Yurok dictionary

chek'-wehl prayer seat, "stone 'seats' on mountains ... They are semicircular walls of mortared stones, a yard or two across, three or four feet high", flat place in front of a cliff

chel bone or horn piece of harpoon point

che-le'l kingfisher, killdeer

che-log close woven basket for seeds, fancy basket for valuables

che-lo-gaa-peehl ribs

che-lo-gehl ribs

che-lo-ge-peehl ribs

che-meen hog's fennel, doctor's pain

che-noh rockfish, red cod, rock cod

chep-koh mesh board for making nets

Che-por a village in the area of Bluff Creek

Che-por 'WeRoy Bluff Creek

che-po-reg be cold weather

che-po-re-ge'hl it is cold weather

che-po-re'hl it is cold weather

che-pue'r be steep (of water), a little waterfall, a small dam in a creek

che-pue'-ro-gehl water flows down a steep incline

cher-cher-lue'r crybaby

cher-cher-mer-kerhl gnaw

cher-cher-mer-yerhl someone with a shrill voice

cher-cher-mer-yerhl-kek' I'm dancing out of step

cher-cher-mer-yerk'ws the wind skips around (child speaking)

che-ree-kue' swamp robin

cher-gee-kue' swamp robin

cher-geesh a small woodpecker

cher-gerh be tired, be lazy

cher-gerh-cherhl be tired, be lazy

cher-gerh-cher-hlek' I am tired, I am lazy

cher-gerh-cherhl-kook' I am tired, I am lazy

cher-gerh-cher-yerh kingsnake

cher-gerh-che-sek' I am tired, I am lazy

cher-gerp crosspiece in a triangular 'erkerh net

cher-gerr'm be kidding

cherh-kerh chum salmon

cherh-ker-yehl they are bright colored

cherh-kwek' I am jumping center (in the brush dance)

cherh-perh be low (round things)

cherkw jump center (in the brush dance), bird's tail

cher-nuep' licorice fern

cher-perhl be strong

cher-perhl-kook' I am strong

cher-per-kerhl strong limbs

cher-per-ter-wek' I have strong fingers/hands

Cherrherr 'O Le-goh a hill near Richardson Creek

Cherrherr 'O Le-goh 'WeRe-chah the ridge which runs east from from Cherrherr 'O Legoh

cherr-nerysh second element of compound numerals, arm's lengths

cherr-nuen sprout, young plant

cherr-nuep' a fern species, used for medicine for a cough

cher-werh seven

cher-werh index finger, pointer finger

cher-werh-sek' I point with my finger

cher-wer-nerh "a network headdress falling down the nape and back", long close-woven headdress, head netting

cher-wer-ner' large fishing net

cher-wer-seek' seven

cher-wer-ser-terw index finger, pointer finger

cher-wer-ser' seventh month in old Yurok calendar

chery little person

chery-ker-'ery be small (animals and birds)

chery-ker-'er-yehl they are small (animal or bird)

cher-'er-ner-'eryhl four (animals and birds)

cher-'er-ner-'er'y four (animals and birds)

ches-kew scoop net for candlefish

ches-ke-wehl plunge net for small fish (scooped downward at high water)

chew here!

che-wah here!

che-weehl-kep-'aak' I clear an area (e.g., by removing rocks from a path)

che-weehl-ke-sek' I clear an area (e.g., by removing rocks from a path)

che-weehl-ke-tek' I clear an area (e.g., by removing rocks from a path)

che-ween mother-in-law

che-weep-'aak' I tidy

che-we-pek' I clean the house, I straighten the house

che-wes hand, whale flipper(s)

che-wohs-tan be a span (measured in the "times" series)

che-wohs-te'w shortest length of dentalium shell which is still money

che-wo-lew juice

che-wo-lue-mek' I chew on it, I nibble it

che-wo-ne-mek' I straighten

che-wor' run straight

che-wo'-re-pek' I run in a straight line

chey be small (human beings, animals, birds, tools, etc., trees, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms, ropes, etc., flat things, boats)

chey-chey-yes mosquito

chey-ka'r be small (trees, etc., houses)

chey-kek'-wo'n it is small (plants, etc.)

chey-ke-lek' I am small (human beings, animals, birds, tools, etc., trees, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms, ropes, etc., flat things, boats)

chey-ke-nee terk-terrp hatchet

chey-ke-tew little finger, pinky finger

chey-kew nip at something

chey-ke'-ro'n it is small (trees, etc., houses)

chey-koh be small (round things, houses)

chey-koks narrow flat thing (board)

chey-kok's it is narrow (flat things)

chey-kue-mek' I bite (a little bite)

chey-yoh hide, put by

chey-yoh-pee-nek' I hide, I put by

chey-yoh-pek put by, store

chey-yoh-pe-ke-tek' I put by, I store

chey-yoh-pe-te-sek' I hide, I put by, I store safely

che'-lee-ne-pek' I feel dry

che'-loh dry (food), bake (food), cure (food), dry by heating

che'-lohl-kook' I am stuck high and dry

che'-loh-tek' I dry (food), I bake (food), I cure (food), I dry by heating

che'-loh-te-mew be dried (of food)

che'-lon any standing dead tree, especially a spruce tree

Che'-lon 'O Tep a flat by the Klamath mouth

che'-loo-gech' it sounds crunchy

che'-loo-gehl a dry/raspy sound

che'-loo-ge'hl it (a creek or river) is dry, it (a sound) is dry or raspy

che'-look be thirsty

che'-look-sek' I am dry, I am thirsty

che'-lo-yehl they are dry

che'-loyhl-ke's it's a dry waterhole

che'-loyk be dry (long slender things, stream, rope, throat, etc.)

che'-loy-pee' dried out tubular article

che'-loy-pe-wek' I dry out a large, soaking wet thing (e.g. a house after there has been a leak)

che'-loy'hl it is dry weather, it evaporates, the river is narrow

che'-luel evaporate

che'-lue'l be shallow (water)

che'-lue'-lo-gehl be shallow (water)

che'-lue'-lo-ge's water disappears into sand/gravel till dry

che'-mekw a little, a bit, a tiny bit, a pinch, to a small degree

che'-muech hardly, a little, to a small degree

che'-ro-yehl they become crisp

chkeee-ker' fork, table fork

chkeep-'erhl snowdrop flower

chkeep-'o'r a type of plant

chkee-ree-sher-yek' I doze

chkee'-wor clover

chkee'-wo-rah sleepyhead

chke-geyhl mattress

chkek'-wo'n it is shallow, it is short

chkem count

chkemch-kem tattoo, make small tattoo marks

chkem-koh flint used in face tattooing

chke-ne-ko-mee' there's less scattered around

chke-no-neehl-kwook' I didn't pay much for it

chke-noo-wok be very stupid, be very poor

chke-noo-wok-see-mek' I respect/value someone a little

chke-noo-wok-sek' I am very stupid, I am very poor

chke-no-wo-hlek' I talk maliciously

chke-no-ye-wek' I don't pay much

chke-no' it is scarce, there are few

chke-no-'o-pek' I build a small fire

chken-se-wee' someone catches a few, a few are caught

chke-nue-no-wo-me-chek' I planted only a few (plants), I didn't plant very many (plants)

chke-nue'-lo-ge's it's shallow

chke-nuue-le-sek' I pack a little, a light load

chker-kerr' pierce, spear, pitchfork, fork (utensil)

chkey-yek' I sleep, I am asleep

chke'n it is scarce, there are few, there is a bit

chke'n-pey-yok' I eat a little, I do not eat a lot

chke'np-'aak' I have very little

chkoh-peen blackcap, wild raspberry, black raspberry

chkue'-ro-gee'hl it is shallow

chkue'-ro-ge'hl it is shallow

chkwa'rk' near

chkwe-ges hair seal

Chkwe-ges 'O Rek-'eeen a rock in the Klamath below 'Ernr'

