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skewok want, wish, love, like

telek' I am ill, I am sick, I am physically unwell

soninepek' I feel, I think (a particular way)

skewoksimek' I want, I wish, I love, I like

chewes hand

rook'ws it blows (of wind), s/he is flatulent

pirwrksimek' I love

tewomehl be glad, happy

kweskwesek' I have a cold, I caught a cold

teytesek' I am angry

tyohpeyoksimek' I hate, I dislike

meges doctor, white doctor, medical doctor

sonin feel, think (a particular way)

chprwrk remember, think of, miss, pine for, become lonesome for

meskwok' I doctor someone

moykek' I die (used of gods, plants, and animals)

'leptoyhl hair

'wrskun skin, shell, as of acorns

'ne-luhl my mouth

mihlpehl leg, shin, lower leg

telogehl "small animate objects which in the body of an ordinary person cause disease but in the body of [a doctor] give her clairvoyance and the faculty of curing", pain, disease, illness

tetolohlek' I cry, I neigh (of a horse)

tewomehlkok' I am glad, I am happy

wokhlew be glad, thank you, thanks, I give thanks, I am grateful

chpega'r hear, ask, ear

lepehlek' I ache

pekoyek blood

'wrhlkr' bone

chpoksek' I think, I meditate

chprwrksimek' I remember, I think of someone, I miss someone, I pine for

hewolon heal, cure (the body, an illness)

hohsepek' I am ashamed

homtepek' I play, I play with, I am happy

kegey doctor, Indian doctor

kyrnikrhl sprain

mey mourn, cry, tear, tears (from eyes)

nowinepek' I am happy, I enjoy

pahtun neck

po'oh get well, heal (intr.), scar, healed sore

pu'nek' I fart, I break wind, I expel gas

telogumek' I am in pain, I resent

tetomoksimek' I am angry (at someone)

'ne-yah my stomach, my belly

chekws heart

kaamoksimek' I dislike, I hate

kemolochek' I am jealous, I envy

krgrwrs wrist

kwoyteme'l shoulder

nohlpeyek' I go out, I defecate, I go to the bathroom

tewon flesh

tmentmen throb, ache

tooloh cheek, face

'n-aawech my back (body part)

'ne-lin my eye(s), my glasses, my eyeglasses

chegeyonahpimek' I am tired of

chegeyonepek' I am annoyed at (someone)

chpurowok' I menstruate

hahpelin be lively, be happy

heyomoksek' I am lucky

homtah play, play with, be happy

kochpoksek' I think over, I meditate

megenep' it moves or stretches in an elastic way (like an inchworm, or in a belly-ache or body building), it (someone's stomach) aches

menewkwek' I drown, I go under water, , I am bashful

mohlkwoh head

mrtrw buttocks, rump, derriere, arse

pletew thumb, big toe

rewoh lip(s)

sketew little finger

soninah feel, think

soonoksek' I think

tetomok be angry (at someone)

toksimek' I admire, I respect

wa's'ok pity

'n-rp'r'n my nose

'na-rpehl my tooth, my teeth

'ne-chkah my foot

'ne-sen my arm

'ochek' I sneeze

'rrkrhl knee

'wa'alox guts, intestines

chelogaapihl ribs

hle'mekw heel of foot, sole of shoe

hunpeyok' I want the opposite sex, I am sexually aroused, I am horny

kesomewehlek' I am homesick, I long for, I miss, I am sad, I am lonesome, I am sorry for (someone)

knewoletew middle (long) finger

krwryrh chin, jaw, beard

k'enroksimek' I trust, I admire, I respect

k'ensoonoksimek' I dislike, I have hateful thoughts about

lrhpryehl drool, saliva, spittle

mechole'w eye mucus

melo' brush dance officiant, medicine woman

met'ik rectum, ass!

meyoomoyek' I am pregnant

mokwsek muscle, sinew

mrtrlrp' nasal mucus, runny nose

nektoksimek' I adore, I admire, I like (someone)

nohlpeyok' I defecate, I go the bathroom

noksimek' I think of

nowinah be happy, enjoy

prwkwish elbow

prykrr' brain, brains

pryrm penis

punomihl malicious thoughts (cause of illness in someone else), contamination, bad omen

pyrwrksimek' I love

sme'lenek' I masturbate (of men)

soono'p'eyok' I am angry, I am furious, I resent

sooyhl gum (part of mouth)

