, I row

re-gey ceremonial headdress

re-kwe-toy scarf

re-kwom' part of the roof

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

re-poh doorway

re-pokw doorway, porch, front porch

roo-wo's pipe

seyr glue, chewing gum

seyr-kew glue, pitchy substance from pine trees used for glue and for chewing gum, chewing gum

sek-sah small shell used on dresses

se'-le-pek' I scrape the inside of a basket smooth

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

ske-wee-chokw nicely made basket, basket with good shape

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

sker-wee-che-wek' I weave (baskets) well and smoothly

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

sloyhl-ke-to' brush, broom

slo-yo-nech-ke-nekw they slide into water (of boats)

slo-yo-nekw it slides into water (of a boat)

sleryhl handkerchief

sluuek'-woh space at the foot of the sweathouse ladder

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

sme'-ruehl scissors

smoh-teyr' bow (for arrows)

son-chok' I paddle, I propel a boat, I paddle in a particular direction

so'ch-'eek roof, ceiling

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)

s'e-choh horn, horns, wedge

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

te-kwo-nekws "the cylindrical trunk for feather dresses, etc.", box, case, chest

te-kwo-nekws 'ue-kwerhl television

te-kwo-nuer hammer

te-po-lehl post of a sweathouse, "the place in the sweathouse opposite the exit, and the place of honor", middle (of a sweathouse, a valley, etc.)

te'-rekws a close-woven conical basket for seed gathering, bride's basket

te'-rekws 'ue-son thimble

tkek'-weyr' pot

tkek'-wel' pot, pan, kettle

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

too-me-chek' I carry (a heavy basket)

terr-luel bone put through nose of corpse, knife with short hilt

tue-meech carrying basket

tye'-wo-mehl corner (in the back of the house)

t'wey-yo-mah basket cap

wa-'aw floor

wa-'a-wor floor

we-no-'o-mek' point at which another rib is added in a basket frame

wey-yew be woven, be finished (of baskets)

wey-ye-we-tek' I weave, I finish (baskets)

weeel wheel

wohl-kekw roof

wer-seep braided trim on the front of a boat, made of hazel sticks

wery-puer' first part of a basket to be woven, beginning of basket

'ah-te-meyr write, draw, make basket designs, marking on baskets, paper, writing, drawing, book, newspaper

'e-kah hat, cap

'e-keyr' necklace

'e'-guer' a carrying case of ordinary folded deerskin, basket used in jump dance, medicine basket

'ee-'ee'-gah dining room, table

'lahp-sew openwork basket plate for eating salmon, flat basket, plate

'lue-mon eel trap, eel basket

'o chweee-geen place in the mountains where one regularly sits and prays, telephone

'on-ches bracelet

'on-chok' I paddle in a particular place, as in a formation

'oohl 'we-'e-kah Indian cap

'o'-lehl house, home

'o'-lehl he-goh house builder

'o'-lehl 'we-soh-chee roof

'o'-lep house, inside of house

'o'-lo-mah house, enter!, come in!

'o'-lo-mehl house

'rue-mee-chekws "a nearly spherical basket in openwork, usually neatly made, and serving to hold sinew, awls, spoons, and small odds and ends", basket with handles, picnic basket

'er'-gerrch sweathouse

'er'-gerrk sweathouse, prayer house

'ue-ko-ko'-ya' up and down design on baskets

'ue-puer raised ridge round basket

'we-cho-nep flat sifter basket

'wes-kuuel strap (on basket or load of wood; traditionally usually made of elk-skin)

'woh-peg spruce root (used in basket making)

'woh-peg 'we-'e-kah work cap made of spruce

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

'yoch boat

'yoch 'ue-po-yew prow of a boat