Chkwe-ges 'Wa-'aag a sea-stack, the larger of the Turtle Rocks near Patrick's Point

Chkwe-ges 'Wa-'aag Soh the summit above Chkweges 'W-a'aag

chkwep-'o-ree'hl it is brushy

chkwohl steelhead

chle'wp-'o-yek' I am wrinkled

chme-gah-pew settle up for killing or injury

chme-gok coyote

chme-koh knock out (stun)

chme-koh-sook' I knock someone out, I stun

chmerk be angry, person who pouts, moody person

chmey yesterday, late

chmey-yaan yesterday

chmey-yok-see'hl it is evening, it is dusk, it is late

chmey-yo-nen be evening, evening

chmey-yo-nen hoo-gech evening star

chmey-yo-nen 'o 'we-'ee-'ee'-gah dinner

chmey-yo-wok stubborn

chme'y it is evening

chmuuek wild cat, bobcat

Chmuuek 'UePa-'ah a sea stack near Green Rock

chnaa woman's brother-in-law

chneen sister-in-law

chne-pee'r be bloated

chne-pee'-re-pek' I'm bloated

chnerk's it is narrow

chnerr-sek’ I yell over someone

choch relative

Choch-kweeh Dry Lagoon

cho-cho' exclamation of concern

choh-choh apron, skirt

Choh-choy a place south of Point St. George

choh-keeks gnat

choh-pos fly (insect)

chok-choop' drum, drumstick

chok-choop-'a'r drum, drumstick

Cho-keek a place just upriver from Sregon; also called Sreg Pech

Cho-keek 'WeRoy Moore's Creek, the creek at Chokik

cho-mee'sh noon

cho-mee'sh 'we-roo noon, midday

cho-mee'sh 'we-roo 'o 'we-'ee-'ee'-gah lunch

chom-se-wok' I kill a certain number of people/things

choo-lekw down, downhill

choo-lew below, downhill

choo-mo-yek' I am something for some time, I do something for some time

choo-moyhl second element compound numeral, days

choo-mo-'ook' I am somewhere a number of days

choo-na-'a-moyhl four days

choo-na-'a-wech fourth month in old Yurok calendar, four months

choo-na'-mee four times

choo-na'-mo-'ook' I am somewhere four days

choo-ne'n four (body parts, streams, utensils, clothes)

choop' second element in compound numerals, growing things

choo'm be in a group, be together, be so many, second element compound numerals, human beings, second element compound numerals, body parts, streams, utensils, clothes

cho-pe-le'y short blanket coat, baby's rabbit skin blanket

cho-ree-me'w "the name of the beaver" in a creation story

cho-rek'-week hell

cho-rek'-week nee merk green heron

cho-rek'-week nee 'werrp moth

cho-won seine net, eel net, dip net, lamprey net

cho-wo-nek' I fish with a seine net

cho-yehl-ke-pek' I'm irritable, restless

cho-yehl-ke-pek' I'm very irritable/mean/restless

choy-kook' I treat roughly

cho-yo-wok' I am nervous, I am sickly

cho' imperative, temporal

cho-'o-moy second element of compound numerals, finger spans

cho-'o-ne-mee four times

cho-'o-ne-moy four (finger spans), four times the distance between a person's fingers on two outstretched arms, four fathoms

cho-'o-ne-nee four (arm's lengths)

cho-'o-nep' four (growing things)

cho-'o-ner-merysh four arm's lengths

cho-'o-ne-we-tek' I get/kill four

cho-'o-ney-yehl they are four in number

cho-'o-neyhl four (human beings)

cho-'o-ne'n four (body parts, streams, utensils, clothes)

cho'w fish with seine net from rocks

cho'-wo-rech driftwood

chpaa far, long (time), late, very

chpaak late

chpaa-na'r be stale, live long

chpaa-ne-chook' I am away

chpaa-nee far, long (time), late

chpaa-neehl someone sleeps a long time

chpaa-neek' s/he is far, s/he is from afar, it is a long time

chpaa-nee-ne-pek' I take a long time, I feel the time dragging

chpaa-nek far, afar, far away

chpaa-ne-kook' it takes me a long time to do it

chpaa-nok-see-mek' I think (of this) for a long time

chpaa-nok-sek' I think (of this) for a long time

chpaa-no-nek'w it gets waterlogged/spoiled from soaking

chpaa-nue-no-wok' I've lived a long time

chpaa-nue-rek' I'm in the water a long time, swim far

chpaa-nuue-le-sek' I (a ghost) carry a load forever

chpa'-ro-yok' i listen to it

chpee only

chpeee-go'r hold races

chpeee-go'-re-pek' I get ready for a race

chpeee-ko-mee only

chpee-kah always

chpee-ko only

chpee-ko-ma only

chpee-nah await

chpee-nah-pee-mek' I await

chpee-nah-pue-mek' I await

chpee-na' a small bone or wooden billet attached to the feeler line of an 'erkerh net and held in the hand

chpee-ne-pek' I wait

chpee-nok-see-mek' I wait for it/them

chpee-sher-pek' I look at myself (in water, a mirror, etc.)

chpee-sher-'erhl reflection (in water, for example), mirror, window, glass

chpee-wee most, as much as possible

chpe-gaa cormorant

chpe-gaak at infrequent intervals

chpe-gaa-ne-che-wek' I'm gone a long time

chpe-ga'r hear, ask, ear

chpe-ge'-ro-yok' I ask, I inquire

chpe-go'r hold races, races

chpe-go'-ro-nah I race someone

chpe-go'-ro-nek' I race someone

chpe-go'-ro-ne-pek' I race someone

chpe-go'-ro-new race in the water

chper-cher-wek' I grope

chper-ger' razor clam

chperr-neryk' it (a stream) is long or deep

chperr-nerysh be deep (of liquids)

chper-werk remember, think of, miss, pine for, become lonesome for

chper-werk-see-mek' I remember, I think of someone, I miss someone, I pine for

chper-werk-sek' I remember, I long for, I think about

chper-'er-yek' I bend over, I stoop

chpey-yue'r tell a story, story

chpe'-ro-yok' I listen, I inquire, I ask

chpok-see-mek' I remember, I think back, I recollect

chpok-sek' I think, I meditate

chpuer-che-wek' I feel in the mud for a lost object

chpuer-ke-mo-yek’ I am careful

chpuer-ke-pek' I take care

chpuer-kook' I take care, I do something carefully, I am easy on something, I touch it gently

