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 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-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-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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