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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

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 my brother (of a woman)

'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

peechowosn • grandfather • Variant peechos

Lexicon record # 2568 | Source reference(s): R238 JE62
Semantic domain: kin terms

Other paradigm forms

  • short form peech R238 JE62

  • vocative peech MM(ES22), peet FS(B211)

Short recordings (5) | Sentence examples (9)

  1. peech "grandfather (direct speech)" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  2. peechowos "grandfather" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  3. 'ne-peechos "my grandfather" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  4. 'ne-peechowos "my grandfather" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  5. 'ne-peet "my grandfather" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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