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

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

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

'ne-letn dep • my sister, my female cousin (of a woman) • Variant 'ne-leet

Lexicon record # 2395 | Source references: R216 FS(LA138-009) JE121
Semantic domain: kin terms

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (4)

  1. 'ne-let "my sister (of a woman)" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  2. 'ne-let "my sister" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  3. 'we-leet "her sister" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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