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 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
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
'ney-kew • n dep • my younger sibling • my younger sister
Lexicon record # 2420 | Source references: R267 YLCB95
Semantic
domain: kin terms
Sentence example
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'Ney-kew woh-puek 'o le-kon', pa-'aahl 'o le-kon'. Kwe-see weet 'o soo ho wey' keen.
My brother drowned in the river when he was fishing.
— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1)
(LC-01-1,
2007)