chpue-ro-wok' I menstruate

chue all

Chue-lo-yo' July Prairie

Chue-lue Bald Hills

chue-lue nee ne-ge-neech jumping mouse

chue-lue nee nep wild parsley

chue-lue-la' Chilula Indian

chue-lue-sew runny eyes

Chue-rew Trinidad, Tsurai, the Indian town at Trinidad

chue-rey mountain

Chue-rey Trinidad, Tsurai, the Indian town at Trinidad

Chue-rey Woh Trinidad Head (a large rounded promontory at Trinidad, almost separated from the mainland)

chuerp-'ery comb

chuerp-'er'y comb

chuuehl well, goodbye, so be it

chuuep-'aak' I tidy, I look through it

chuue-werh point repeatedly

chuue' well, goodbye, come on

chuy digging stick

chuyes vertical wooden pole, as much as 8 or 9 feet long, in a triangular 'erkerh net

chween say, speak, pray

chween-kah pray together

chween-ke-pek' I say, I speak, I pray

chween-kook I answer

chween-kor word

chween-kuek sayings, language

chyer-'er'y black bear

chyer-'er'y 'ue-moh-ka' a tree with long red berries

chyer-'er'y 'uep-yah bearberries

chye'w make music

chye'-wol musical instrument

chye'-wo-lek' I make music, I play music

chyue all

chyuuek'w sit

chyuuek'-wech steer (a boat), paddle in back

chyuuek'-we-chook' I steer (a boat)

chyuuek'-we-nek' I sit

chyuuep-'er-yer-tek' I comb (transitive)

chyuuep-'er'y comb oneself, comb

Ch'eee-go-lew a place on the Klamath at the mouth of Johnson Creek

Ch'eee-go-lew 'WeRoy Johnson Creek

ch'eee-yo' locust, cricket

ch'eeg saliva, foam

ch'ee-gol saliva, foam

ch'ee-shaa-mo-yek’ I act like a dog (hovering around)

ch'ee-shah dog

ch'ek wren

ch'ek'-ch'ek' wren

ch'e-wo-loh wash by squeezing in water

ch'e-wo-luehl wash by squeezing in water, wash clothes by hand

ch'e'-gee' black oak, live oak

ch'ue-me'y how!, extremely

ch'ue'ch-'eesh bird, small bird

ch'wo-na' coat

haa-lop glue from a tree

haa-moh bear grass, used in basket making

haa-muer pendant worn in mourning

Haa-wok a place on the Klamath upriver from Turip

hahkw-sek' I laugh, I laugh at

hahkw-se'-wey smiling face

hah-pe-leen be lively, be happy

hah-pe-lee-ne-pek' I feel lively, I feel happy

hah-sehl urine

har-puech ant

har-puen mint, mint tea

ha-'aag rock

ha-'aag nee ye-guen alum root

Ha-'aag 'O Kloh Doctor Rock

Ha-'aag 'O Me-kwehl a rock pile in the area of Sregon

Ha-'aag 'O Sloyhl a crag north of 'O Segen

ha-'aa-go-ne'hl it is rocky

ha-'aa-go-nor be rocky

ha'p-'ehl forget

ha'p-'ehl-kook' I forget

ha'p-'oh resin, pitch

ha'p-'o-nee pitchy

ha'p-'o-nee 'we-roy the river of pitch

he-chah send word, tell, inform

he-che-chek' I send word, I tell, I inform

hech-pa'r listen!

heech-mey the day before yesterday

hee-choo below, downhill, a little bit downhill

hee-choy below, underneath

hee-koch across (water)

hee-koh across (water)

hee-kon formerly, once, long ago, in the past

hee-ko-nee formerly, once

hee-ko'ch-'uek across (water)

hee-mar below, under, underneath

hee-mar 'we-chah underwear

hee-mar 'wo-'oy underwear

hee-mar-keek below, underneath

hee-ma-'erk-'uek below, underneath

hee-mech front, in front

hee-me-chook' I hurry (going somewhere)

hee-mehl-ke-loy-pek' I crawl fast

hee-mehl-ke-pek' I crawl fast

hee-mehl-ke-pek' I cover up something quickly with earth/sand

hee-me-ko-mey-ye-tek' I bring them in fast

hee-me-kook' I hurry (doing something)

hee-me-le-chook' I have to walk fast

hee-men quickly, fast

hee-me-nee quickly, fast

hee-me-nek' I hurry to deliver it

hee-me-nek'w it floats by fast

hee-me-no-mee quickly, fast

hee-mer-cher-wek' I weave (baskets) quickly, I'm fast with my hands

hee-merk-sek' I hurry (going somewhere)

hee-me’y it’s fast

hee-mo-ne-mek' I bring it fast

hee-moo-le'm fly out of sight fast

hee-moo-rey-yo-wok' I hurry (going somewhere)

hee-moo-tek' I hasten with it

hee-mo-'o-chek' I paddle fast, make a fast boat trip

hee-mo-'o-mah run quickly

hee-mo-'op' it burns fast

hee-mo'r go quickly, go fast, hurry

hee-mo'-re-pek' I run quickly

hee-mue-no-wok' I grow fast, I grow well

hee-muue-le-sek' I pack things (away)

hee-naa-gar out of the way

hee-nahpch behind (a person), following behind

Hee-neg a Tolowa town on Smith River

Hee-neg 'WeRoy Smith River

heen-kerh small acorn, small acorn bush, white oak acorn

hee-noy after, behind

hee-noyk after, behind

hee-no' after, behind, following

hee-no-'o'r following behind, stalking

heep-choh sift

hee-pech upriver, upstream, a little bit upriver

hee-puer a little bit downriver, down below, northward

hee-pue-rey-yow northward, toward the (Klamath) river mouth

heep-'en-cho' maybe

heer inland, north side

heer-keek inland

heer-ken inland

hee-toy here

hee-woh across the sea, halfway

hee-won above, a little way above

hee-wos-cho'r clouds of steam, hell, stormy place, rainy place

Hee-wow a house in Rek'woy

hee-wo'-neek above

Hee-wo'-neek Wes-'o-nah heaven

Hee'-mehl a place on the Klamath, across and downriver from Saa'

hee'-mo-ne-mek' I pack

hee'-muel carry (a load)

hee'-mue-le-sek' I carry (a load)

hee'nk-'ehl white oak

he-ga'p-'oh cottonwood

he-geekw-serh smile

he-geekw-se-wey smile, grin

he-geekw-sook' I smile, I grin

he-gehl to be rising (water)

he-gek' I hate the idea of (doing something)

he-gel dance

he-ge'm go-between in marriage transactions

he-go-lek' I say, I tell

he-gon spoon, scraper

he-goo shout

he-gook' I go, I travel, I walk, I leave

he-goo-mue-mek' I say, I speak to

he-goo-re-keech yerba buena tea, vine tea

he-goo-sek' I shout, I holler, I scream, I yell

he-goo' paddle

he-gor month

he-go-yekw pine squirrel, flying squirrel

he-guen grow in a habitat

hehl hey!

hehl-keek inland, in the mountains

Hehl-keek 'WeRoy Klamath River

hehl-keek-laa Klamath River Indians

hehl-kew in the mountains, toward the mountains

hehl-kew 'woo-gey former people (having retreated inland)

hehl-kue ashore, on land

hehl-kue le-ge-new whale

Hehl-kue Serr Maynot Creek

Hehl-kue 'O Le-gem' a sandbar on the south side of Wilson Creek

hehl-kue 'we-re-go-'oh gill net

hehl-kues-leg smelt, surf fish

hehl-pa' it is rising (water)

hek-chor welcome, greet

hek-sa'r guess

hek-se-wey-yek' I smile

hekwch small basket for acorn soup, eating basket, soup basket, serving bowl, bowl

hekw-chor-kwo-mey-yek' everyone is excited or happy to see me

he-kwo'l butter clam

he-kwo'l so'n oyster

hekw-sa' whale

hekw-sa' 'ue-mer-'erx baleen

hekw-sek' I find

he-la' here!

