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'oohl person, people, Indian, Yurok Indian

mewimor old man

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

'ne-psech my father

wenchokws woman

we'yon teenage girl, young woman

huuksoh child, children

'n-ahpew my wife

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

wr'yrs girl, small girl

cheykeni small, small person, child

kuchos grandmother

huuk child, baby

too'mar friend, relative, relation

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

negenich mouse, bastard child

chines young man, teenage boy

k'ep'ew grandchild

meges doctor, white doctor, medical doctor

'ne-me'y my daughter

chinomewes

pichowos grandfather

'ne-chekos my mother

'ne-nos my husband

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

'ne-mrm my son

kegey doctor, Indian doctor

tos child!

tulos aunt

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

'ne-paa my brother (of a man)

'ne-romech my niece

'oolekwehl people, world, the human world

'uma'ah devil, Indian devil

chimos uncle

kokos mother

tey brother-in-law (of a man)

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

'omimos Hupa Indian

chaanuuks young child, baby, newborn

chewin mother-in-law

chnaa woman's brother-in-law

ka'aal slave

kin fisherman

ko'omech Orleans Indian, Karuk Indian, Karuk people

lr'gr' black person

mekey children

melo' brush dance officiant, medicine woman

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

michos cousin, male cousin, elder brother

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

paarew father-in-law

pechiklaa up river Indian, Karuk Indian, Karuk people

peychew deceased grandfather

pinos older sister

puliklaa down river people, the river Yurok

tikus Italian person or people

totos father

'n-ekchum my nephew

'ne-ykew my younger sibling, my younger sister

'oolekwoh people

chichos younger sibling, younger sister

chinomewah young man

chi'm uncle!

chmrk be angry, person who pouts, moody person

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

kaamuuks bastard

kegem someone who is jealous of everything

krgrtkr' fisherman

krt'r' bald person

kuch grandmother

kwes'oyew prayer doctor

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'rgrysh dark-skinned person

mekeyowok children

mesi'ronun a slim man

mew widower

mewi'm widower

munchrs fair-skinned person, white animal or bird

muntrs fair-skinned person

muuwimor old men

negi'ihl twins

nego'ohlen midwife

ninos woman married to a relative

niwah man married to a relative

ni'iyun sibling

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

pewomin a cook

pulekukla' downriver Indian, Yurok Indian

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

tiiget crybaby

tinuumonok crazy person

tolowehl Tolowa Indian

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

wen woman

weroch bachelor

weyet Wiyot Indian

wohlur girl dancer at the Fish Dam ceremony

worme'y spinster, unmarried elderly lady

worochin bachelor

wr'rgry young person

yegu'uh ferryman

'n-ahpemew my mate, my spouse

'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-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-'moo my married daughter

'o'lehl hegoh house builder

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

'we'ges Chinese person

'woo white person

'woogehlmen half-breed

'wrrgryrs fair-skinned person, brave person