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chegaanoksek' I forgive

chegeyonahpimek' I am tired of

chegeyonepek' I am annoyed at (someone)

chegeyoninepek' I am tired of

chekws heart

chelogaapihl ribs

chelogehl ribs

chelogepihl ribs

chewes hand

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

chpega'r hear, ask, ear

chpoksek' I think, I meditate

chpoksimek' I remember, I think back, I recollect

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

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

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

chpurowok' I menstruate

chrwrsrtrw index finger, pointer finger

chulusew runny eyes

ch'ig saliva, foam

hahpelin be lively, be happy

hahpelinepek' I am lively, I am happy

hahsehl urine

hewolon heal, cure (the body, an illness)

hewoneki'r have an erection

heyomoksek' I am lucky

hle'm heel

hle'mekw heel of foot, sole of shoe

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

hohsepek' I am ashamed

homtah play, play with, be happy

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

hooroksek' I am cunning, I am clever

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

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

kaamok be disliked

kaamoksimek' I dislike, I hate

kegey doctor, Indian doctor

keloke'l throat

kemolochek' I am jealous, I envy

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

kesomewtek' I am homesick

kesomuy corpse, dead person

ket'etew palm (of hand)

knetew finger

knewoletew middle (long) finger

kochpoksek' I think over, I meditate

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

krchpok' I menstruate for the first time

krgrwrs wrist

krkrchpok' I menstruate, I menstruate for the first time, I reach womanhood

krkrhl ankle

krmrtrw little finger

krs'rkw shoulder blade

krwrs wrist

krwryrh chin, jaw, beard

kryrmrh skull

kweruhl snout, long nose

kweskwesek' I have a cold, I caught a cold

kwes'oyew

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

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

kwoyteme'l shoulder

kyahto'r sweat, sweat

kya' sore, ulcer

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

kyrnikrhl sprain

kyrnikrt sprain

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

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

k'irwrlr'ry be gray-haired

k'limowok' I feel ill

lepehlek' I ache

lepoh hip

lrh saliva, spittle

lrhpryehl drool, saliva, spittle

luuwoloyek' I cramp, I have a cramp

markarkihl hip

mecholep mucus in one's eye

mechole'w eye mucus

mechomi' venereal disease, the clap

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

meges doctor, white doctor, medical doctor

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

melo' brush dance officiant, medicine woman

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

mep'och beard, mustache, whiskers

meskwok' I doctor someone

metolep snot

met'ik rectum, ass!

mewipihl waist, tree trunk

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

meyoo be pregnant

meyoomoyek' I am pregnant

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

mihlpehl leg, shin, lower leg

mochkwoch' little boy's penis

mohlkwoh head

mokwsek muscle, sinew

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

mo'l sexual intercourse

mrkchr'rkrhl hip, hip bone

mrrgen lungs

mrsrw ointment

mrtrlrp' nasal mucus, runny nose

mrtrw buttocks, rump, derriere, arse

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

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

new breast milk

newon breast, nipple, tit, breast milk

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

nohlpeyok' I defecate, I go the bathroom

noksimek' I think of

nowinah be happy, enjoy

nowinepek' I am happy, I enjoy

nrrwrt visit the sick

nrryrksek' I betray a trust

nrryrwrksek' I am betrayed

pah neck

pahtun neck

pekoyek blood

pesoh clitoris

pirwrksimek' I love

pirwrksishonowok' I am lovely

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

pletew thumb, big toe

ponus pre-pubescent vagina, hymen

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

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

prpryuupek' I am curly, I have curly hair

prwkwish elbow

prykrr' brain, brains

pryrm penis

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

punomihlkok' I am contaminated, I have a pain

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

pyrwrksimek' I love

rewoch lip(s)

rewoh lip(s)

rohpir semen

rohtek'w testicle, scrotum, testes

roksimek' I trust

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

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

sketew little finger

skewok want, wish, love, like

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

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'lenek' I masturbate (of men)

sme'lenepek' I masturbate (of men)

sonin feel, think (a particular way)

soninah feel, think

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

soonoksek' I think

soono' be angry, be furious, resent

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

sooyhl gum (part of mouth)

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

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

sweyoksishonowok' I am rude

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

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

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

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

telogumek' I am in pain, I resent

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

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

tetomok be angry (at someone)

tetomoksimek' I am angry (at someone)

tetomosek' I am angry, I am mad

tew flesh

tewey forehead

tewomehl be glad, happy

tewomehlkok' I am glad, I am happy

tewon flesh

teytesek' I am angry

te'noyok' I feel insulted

te'noyowok' I feel insulted

tinuumonok crazy person

tmentmen throb, ache

tohtoh kidney

toksimek' I admire, I respect

tooloh cheek, face

to' hip (body part), thigh

tyohpeyok hate, dislike

tyohpeyoksimek' I hate, I dislike

tyohpishonek' I am hateful

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

wa's'ok pity

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

wina'atew third finger, ring finger

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

wrsrh navel

yonikwo' become sprained

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

'e'gu'r 'wes'onah uterus

'lepsoyhl nap of fur or fabric

'leptoyhl hair

'n-aawech my back (body part)

'n-iphl my tongue

'n-rp'r'n my nose

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

'na-rkow my armpit

'na-rpehl my tooth, my teeth

'ne-chkah my foot

'ne-hlp'ehl my eyelash

'ne-kik my hips

'ne-kwen my chest (body part)

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

'ne-luhl my mouth

'ne-sen my arm

'ne-yah my stomach, my belly

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

'ne-'rep' my eyebrow

'ochek' I sneeze

'ochomek' I sneeze

'ochomok' I sneeze

'oloyoke'l larynx, vocal chords, throat

'rkryshek' I urinate

'rrkrhl knee

'up'rh backbone, string, spinal cord

'wa'al guts, intestines

'wa'alox guts, intestines

'wehlketeg nail, fingernail, toenail, claw

'wes body

'weskwelon body, value, trunk of body

'wrhlkr' bone

'wrhlkun liver

'wrs skin

'wrskun skin, shell, as of acorns