he-log cooking paddle, acorn mush stirrer, stirring paddle

he-lo-mey-yek' I dance

he-reekw cough, cough

he-ree-kwo-nek' I cough

he-reekw-sek' I cough

her-geekw-ser-werh smile

her-geekw-ser'-wey-yek' I smile

her-gerk-'er-yen dealer

her-germ-cher-pek' I am unfaithful in marriage

her-gerr-werhl flowering dogwood

herh-hlkerh brodiaea bulb, bulb, potato, tumor, tumor

herhkw-suer'-wery' pet/baby with a smiling face; a laughing face; a sunny sky after the rain

herhl-perh stick game

herhl-per' sticks (in stick game)

herkw-sue'-wer-yek' I have a smiling face

herkw-terks small basket used as drinking cup, plate or dish

herk-'er-yek' I hide

herm-cherh adulterer

herm-cher-pek' I am unfaithful (in marriage)

he-ro-gah tattoo, paint the face

he-ro-ge-chek' I tattoo, I paint the face

he-ro-ge-che-pek' I tattoo myself, I paint my face

he-ro-ge-pek' I tattoo myself, I paint my face

herr-lerk'ws the wind blows around, makes a little whirlwind

herr-ner' barnacle

herr-werhl itch

her-wer-merp' it's warm fog

her-wers-kwer-yehl they are rough, they are blistered, they are rough grounds

her-'erh-kerhl be fresh (food, etc.)

her'-k'werh cottontail rabbit, bunny rabbit

her'-k'werh 'ue-peeesh peas

her'-k'werh 'wech-pe-ga'r California poppy

her'-k'werh 'we-nep pale sweet pea

Her'-wew a knoll just upslope of Requa

her’erh-ker-yerk’ I hide to watch

hes question particle

hes think, intend

he-see toward

he-sek' I think, I intend, auxiliary verb with acts of perceiving, etc.

hew live, be healthy, get well, survive

he-wech cure (body), soul, life, spirit

he-we-chek' I live, I am healthy, I get well, I survive

he-wee-ye'm dentalium shell, 2 inch

he-wehl get up

he-wehl-ke-loy get up

he-wehl-ke-lo-yek' I get up

he-wehl-ke-loy-pek' I get up, I get out of bed, I wake up

he-wehl-ke-pek' I get up (suddenly, from lying down)

he-wehl-ke-pek' I get up fast

he-wehl-ke-toy-pek' I get up fast

he-wo-loch soul

he-wo-lo-chek' I live, I survive, I get well

he-wo-lon heal, cure (the body, an illness)

he-wo-mes a large plant growing in swampy places, a plant made into humonah by pounding in hot water

he-wo-mop' it is warm (of liquids)

he-wo-mo-yek' I become warm

he-won first, at first

he-wo-nee first, at first

he-wo-nehl red eagle

he-wo-ne-kee'r have an erection

he-wo-ne-mek' I lift someone/something from a prone position

he-wo-nohl supernatural bird

he-wo-no' condor

He-wo-yek a fishing site on the Klamath near Saa'

Hey-yo-mew a small village on the Klamath

hey-yo-mok-see-ne-pek' I feel lucky

hey-yo-mok-see-shon lucky person

hey-yo-mok-sek' I am lucky

hey-yo-mues skunk

he'-mee' pigeon

he'-we-hlek' I wake up

he'-wo-nee-hlek' I wake up, I am awake

he'-wo-neehl-kwe-nek' I wake (someone) up

he'-wo-neehl-kwook' I awaken (someone)

he'-wo-nek wild oats

He'-woo 'WeRoy Fourteen Creek

he'-woy surf fish

hlern-chee' it (a boat) is snagged

hlery-per-yerk' I taste it (e.g. by putting my finger to the tip of my tongue)

hle'm heel

hle'-mekw heel of foot, sole of shoe

hlkehl land, ground, clay, dirt

Hlkehl 'O Ro-'oh hard dirt cliffs near Squashan Creek

hlke-kwo-lek' I limp, I am lame, I am crippled

Hlke-leek 'Ol Sunken Rock, a rock near the Klamath River mouth only exposed at low tide

Hlke-leek 'WeRoy a creek south of 'O Segen

hlke-leek-ra' shrew, mole

hlke-lo-me-nee dirty

hlke-lo-mo-yek' I am dirty

hlke-lo-nah place, world, earth

hlke-mek' I kneel

hlkerhl-ker-peech spotted fawn

hlke-roh thump

hlke-roh-sook' I thump

hlkerr-wers lizard, salamander, water dog

hlker-'er-mery war dance

hlker-'er-mer-yek' I sing a war dance song

hlker'-merhl-kee-nek' I tie a knot

hlker'-merk knot

hlker'-mer-kerhl knot, tie

hlker'-mer-kerhl-kee-nek' I knot, I tie

hlker'-merk-see-nek' I tie a knot

hlkey-yom clay

hlkey-yo-mo-yehl they are slimy

hlke'-mah ladder, stepping stones

hlke'-mohl-kek' I shut up

hlke'-mohl-ke-pek' I shut up

hlkohl mud

hlkook' I gather acorns

hlkoo-lon be muddy, mud

hlkoo-lon-ke-mo-yehl they are muddy

hlkwer-terkws frog

hlkwer-terkw-sek' I spring back, I am supple

hlkwer'-t'err' pass gas through the vagina

hlkyor look at, watch

hlkyor-kwee-shon thing of beauty

hlkyor-kwek' I look at, I watch

hlk'e'-goop' slug, banana slug

hlk'oop' slime

hlmer-yue'-wery a mean face, a raw, windy, or mean day

hlmey-yeep-'a'r rattlesnake

hlmey-yep-'ee'r rattlesnake

hlmey-ye'w mean, nasty

hlmey-kook' I treat badly, I provoke, I am mean to

hlmey-yohl-kwey-yo-wok' I am mean

hlmey-yok-see-mek' I am suspicious of

hlmey-yo-ne-mek' I frighten

hlmey-yor fear, be afraid

hlmey-yor-kwee-shon a scary thing or person, scary

hlmey-yor-kwee-sho-nek' I am feared, I am an object of fear

hlmey-yor-kwee-shon' it's frightening

hlmey-yor-kwek' I'm scared (by what I see)

hlmey-yor-kwe-noo-me-lek' I am feared

hlmey-yor-kwook' I fear, I am afraid

hlmey-yo-wok' I am mean, I am bad, I am hard to kill, I am nasty

hlmey-yue'r a body of water where a sea serpent dwells

hlmey-yue'-ro-gehl be bad (frightening) water

hlohl-pe-pek' I lower myself down by my hands

hloh-pep embrace

hloh-pew embrace, hug

hlook' I take, I fetch, I catch, I get, I receive

hloo-me-lek' I have something taken away from me, they take it away from me

hloo-muue-le-sek' I relieve someone of a load

hlow at last, finally

hloy try

hloy-chook' I walk carefully

hlo-ye-che-wek' I grope for something with my hands

hlo-yehl-ke-pek' I struggle to crawl (out)

