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cheek'-war chair, stool

che-gey-yoh small knife, pocket knife

he-gon spoon, scraper

hoo-loh roh-kuet basketball

kee-mo-le-nee hoo-loh waste basket

ker-ger-serh musket

ker-ker'-werk cheek'-war rocking chair

ke-ro-me-kee-nohl key

ke-ro-moh turn round (of a wheel, etc., intr.), vehicle, car, automobile

knet-ken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge

kue wa-'aw mehl me-guehl-so-nee mop

kwerhl image, picture, shadow, doll, movie

mehl 'e'-ga' mehl muehl-so-nee eraser

muech ro' automobile, car, vehicle

nee-nee-cho'y saw (tool)

nerh-ser-per' shave (trans.), shave oneself, razor

pe-gem knife

pe-ge-meep' wire, iron, steel, metal, sharp stone or hard wood used for making knives

pehl-pe'l matches

perh-serh rifle, gun

per-ker'm club for fish, whiskey bottle, jar

poy-koh flat basket, pan, pot

raas rice

sar-kew glue, pitchy substance from pine trees used for glue and for chewing gum, chewing gum

sleryhl handkerchief

sme'-ruehl scissors

te-kwo-nekws 'ue-kwerhl television

tkek'-wa'r pot

tkek'-we'l pot, pan, kettle

weeel wheel

'ah-te-mar write, draw, make basket designs, marking on baskets, paper, writing, drawing, book, newspaper

'ee-'ee'-gah dining room, table

'o chweee-geen place in the mountains where one regularly sits and prays, telephone

'woo-gey 'we-cheeek White money

'woo-gey 'we-nah-ko' sawed lumber