Yurok dictionary

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chego'onep' four-point buck

chekas donkey

chkweges hair seal

chmegok coyote

chmuuek wild cat, bobcat

choreeme'w "the name of the beaver" in a creation story

chuelue nee negeneech jumping mouse

chyer'er'y black bear

ch'eeshah dog

hegoyekw pine squirrel, flying squirrel

hehlkue legenew whale

hekwsa' whale

hekwsa' 'ue-mer'erx baleen

her'k'werh cottontail rabbit, bunny rabbit

heyomues skunk

hlkeleekra' shrew, mole

hlkerhlkerpeech spotted fawn

hotmon baby rabbit

Huep'oo nee her'k'werh jackrabbit

karkehl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

keget panther, puma, mountain lion

kegor killer whale, orca, cormorant, shag

kepcheneesh fawn

kerychergerh braid one's hair, mink

kerycherhl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

kwechoyekw ground squirrel

kwegerue'r pig, hog

kyeseks gopher

kyosekws gopher

lepchoh fur

le'go' fisher

megerseek weasel

megeseek weasel

megokw dog, barking dog

merueh chego'onep' five-point buck

mer'erh skin, hide, fur of animal

meweehl elk

meweehl 'we-s'ech elk horn

muelah horse

muesmues cow, bull, cattle

neekwech grizzly bear

negeneech mouse, bastard child

nego'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck

nekwel porcupine

nepe'weeshneg otter

noykwos shrew

pegeehl muesmues bull

pemey grease, cooking fat, oil, blubber, lard, liquid fat

perger'm seal

pe'weesh harbor porpoise

plee'wes gray squirrel

ponchech gray deer, white deerskin

ponches white deer

puesee cat, house cat

puuek deer, deer meat

puuektek deer

segep coyote

sheeep sheep

skeleekra' gopher

skoyom bat (animal)

smechken chipmunk

s'echoh horn, horns, wedge

tegee'n porcupine, porcupine quill, yellow moss for dying basket materials, anything yellow, canary

teguuek dive, play like a beaver, beaver

tergers rat

tes'eer beaver

tohsoh doe

tuuuep flying squirrel

twegoh raccoon

wentokws female (animal or bird)

wergers fox

werych'erk puppy

werych'erks puppy

we'yhlkem mountain beaver

wohpueneeka' sea otter

'echkwoh sea lion

'erhlkerh female dog, bitch

'lepsoyhl nap of fur or fabric

'lepsuen down

'wahchehl civet cat

'werhlker'eeshneg wolf