hlo-yek' they grab me (i.e., take me away)

hloy-kook' I try

hlo-yo-mek' I touch (something) lightly

hlo-yo'-re-pek' I'll try to run

hloy-pey-yok' I taste it (e.g. a spoonful)

hlo-yue-rek' I'll try to swim

hlper-gerp' flounder

hlp'ohl vagina

hl'ehl-ke-pek' I stub my toe

hl'ehl-kwoh-tek' I break, I bust

hl'e-keek-so'm you stop the water

hl'e-keek' water stops flowing (at a barrier)

hl'e-kop' blood begins to coagulate

hl'e-ko-yo' the water is placid

hl'ekw be broken

hl'e-kwe-le-chek' I snore

hl'e-nah restrain oneself

hl'e-nek'w it stops drifting (being wedged somewhere)

hl'er-chek' I hit a snag, run aground

hl'er-chohl they hit bottom, they stick on sand (of boats)

hl'er-keech large wild rose with big hips

hl'erk'ws the wind stops

hl'er-'eek' liquid gets thick, stops seeping

hl'er-'er-mer-chek' I stop

hl'e-to-yek' I am stuck

hl'ew-kwe-lee-nee-chek' I snore

hl'ew-kwe-loch snore

hl'ew-kwe-lo-chek' I snore

hl'ew-kwe-nee-chek' snore

hl'ew-kwoh be broken

hl'ew-kwo-sook' I break

hl'ew-kwo'n it is broken open

hl'e'-goh thunder, thunder

hl'e'-goy-koh struggle

hl'oh-kohl 'we-nerh thunder berry

hl'oh-ko'hl it thunders

hl'ohl crackle

hl'ohl-ko'n it crackles

hl'ohl-'ohl-koch' it crackles (a fire)

hl'oo-gech' the sound stops

hl'ook-sek' I stop thinking about it

hl'oo-mew take it away from him

hl'oyk' it (snake) stops; the flow stops

hl'o-'o-mah stop (running or walking) as a group

hl'o'r stop (running or walking)

hl'o'-re-pee-nek' I stop it with my hand (for example, a clock)

hl'o'-re-pek' I stop (running or walking)

hl'o'-re-pe-nek' I stop it with my hand (e.g., a clock)

hl'o'-ro-ne-chek' I stop it (e.g., a big clock)

hl'o'-ro-ne-chek' I stop it (a big clock)

hl'o'-ro-ne-pek' I stop moving

hl'uehl explode (of a gun, etc.), shoot, go off

hl'uehl-kwo'n it explodes, shoots, goes off (of a gun, etc.)

hl'ue-rek' I stop swimming (midstream)

ho past time, to, to

Ho We-goh a flat near the Klamath, a bend in the river at Lamb's Riffle

ho-geee-sek' I wish

hoh make, build, repair, gather (flowers, etc.), cause

hoh-choo' boast, brag, show off

hoh-kem eleventh or twelfth month in old Yurok calendar

hoh-ke-pek' I am in training, I practice, I work out

hoh-kuem tobacco

hoh-kuem 'ue-perh-chekws storage basket for tobacco

hoh-kue-mek' I make, I build, I repair, I gather (flowers, etc.), I cause

hoh-kue-sek' I judge a dispute, I settle a dispute

hohp-ke-chook' I go starting from (a place)

hohp-kok count

hohp-kok-see-mek' I count (them)

hoh-se-pee-shon shameful thing or person

hoh-se-pee-sho-nek' I am shameful

hoh-se-pee-sho-no-wok' I do something shameful

hoh-se-pee' shamefully, disgracefully

hoh-se-pek' I am ashamed

hokch-ke-choy chip arrowheads, etch

hokch-kehl arrow flaker

hokch-ke-mek' I chip arrowheads, I etch

Hokt-kehl a promontory on the north side of Trinidad Head

hokt-ke-took' I butcher, I cut up

hokt-ke-toy clean (fish, meat, etc.)

ho-leehl hazel shoot, hazel sticks (used in basket making), hazel

ho-leehl kaap' hazel

ho-leehl 'wer-nerh hazelnuts

ho-leehl-ke-sek' I gather hazel shoots

ho-lee-mek' I weave (baskets)

ho-lee-mew be woven (baskets)

ho-lo-yue'l water for soaking basket materials

hom-chah fool, trick, fool around with

hom-che-pek' I fool, I trick, I fool around with

ho-mo-nah live oak

hom-tah play, play with, be happy

hom-te-pek' I play, I play with, I am happy

hoo go, travel

hoo-gech star

hoo-gech neee'n astronomer

hoo-gech 'uem falling star

hoo-ge-choy be starry (night)

hoo-ge-choyhl starlight

hookch-kook' I chip obsidian blades

hookw gamble

hookw-chek' I gamble, I play cards

hoo-la-'a-nek objects of value buried with the dead

hoo-la-'a-ne-mek' I bury objects of value

hoo-lech stir

hoo-le-chek' I stir (a liquid), I paddle

hoo-lech-ke-nekw they lie in water

hoo-le-chook' I stir, move my boat around with a paddle

hoo-leesh paddle

hoo-lehl sow, plant, tobacco patch, seed, garden

hoo-le-hlek' I am planting (seeds)

hoo-lehl-ke-loy insect

hoo-lehl-ke-loy-pek' I crawl around (on dirt/sand)

hoo-lehl-ke-nek' I stir a fire, I bank a fire

hoo-lehl-ke-pek' I crawl around (on dirt/sand)

hoo-le-keek' water swirls around

hoo-le-ko-mey-ye-tek' I take everything away

hoo-le-ko-yo' the water moves around (e.g., there's a fish in it)

hoo-le-nah-pey-yek' they chase me around

hoo-le-nee inherit, own by inheritance

hoo-le-nee-chook' I inherit, I own by inheritance

hoo-le-nekw it lies in water

hoo-le-nek' I wear (clothes), I handle

hoo-le-ne-mek' I touch/place things with my hands

hoo-lep-'aak' I rummage, I investigate

hoo-let fly around

hoo-le-te-wek' I grope around

hoo-let-ko-lee'm circle around in flight

hoo-let-kwe-loy-shook I drag something

hoo-le-took' I walk with effort (in a steep place, under a heavy load)

hoo-le-we-tek' I go around with something in my mouth

hoo-lewkswek' I have a load in my boat

hoo-lewkw-sek' I have a load in my boat

hoo-le'm go, travel, be around, fare (well or badly)

hoo-loh basket (general term)

hoo-loh roh-kuet basketball

hoo-loh-pee-nek' I stir

hoo-loo-tek' I wave (trans.)

