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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

'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

tuelosn • aunt

Lexicon record # 3732 | Source reference(s): R259 JE11
Semantic domain: kin terms

Other paradigm form

  • vocative tue'l R259

Special meaning or use

Short recordings (5) | Sentence examples (4)

  1. tuelos "aunt" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  2. tue'l "aunt" (spoken by Carrie Roberts)

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  3. tue'l "aunt (direct speech)" (spoken by Violet Moore)

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  4. tue'l "aunt (direct speech)" (spoken by Robert Spott)

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  5. 'ne-tuelos "my aunt" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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