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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

lo' chief builder of the Fish Dam at Kepel

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

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