hoo-lo-yehl they are twisted, they are woven crooked, they are not straight (badly made baskets in which the uprights are not vertical)

hoo-lo-'o-mah they run around

hoo-lo’o-lem’ they run around in sight

hoo-luuehl pack, load

hoo-luuel pack (a load), carry (a load), baggage

hoo-luue-le-kwoh wiggle

hoo-luue-le-sek' I pack (a load), I carry (a load), I carry on my back

hoo-luue-lo-wok' I carry (a load)

hoo-me-lek' I am dizzy

hoo-ne-chek' I paddle upstream

hoo-ne-chook' I climb, walk uphill

hoo-ney-yek' I go uphill, I paddle my boat

hoo-re-che-wek' I weave baskets, I make baskets, I grope, I reach

hoo-re-kwech carry on one's back, carry piggyback

hoo-re-kwe-chek' I carry on my back, I carry a child on my back, I carry piggyback

hoo-rekw-took' I ream out (e.g., a cup)

hoo-ret quarrel, not to be on speaking terms, enemies, not speaking

hoo-re'-mos animal, four-legged mammal

hoo-rok imitate someone

hoo-rok-sek' I am cunning, I am clever

hoo-rok-sek' I'm nauseated

hoo-ro-ye-wek' I owe someone

hoo-ro-'o-pek' I run around

hoo-ro-'o-pe-pek' I run around

hoo-ro'r run around

hoo-ro'-re-pek' I run around

hoo-rue-rehl feel nauseous

hoo-rue-re-hlek' I feel sick, I feel nauseous, I have nausea

hoo-rue-rek' I wade

hoo'y lose

hoo'yk-'e-nek' I am lost

hoo'yk-'e-tek' I lose

hoo'yk-'ohl don't know how, forget (how)

hophl sinew, tendon, deer sinew

hop-ke-kook' I begin, I start, I count

ho-rew pointed end, something with a pointed end (arrow, rock, trinket)

hot-mon baby rabbit

ho-yeee oh!, hey!, hello!

hoyhl-kah flap, roll around, flop, wiggle

hoyhl-ke-pek' I flap, I roll around, I flop, I wiggle

ho'-go-loo' shake (intr.)

ho'-gon north wind, storm

ho'-mo-no' tanoak

ho'-neet bait, lure

ho'nk-'et bait, lure

ho-'oh be dark

ho-'oh-ke-mee' it gets dark

ho-'oh-ko'hl it is dark (as night)

ho-'o-lek brake fern, bracken fern

ho-'o-mah make fire together

ho-'o-me-pek' I make a fire

ho-'o-moh be hurt, injury

ho-'o-moht-kook' I hurt, I injure

ho-'o-pek' I make a fire, I build a fire

ho-'o-pe-wek' I make acorn soup

ho-'ow cedar

Ho'p-'ew a village in the current location of Klamath

Ho'p-'ew Puel 'WeRoy a gully upriver from Ho'p'ew

Ho'p-'ew 'WeRoy a creek downriver from Ho'p'ew

ho'yp-'ee-shek' I have an itch

huehuehuer-cheen a type of wren

huem-chor welcome, greet, entertain

huem-chor-kwook' I welcome someone, I greet someone

hue-mo-nah hewomes pounded in warm water and used for bathing and purifying

hue-mo-nah get warm, be warm

hue-mo-nark' it is warm

hue-mo-na'r be warm

hue-mo-ne-chek' I warm (part of my body)

hue-mo-ne-pek' I get warm, I am warm

hue-mook' I sweat in a sweathouse

huen-kek open (something)

huen-kek-sook' I open (something)

hue-no-wom bring up (children), rear (children), raise (children)

hue-no-wo-me-chek' I bring up, I rear (a child)

hue-no-woo-chek' I grow

hue-no-yohl transform, be transformed (of 'woogey after the coming of people), change into other beings (of animals, etc. in stories)

hue-no-yohl-ko-yek' be transformed (of 'woogey after the coming of people)

hue-no'w it boils, it sprouts, it grows

huen-pey-yok' I want the opposite sex, I am sexually aroused, I am horny

hue-pue-pos a big black bug, stinkbug, tumblebug

Huep-'oo Hupa

Huep-'oo nee her'-k'werh jackrabbit

huep-'oo-la' Hupa Indian, the Hupa people

hue-'ueh nut

hue-'uuep' hazel

huuek child, baby

huuek-soh child, children

huue-wehl get up, get out of bed, wake up

huue'-wo-neehl wake a group

kaa-me-che-wek' I spoil a basket design

kaa-mee-hlek' I dream a doctor's dream, I dream about pain, I have a bad dream

kaa-meehl-kue-mek' I have a bad dream

kaa-meehl-kwook' I dream a doctor's dream, I have a bad dream

kaa-mee-ne-pek' I feel unhappy (at a certain location)

kaa-meg be bad weather

kaa-me-ge'hl it is bad weather, it is stormy

kaa-me-go-ne'hl it's bad weather

kaa-mehl dirt, grave, graveyard

kaa-mehl-ke-sek' I am dirty, I am rough

kaa-mehl-ke's it's rough terrain

kaa-mes evil water creature, shark

kaa-mes he-gor twelfth or thirteenth month in old Yurok calendar

kaa-mes 'ue-kaap' skunk cabbage

kaa-mes 'wer-nerh slim solomon

kaa-mew it is bitter, it tastes bad, it is sour

kaa-me-we-tek' I have a bad taste in my mouth, I do not like the taste of something

kaa-moh twelfth or thirteenth month in old Yurok calendar

kaa-mok be disliked

kaa-mok-see-mek' I dislike, I hate

kaa-moo-ge-chek' I sound bad

kaa-mo-pee' rough water, rapids

kaa-mop' it is rough water

kaa-mo'm stink

kaa-mo'-me-tek' I smell something bad

kaa-mo'-mo-lek' I stink, I smell bad

kaa-mue-no-wok' I grow badly

kaa-mue-no-wo-me-chek' I have bad luck with my plants

kaa-muueks bastard

kaap' gather greenery, leaf, leaves, greenery, brush, grass, the wild

kaap-'ehl brush (vegetation)

kaap-'o-leehl brush, any plant with leaves

kaap-'o-leehl-kwe-mo-yek' I am wild (of an animal)

kaap-'o-lee'hl it is brushy, it is covered in scrub

kah-chek' I sew

kah-che-mew be sewn

kah-chew mend

kah-che-wek' I'm sewing

kah-che-wook' I mend

kah-kah green sturgeon

kah-kah 'we-nep hog's fennel

kah-kah 'wer-'er-kerh sturgeon net

kah-se-lew be a stranger, be unknown

kah-se-lo-pek' I feel strange

kah-se-lue-mek' I do not know, I forget

Kah-tehl place in Hoopa Valley

kap then

kar-kehl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

kar-pey-ye-wek' I am crazy, I am acting silly, I am boy-crazy or girl-crazy, I am promiscuous

ka-'aal slave

ka-'a-noh blanket

ka-'ar pet

ka-'a'n deerhide blanket with hair on it, blanket, deerskin wrap (in the Jump Dance)

ke-chee' it is daylight

Ke-chekw a rock in the water at Sue-meg

ke-che'w cover on a baby basket

ke-chook' I catch up to someone

ke-choy all day

ke-choyhl day

ke-choyk all day, by day

ke-cho' light

Kech-'ok a flat area where there was berry collecting near Unflooded Mountain

Kech-'ok a flat north of 'O Tmekwor

kee future time, can, will

keech past time continuing into, or with effect on, the present; immediate present

kee-chue each

keehl redwood tree

keehl contraction of ki mehl

Keehl 'O Mey-yoo a hill south of Wilson Creek

Keehl 'O Re-wok a place up Blue Creek

Keehl 'O Tep Hee-mar a fishing place on the Klamath

Keehl 'O Tep 'WeRoy a creek on the Klamath

kee-kee subsequent occurrence in future time, all (future time)

