Yurok dictionary
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cheechos younger sibling, younger sister
cheemos uncle
chee'm uncle!
cheween mother-in-law
chnaa woman's brother-in-law
chneen sister-in-law
choch relative
kokos mother
kuech grandmother
kuechos grandmother
k'ep'ew grandchild
meechos cousin, male cousin, elder brother
me'loh in-law whose spouse has died but who remains with spouse's family, relative
nee'eeyuen sibling
paarew father-in-law
peechowos grandfather
peenos older sister
peychew deceased grandfather
tey brother-in-law (of a man)
totos father
tuelos aunt
'n-ahpemew my mate, my spouse
'n-ahpew my wife
'n-ekchuem 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 my relative by marriage, my distant relative by marriage
'ne-k'ep'ch'em my daughter-in-law
'ne-let my sister, my female cousin (of a woman)
'ne-le'y
'ne-merm my son
'ne-me'y my daughter
'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-le'y • n dep • my brother (of a woman)
Lexicon record # 2396 | Source reference(s):
R216 JE23
Semantic
domain: kin terms
Short recordings (14)
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k'e-le'y "your (a woman's) brother" (spoken by Jimmie James)
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k'e-le'y "your brother" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)
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le'y "a woman's brother" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)
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neenee chey 'ne-le'y "my little brother" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)
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yo' weesh 'we-le'y "her brother" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)
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yo' 'we-le'y "her brother" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)
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'ne-le'y "my (a woman's) brother" (spoken by Jimmie James)
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'ne-le'y "my brother (of a woman)" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)
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'ne-le'y "my brother (of a woman)" (spoken by Archie Thompson)
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'ne-le'y "my brother" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)
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'ne-le'y "my brother" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)
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'we-le'y "her brother" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)
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'we-le'y "her brother" (spoken by Jimmie James)
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'we-le'y "her brother" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)
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