Yurok dictionary

Your search: semantic domain kin terms

Index order: alphabetical | text frequency



Broader semantic domain: kinds of people

Related semantic domain(s): people

Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic

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'ne-psech my father

'n-ahpew my wife

kuchos grandmother

k'ep'ew grandchild

'ne-me'y my daughter

pichowos grandfather

'ne-chekos my mother

'ne-nos my husband

'ne-mrm my son

tulos aunt

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

'ne-paa my brother (of a man)

'ne-romech my niece

chimos uncle

kokos mother

tey brother-in-law (of a man)

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

chewin mother-in-law

chnaa woman's brother-in-law

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

michos cousin, male cousin, elder brother

paarew father-in-law

peychew deceased grandfather

pinos older sister

totos father

'n-ekchum my nephew

'ne-ykew my younger sibling, my younger sister

chichos younger sibling, younger sister

chi'm uncle!

chnin sister-in-law

choch relative

kuch grandmother

ni'iyun sibling

'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

'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

Dictionary entry

'ne-chnewk'wosn dep • my son-in-law

Lexicon record # 2385 | Source reference: R192
Semantic domain: kin terms

Other paradigm forms

  • short form 'ne-chnew FS(B199) JE124

  • vocative 'ne-chne'w

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  1. chne'w "son-in-law" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  2. 'ne-chnew' "my son-in-law" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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