kee-kerhl disjoint (a carcass), be dislocated (a joint)

kee-kerhl-kee-nek' I dislocate

keekw-ten moss, rotten wood

keekw-te-no-mo-yehl they are mossy

keem badly

keem-chuen born again (said of an old person at the birth of a child or grandchild)

keem-chue-no-wok' I have offspring

kee-mee negative with reference to time

kee-mee-nah-pey-yek' they don't feel good about me

kee-mee-ne-pek' I feel bad, I am badly hurt

kee-mer-luer'-wery a face of someone holding in anger; the sky just before a storm

kee-mer-lur'wer-yek' I am ugly, I am homely

keem-kook' I treat badly, I harm, I spoil, I punish

kee-mo-hlek' I am dirty

kee-mo-hle-nee dirty, polluting

kee-mo-lah be bad

kee-mo-lah-pek' I am bad

kee-mo-lek' I am bad

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

kee-mo-le-pek' I am bad, I act bad, I am rude

kee-mo-le'n it is bad

kee-mo-lok-see-mek' I don't like (someone), I have bad thoughts about (someone)

kee-mo-look' I am bad

kee-mo-ye-wek' I speak ill (of someone)

kee-mo-ye-wo-lo-yek' someone insults me

kee-mo-ye-wo'-mo-yek' someone calls me something bad

keem-ten rubbish, garbage, rotten wood

Keemt-kueh a rock in the ocean, 2 miles from the mouth of Wilson Creek

keen fisherman

kee-puen be winter, winter

kee-shen be summer, summer

kee-shen chkwohl summer steelhead

keesh-per-wok' I am selfish, I guard jealously

keet near future time

kee-tee future time

keet-kah be strong, be able

keet-kwe-la still

keet-kwo still (not) yet

kee-to want to

kee-tow-cho' even if, although

kee-tue future time

keet-wert-'erysh very, excessively

kee-'ee-yek' I run away

kee'm so'n an accident

ke-gem someone who is jealous of everything

ke-ges dried surf fish, dried smelt

ke-get panther, puma, mountain lion

ke-gey doctor, Indian doctor

ke-gey-yo-wok' I'm a doctor

ke-ge'y there is lightning

ke-goh acorn soup

ke-goo-lee-shok' I hit or throw

ke-gor killer whale, orca, cormorant, shag

ke-go's-neg seagull

kehl-kem red clay, floor

Kehl-pehl rock opposite Kehlpehlehl

Kehl-pe-hlehl name of a place on the mainland shore

kehl-pey-ye-wek' I sing (of a doctor's uncontrolled singing), I am angry, I am irritable, I am out of sorts, I am upset

kehl-pey-yok' I sing through a dream (of a doctor), I lose control of myself at the doctor dance

kehl-pe'n it is thick (cloth, etc)

ke-keek' water flows down a canyon

ke-ke-le-pee-nech-ke-nekw they are bowled over by water

ke-ke-le-pee-nekw he/she/it is bowled over by water

ke-ke-le-pee-new be knocked over

ke-ke-lo-mo-nek'w it swirls in the water

ke-ke-lo-mo'hl it swirls in the wind

ke-ke-lo-muue'-we'y it swirls around (as if it has a face)

ke-ke'y shine

ke-ke'-ye'hl it shines

Ke-koy flat at the mouth of a creek near Two Sisters Rocks

ke-kwon pounding basket (bottomless)

ke-kwo-nook' I break (intr.)

ke-kwo-noo-tek' I break (trans.)

kekw-sah apron of bark

ke-lew you (pl.)

ke-lok goose

ke-lo-ke'l throat

ke-lo-me-chook' I turn around

ke-lo-meek-se-nek' I turn something away

ke-lo-mehl fall, autumn

ke-lo-mehl-ke-loy-pek' I struggle to get on top in wrestling

ke-lo-mehl-ke-loy-pek' I struggle to the top (wrestling)

ke-lo-mehl-ke-pek' I turn over

ke-lo-mek be twisted

ke-lo-me-keek' water turns away

ke-lo-me-kee-nek' I twist (e.g. thread)

ke-lo-me-kehl somersault

ke-lo-me-kehl a person/animal twists loose

ke-lo-me-ko-yo' the water flows back (a 180 degree turn)

ke-lo-me-lem' they turn in flight

ke-lo-me-nek' I turn, I turn over, I turn around, I revolve

ke-lo-me-te-wek' I turn my hand around

ke-lo-mewkw-sek' I turn around and come back in a boat

ke-lo-moh turn (intr.), turn over

ke-lo-mok-see'hl it is a period of time (month, season, year?)

ke-lo-moks' something is turned over/inside out

ke-lo-mok's turn inside out, twist so both surfaces show

ke-lo-mo-lek' I turn in flight

ke-lo-mo-ne-keer' tumble, make a somersault

ke-lo-moo-tek' I turn something aside

ke-lo-moyk' it (rope, fabric) is twisted on inside out

ke-lo-mo' turn round, turn over

ke-lo-mo'hl a bird turns in flight

ke-lo-mo-'o-chek' I turn my boat around

ke-lo-mo-'oh-pey-yok' I swing around

ke-lo-mo-'o-pek' I turn round

ke-lo-mo'-re-pek' I turned 180 degrees running

ke-lo-mue-lek' I turned 180 degrees swimming (and made big waves)

kem also, even, again, too

ke-mek' I steal

ke-mew storage basket for tobacco

ke-mey-yek' I go home

ke-mey-kook' I bring someone back to life

ke-mey-yo-ne-mek' I take (someone) home

ke-mey-yuue-le-sek' I bring (a load) home

ke-mo-lek' I steal

ke-mo-lo-chek' I am jealous, I envy

ke-mo-roh a fat piece of meat on a sturgeon, about 10 inches long (said to be eaten only by rich people)

ke-mo-roy sneak around, be a sneak thief, secretly

ke-mo-ro-yok' I sneak, I do secretly

ke-mo-ro-yo-wok' I sneak around, I am a sneak thief

ke-neek'-wech steer (a boat)

ke-neek'-we-chook' I steer (a boat)

ke-nee-mee emphatic negative

Ke-nek a village on the Klamath

Ke-nek Puel a village downriver from Kenek

Ke-nek 'WeRoy Tuley Creek

ke-nek'w it floats out of the main current

ke-noo-ye-kehl lie down in a cramped space

ke-nue-mee exactly

kep-che-neesh fawn

ke-po-yue-rek' I swim

keps-choh ambush, lie in ambush for

keps-chook' I lie in ambush for, I ambush

kep-te-nek' I sing a lullaby

kep-te-noy sing to sleep, hum to sleep

kep-toh horseneck clam, Washington clam

kep-tue'r lullaby

kep-'ehl there is a housepit, hole in a tree, hole in the ground, housepit

kep-'ehl be deaf

kep-'ehl-kwe-lek' I'm deaf

kep-'ehl-kwe-look' I deafen

kep-'ehl-kwe-nek' I deafen

kep-'ehl-pe-le-kwek' I am deaf

kep-'ehl-pe-lek' I'm deaf

Kep-'el a big village on the Klamath, next to and upriver from Saa'

