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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chewin mother-in-law

chichos younger sibling, younger sister

chimos uncle

chi'm uncle!

chnaa woman's brother-in-law

chnin sister-in-law

choch relative

kokos mother

kuch grandmother

kuchos grandmother

k'ep'ew grandchild

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

michos cousin, male cousin, elder brother

ni'iyun sibling

paarew father-in-law

peychew deceased grandfather

pichowos grandfather

pinos older sister

tey brother-in-law (of a man)

totos father

tulos aunt

'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

'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

Dictionary entry

'ne-kwaan dep • my relative by marriage, my distant relative by marriage

Lexicon record # 2393 | Source references: R213 JE111
Semantic domain: kin terms

According to Kroeber (YNKTS15), this term is mainly used for the parents of one's child's spouse.

Short recording (1)

  1. kwaa "relatives by marriage" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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