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ch'eeshah dog

puuek deer, deer meat

segep coyote

puesee cat, house cat

megokw dog, barking dog

chyer'er'y black bear

negeneech mouse, bastard child

twegoh raccoon

meweehl elk

kwegerue'r pig, hog

nepe'weeshneg otter

wergers fox

'echkwoh sea lion

muelah horse

neekwech grizzly bear

heyomues skunk

keget panther, puma, mountain lion

pemey grease, cooking fat, oil, blubber, lard, liquid fat

chekas donkey

her'k'werh cottontail rabbit, bunny rabbit

hlkeleekra' shrew, mole

skoyom bat (animal)

'wahchehl civet cat

chmuuek wild cat, bobcat

le'go' fisher

s'echoh horn, horns, wedge

tegee'n porcupine, porcupine quill, yellow moss for dying basket materials, anything yellow, canary

chkweges hair seal

hegoyekw pine squirrel, flying squirrel

hekwsa' whale

karkehl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

kegor killer whale, orca, cormorant, shag

kepcheneesh fawn

kwechoyekw ground squirrel

megeseek weasel

merueh chego'onep' five-point buck

muesmues cow, bull, cattle

nekwel porcupine

plee'wes gray squirrel

ponchech gray deer, white deerskin

smechken chipmunk

tergers rat

tes'eer beaver

tuuuep flying squirrel

wentokws female (animal or bird)

werych'erks puppy

'erhlkerh female dog, bitch

chego'onep' four-point buck

chmegok coyote

choreeme'w "the name of the beaver" in a creation story

chuelue nee negeneech jumping mouse

hehlkue legenew whale

hekwsa' 'ue-mer'erx baleen

hlkerhlkerpeech spotted fawn

hotmon baby rabbit

Huep'oo nee her'k'werh jackrabbit

kerychergerh braid one's hair, mink

kerycherhl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

kyeseks gopher

kyosekws gopher

lepchoh fur

megerseek weasel

mer'erh skin, hide, fur of animal

meweehl 'we-s'ech elk horn

nego'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck

noykwos shrew

pegeehl muesmues bull

perger'm seal

pe'weesh harbor porpoise

ponches white deer

puuektek deer

sheeep sheep

skeleekra' gopher

teguuek dive, play like a beaver, beaver

tohsoh doe

werych'erk puppy

we'yhlkem mountain beaver

wohpueneeka' sea otter

'lepsoyhl nap of fur or fabric

'lepsuen down

'werhlker'eeshneg wolf