sweyoksimek' I slight, I insult, I am aloof, I am disrespectful

sweyoninepek' I am aloof, I don't want to associate, I fade

tewey forehead

te'noyok' I feel insulted

to' hip (body part), thigh

tyohpeyok hate, dislike

wina'atew third finger, ring finger

'wehlketeg nail, fingernail, toenail, claw

'weskwelon body, value, trunk of body

chegaanoksek' I forgive

chegeyoninepek' I am tired of

chelogehl ribs

chelogepihl ribs

cheyketew little finger, pinky finger

chkenoowok be very stupid, be very poor

chkenoowoksek' I am very stupid, I am very poor

chmrk be angry, person who pouts, moody person

chpoksimek' I remember, I think back, I recollect

chprwrksek' I remember, I long for, I think about

chrwrsrtrw index finger, pointer finger

chulusew runny eyes

ch'ig saliva, foam

hahpelinepek' I am lively, I am happy

hahsehl urine

hewoneki'r have an erection

hle'm heel

hlkekwolek' I limp, I am lame, I am crippled

hlkwrt'rr' pass gas through the vagina

hlmeyoksimek' I am suspicious of

hlmeyorkwishonek' I am feared, I am an object of fear

hooroksek' I am cunning, I am clever

hoorurehlek' I feel sick, I feel nauseous, I have nausea

kaamok be disliked

keloke'l throat

kesomewtek' I am homesick

kesomuy corpse, dead person

ket'etew palm (of hand)

knetew finger

ko'l 'ne-so'n my genitals (male or female)

krchpok' I menstruate for the first time

krkrchpok'

krkrhl ankle

krmrtrw little finger

krs'rkw shoulder blade

krwrs wrist

kryrmrh skull

kweruhl snout, long nose

kwes'oyew prayer doctor

kwes'oyewek' I treat (used of prayer doctor)

kwetoyos pear-shaped piece of wood put near fire in wishing ill on someone

kyahto'r sweat, sweat

kya' sore, ulcer

kya'hl'oo' open sore, ulcer, open wound

kyrnikrt sprain

k'irwrlr'ry be gray-haired

k'limowok' I feel ill

lepoh hip

lrh saliva, spittle

luuwoloyek' I cramp, I have a cramp

markarkihl hip

mecholep mucus in one's eye

mechomi' venereal disease, the clap

megeyoo miscarry, die soon after birth, be stillborn, lose children in childbirth

mekwa'r menstrual hut

mek'woh pus

meleg excrement

melox excrement, feces, turds

mep'och beard, mustache, whiskers

metolep snot

mewipihl waist, tree trunk

meyoo be pregnant

me'yk'wah boil (skin affliction), pus

mochkwoch' little boy's penis

mo'l sexual intercourse

mrkchr'rkrhl hip, hip bone

mrrgen lungs

mrsrw ointment

mr'p'rhl pubic hair

naagoh gut on one side

na'atew ring finger

nekteyok' I admire the cleverness of a person

nektok like (a favorite), pity

new breast milk

newon breast, nipple, tit, breast milk

nrrwrt visit the sick

nrryrksek' I betray a trust

nrryrwrksek' I am betrayed

pah neck

pesoh clitoris

pirwrksishonowok' I am lovely

pkwoksimek' I find out (what somebody is thinking), I find (somebody) out

ponus pre-pubescent vagina, hymen

prkryr'r'y it is red (animals, birds, human hair)

prpryuupek' I am curly, I have curly hair

punomihlkok' I am contaminated, I have a pain

rewoch lip(s)

rohpir semen

rohtek'w testicle, scrotum, testes

roksimek' I trust

roowo's hegoh a plant whose leaves are used for colds

sewkwelumek' I am bruised

ska'ah sole of foot, palm of hand

ska'atew finger, toe

skoypihl flank, side (body part)

sleyehl substance like mucus which contained a pain object

slrprh thigh, penis

slryhlkrp'ok' I blow my nose

smeykolumek' I pine, I miss

sme'lenepek' I masturbate (of men)

soono' be angry, be furious, resent

soo' cascara tree, chittamwood, cascara tree bark used as laxative

sweyoksishonowok' I am rude

s'oh anus, rectum

s'rrprhl marrow (of bone)

tegoksimek' I praise

tektey stomach

tektomoksek' I am angry, I am mad

tekwsa'r heart of salmon, uvula

tenumonok have bad luck wished on one, bad luck, spirits, insane

tenumonoksimek' I wish bad luck on, I cast a spell on

tenumonoksoyek' I have bad luck wished upon me

tetomosek' I am angry, I am mad

tew flesh

te'noyowok' I feel insulted

tinuumonok crazy person

tohtoh kidney

tyohpishonek' I am hateful

wa's'ishonowok' I am pitiful, I am wretched

wa's'oksimek' I pity

wega'sok be unselfish

wega'soksimek' I am unselfish

weyoksek' I am poisoned, I have cancer

weyomenehl they copulate

weypegar there is an epidemic

wrsrh navel

yonikwo' become sprained

'ahkek' I urinate, I piss (of men)

'e'gu'r 'wes'onah uterus

'lepsoyhl nap of fur or fabric

'n-iphl my tongue

'n-rp'r'n 'we-tohpew my nostril

'na-rkow my armpit

'ne-hlp'ehl my eyelash

'ne-kik my hips

'ne-kwen my chest (body part)

'ne-ykwet my penis (usually of a prepubescent boy)

'ne-'rep' my eyebrow

'ochomek' I sneeze

'ochomok' I sneeze

'oloyoke'l larynx, vocal chords, throat

'rkryshek' I urinate

'up'rh backbone, string, spinal cord

'wa'al guts, intestines

'wes body

'wrhlkun liver

'wrs skin