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chaanuuks young child, baby, newborn

chewin mother-in-law

cheykeni small, small person, child

chichos younger sibling, younger sister

chimos uncle

chines young man, teenage boy

chinomewah young man

chinomewes young man, teenage boy

chi'm uncle!

chmrk be angry, person who pouts, moody person

chnaa woman's brother-in-law

chnin sister-in-law

choch relative

chry little person

chulula' Chilula Indian

hehlkew 'woogey former people (having retreated inland)

hehlkiklaa Klamath River Indians

hoogech nii'n astronomer

hrmchrh adulterer

hup'oola' Hupa Indian, the Hupa people

huuk child, baby

huuksoh child, children

kaamuuks bastard

ka'aal slave

kegem someone who is jealous of everything

kegey doctor, Indian doctor

kin fisherman

kokos mother

ko'omech Orleans Indian, Karuk Indian, Karuk people

krgrtkr' fisherman

krt'r'

kuch grandmother

kuchos grandmother

kwes'oyew prayer doctor

k'ep'ew grandchild

k'erep' widow

k'ewen 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

lr'gr' black person

lr'rgrysh dark-skinned person

meges doctor, white doctor, medical doctor

mekey children

mekeyowok children

melo' brush dance officiant, medicine woman

mesi'ronun a slim man

mew widower

mewimor old man

mewi'm widower

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

michos cousin, male cousin, elder brother

munchrs fair-skinned person, white animal or bird

muntrs fair-skinned person

muuwimor old men

negenich mouse, bastard child

negi'ihl twins

nego'ohlen midwife

ninos woman married to a relative

niwah man married to a relative

ni'iyun sibling

nohpet'ekws dry-salmon maggot or beetle, black bug, weevil, stranger

nohpey enter one's wife's house, half-married man

nohpuuk child of a "half" (matrilocal) marriage

no'oma'r title of girl helper at the Fish Dam ceremony

nr'rnrh Coast Yurok, Coast Indian

paarew father-in-law

pechiklaa up river Indian, Karuk Indian, Karuk people

pegrk man, male person, real man, rich man, independent person, all-grown-up person

perey grow old (of a woman), old woman, old lady

pewomin a cook

peychew deceased grandfather

pichowos grandfather

pinos older sister

poy'weson chief, leader, boss, best (at doing something), headman

pulekukla' downriver Indian, Yurok Indian

puliklaa down river people, the river Yurok

ra'asishon disgusting person

saameyohl widow with her hair cut quite short, above the shoulder, widow

saameyohl 'o 'u-meyoo a child born while its widowed mother was still cutting her hair

sa'ahl have a fit, have a tantrum, ghost

sepolekikla' any tribe living in the prairies

skrwich craftsman, a woman who makes fine designs, fine work, centipede

taahl ceremonial singer

tey brother-in-law (of a man)

tiiget crybaby

tikus Italian person or people

tinuumonok crazy person

tolowehl Tolowa Indian

too'mar friend, relative, relation

tos child!

totos father

tulos aunt

wegoh go across by boat, someone who carries money settling disputes

wen woman

wenchokws woman

weroch bachelor

weyet Wiyot Indian

we'yon teenage girl, young woman

wohlur girl dancer at the Fish Dam ceremony

worme'y spinster, unmarried elderly lady

worochin bachelor

wr'rgry young person

wr'yrs girl, small girl

yegu'uh ferryman

'n-ahpemew my mate, my spouse

'n-ahpew my wife

'n-ekchum my nephew

'ne-chekos my mother

'ne-chkar my deceased brother's widow, my deceased sister's widower, my ex-sibling-in-law

'ne-chnewk'wos my son-in-law

'ne-choch my more distant relative

'ne-chochos my more distant relative

'ne-kwaa my relative by marriage, my distant relative by marriage

'ne-k'ep'ch'em my daughter-in-law

'ne-let my sister, my female cousin (of a woman)

'ne-le'y my brother (of a woman)

'ne-me'y my daughter

'ne-mrm my son

'ne-nos my husband

'ne-paa my brother (of a man)

'ne-psech my father

'ne-romech my niece

'ne-wey my sister (of a man), my female cousin (of a man)

'ne-weyech my sister (of a man), my female cousin (of a man)

'ne-ykew my younger sibling, my younger sister

'ne-'moo my married daughter

'omimos Hupa Indian

'oohl person, people, Indian, Yurok Indian

'oolekwehl people, world, the human world

'oolekwoh people

'o'lehl hegoh house builder

'o'loolekwish 'o-n name of a female spirit, Sky Woman

'uma'ah devil, Indian devil

'we'ges Chinese person

'woo white person

'woogehlmen half-breed

'woogey be holy, former people, white man, white people, at first identified with former people

'wrrgryrs fair-skinned person, brave person