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chaanuueks young child, baby, newborn

cheenes young man, teenage boy

cheenomewah young man

cheenomewes young man, teenage boy

chery little person

chmerk be angry, person who pouts, moody person

chueluela' Chilula Indian

hehlkeeklaa Klamath River Indians

hehlkew 'woogey former people (having retreated inland)

hermcherh adulterer

hoogech neee'n astronomer

huep'oola'

huuek child, baby

huueksoh child, children

kaamuueks bastard

ka'aal slave

keen fisherman

kegem someone who is jealous of everything

kegey doctor, Indian doctor

kergertker' fisherman

kert'er' bald person

ko'omech Orleans Indian, Karuk Indian, Karuk people

kwes'oyew prayer doctor

k'erep' widow

k'ewen widow who has cut her hair in mourning, widow with her hair cut quite short, above the shoulder

k'ohoo unmarried mother, mother of bastards

ler'ergerysh dark-skinned person

ler'ger' black person

lo' chief builder of the Fish Dam at Kepel

meges doctor, white doctor, medical doctor

mekey children

mekeyowok children

meloh brush dance officiant, medicine woman

mesee'ronuen a slim man

mew widower

meweemor old man

mewee'm widower

murnchers fair-skinned person, white animal or bird

murnters fair-skinned person

muueweemor old men

neenos woman married to a relative

neewah man married to a relative

negee'eehl twins

negeneech mouse, bastard child

nego'ohlen midwife

ner'ernerh Coast Yurok, Coast Indian

nohpet'ekws dry-salmon maggot or beetle, black bug, weevil, stranger

nohpey enter one's wife's house, half-married man

nohpuuek child of a "half" (matrilocal) marriage

no'oma'r title of girl helper at the Fish Dam ceremony

pecheeklaa up river Indian, Karuk Indian, Karuk people

pechkueklaa' way east people

pegerk man, male person, real man, rich man, independent person, all-grown-up person

perey grow old (of a woman), old woman, old lady

perwerla' southern people

perwer'k'uekla' far southern people

pewomeen a cook

poy'weson chief, leader, boss, best (at doing something), headman

pueleeklaa down river people, the river Yurok

puelekuekla' downriver Indian, Yurok Indian

ra'aseeshon disgusting person

saameyohl widow with her hair cut quite short, above the shoulder, widow

saameyohl 'o 'ue-meyoo a child born while its widowed mother was still cutting her hair

saa'ageesh Coast Yurok

saa'agehl Coast Yurok

sa'ahl have a fit, have a tantrum, ghost

sepolekeekla' any tribe living in the prairies

skerweech craftsman, a woman who makes fine designs, fine work, centipede

taahl ceremonial singer

teeeget crybaby

teekues Italian person or people

teenuuemonok crazy person

tolowehl Tolowa Indian

too'mar friend, relative, relation

tos child!

wegoh go across by boat, someone who carries money settling disputes

wenchokws woman

weroch bachelor

wer'ergery young person

wer'yers girl, small girl

weyet Wiyot Indian

we'yon teenage girl, young woman

wohluer girl dancer at the Fish Dam ceremony

worme'y spinster, unmarried elderly lady

worocheen bachelor

yegue'ueh ferryman

'omeemos Hupa Indian

'oohl person, people, Indian, Yurok Indian

'oolekwehl people, world, the human world

'oolekwoh people

'o'lehl hegoh house builder

'o'loolekweesh 'o-n name of a female spirit, Sky Woman

'uema'ah devil, Indian devil

'werrgeryers fair-skinned person, brave person

'we'ges Chinese person

'woo white person

'woogehlmen half-breed

'woogey be holy, former people, white man, white people, at first identified with former people