Kep-'ew mouth of a creek north of Last Chance

kep-'ohl a hollow, a space, clearing, house pit

kep-'oks opening

kep-'ok-see-nek' I block (a path), I plug (a mouse-hole), I dam (a stream)

kep'-t'oh feed an infant soft food

kerch-'erk row a boat

ker-ger-chek' I row

ker-ger-chook' I go alone

ker-ger-ner-yer-wok' I am vain

ker-ger-peehl dentalium shell, 2 1/2 inch

ker-ger-serh musket

ker-gert-ker' fisherman

ker-ger-wers wrist

ker-gery s/he is alone, s/he works alone

ker-ger-'er-mer-chek' I speak Karok

ker-gook' I am alone

ker-guuek a round is won (in a game)

kerhch-pook' I menstruate for the first time

kerh-kerh small turtle

kerhl earring

kerhl-kerh crayfish, Klamath signal crayfish

kerhl-kerh se-gon scorpion

kerh-peen thimbleberry, thimbleberry tree

kerh-peen 'ue-se-gon a tree with fluttering leaves used in a medicine

kerh-per' thimbleberry tree

kerh-ter-pee' there's one (tool, etc.)

kerh-terr-pee-shook' I hit it once driving in a sharp blade

kerh-ter-'een hit on the head

kerh-ter-'een-kook' I hit on the head

kerh-ter-'eryhl one (animal or bird)

ker-kerhch-pook' I menstruate for the first time, I reach womanhood

ker-ker-ler-merk'ws the wind shifts constantly

ker-ker-ner-weech daddy longlegs

ker-ker'-werk rock (trans. and intr.)

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

ker-ker'-werk'ws it is cranky (of a boat)

ker-kur'yer-mer-chek' I walk crookedly

ker-kur'yer-merhl zigzag pattern, wavy pattern

ker-kur'yer-mery flow crookedly (of a river, etc.)

ker-kur'yer-meryk' it flows crookedly (of a river, etc.)

ker-kur'yer' be crooked, zigzag design on baskets

kerkwhl-kwer'y have a miscarriage

ker-ler-mer-kerhl be out of joint, be dislocated, pistol

ker-ler-mer-kerhl get out of joint (body part)

ker-ler-merk'ws the wind blows something inside out

ker-ler-merw inside out, turn inside out

ker-ler-merw-kwe-nek' I turn inside out

ker-ler-mue'-wery' a person with an ugly face; ugly clouds

kerm-serhl large white edible mushroom

ke-ro-me-cha' sugar pine tree, bullpine, Ponderosa pine

ke-ro-me-kee-nek' I twist, I lock

ke-ro-me-kee-nohl key

ke-ro-mek'-woysh control water, turn off water

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

kerr-cherh mountain ridge

kerr-cher'n it is ridgy (country)

kerr-meek' nine

kerr-mer-cher' ninth month in old Yurok calendar

kerr-merhl be dirty, be murky, not for drinking (liquid, water)

kerr-merhl-kerrp' it is dirty (water)

kerr-mer-terw little finger

kerr-neet duck hawk, gerfalcon, chicken-hawk, falcon

Kerr-neet 'Wo'O'l Little Trinidad Head (a promontory near Trinidad Head)

Kerr-werh place in Hoopa Valley

kers-'erkw shoulder blade

kert I fish with a pole

kert-kek' I go trout fishing, I go fishing with pole

kert-kerhl trout fishing pole

kert-'erk-see-nek' I put a lid on, I cover, I plug up, I stop up

kert-'er' cover with lid, lid

kert-'er' bald person

kert-'er-'ery be bald

kert-'er-'er-yek' I am bald

ker-wers wrist

ker-wer-yerh chin, jaw, beard

kery-cher-gerh braid one's hair, mink

kery-cherhl ringtail, ring-tailed cat

kery-choh braids, hair wraps, hair tie

ker-yer-merh skull

keryk flow slowly

kery-keek flow slowly (more slowly than krykeyo')

kery-kee' it flows slowly

kery-key-yo' it flows slowly

ker'-merkws tanoak mushroom

ker'-yer-we-tek' I release

ker'-yer' peel (fruit or vegetable)

ker'-yer-'er-ye-tek' I release

kes down

ke-see future time

ke-sehl homesick, lonesome

ke-se-hlek' I feel lonely

ke-se-loh wish

kes-kee down, down below, down to the river

Kes-kee Chaa large graveyard south of Schek'wehl

kes-keehl lower side, woodshed anteroom

Kes-keehl out cropping near Patrick's Point

Kes-key-yekw a sea stack near Elk Point

ke-so-me-we-hlek' I am homesick, I long for, I miss, I am sad, I am lonesome, I am sorry for (someone)

ke-so-me-we-pek' I am lonely

ke-so-me-wet on the left

ke-so-me-we-tek' I am left-handed

ke-so-mew-tek' I am homesick

ke-so-muy corpse, dead person

ke-so-muyo-wok' I am dead

ke-tok-seehl a level place

ket-'e-tew palm (of hand)

ket-'ey be still (of anything movable), be parked, be moored

ket'-ket-'e'y lie (of boats)

ket-'oh there is a lagoon, body of still water, lake, lagoon

ket-'oks be flat

ket-'ok-seehl the land is flat

ket-'ok-sey-yoh fall backwards

ket-'op' it is in a pot (liquid), it is scraped (shins)

ket-'ue'l it forms a pool, it forms a lake

Ke-wet Burrill's Peak

ke-woy burden basket

key sit (in a location or on a horse)

key-chek be tired, be exhausted

key-chek-see-mek' I am tired

key-chek-sek' I am tired

key-chek-'ee-nek' I sit (in a location or on a horse)

key-che-lew speak the medicine formula on the ninth day of a girl's first menstruation

key-chok act on purpose

key-chok-see-mek' I act on purpose

Key-kem a village on the Klamath, downriver from Metah

Key-kem a town on Big Lagoon

key-kwe-le'-wey-yek' I close my eyes

key-yoh early fall, early autumn

key-yoh-ke-moh early fall, early autumn

key-yom dipper basket

key-yo-mop' it's a whirlpool

key-yo-wey-yues entrance from the ocean into a lagoon

key-yo-wo-rek' I'll perform as a doctor

ke'l you

ke'-le-tue-lo-ne-mek' I accidentally drop something (from my hands)

ke'-le-tue-lo-wok' I release (involuntarily)

ke'-moh bailer

ke'-moh-pe-chek' I bail out

ke'-moh-pet bail out water

ke'-moh-pe-te-chek' I bail out water

ke'-mow food

ke'mt-'em basket for valuables

ke'-ween eel

ke'-ween 'ue-par redbud

ke'-ween 'ue-pe-mey eel oil

ke'-ween 'we-che-ge'l early spring seaweed

ke'-ween 'we-leen hail

ke'-ween 'wer-nerh Indian peach

Ke'-wee-now a village on the Klamath near Srprh

ke'-yet-kwe-lek' I loosen, I untie

ke'-ye-tue-lo-wok' it slipped away from me

ke'-yo-lew spit

ke'-yo-ne-mek' I release

ke'y-pe'hl there is a flicker of lightning

klew waterfall

kle-wo-luehl fall (water)

kle-'uep-'oh clover, brush, flora

klohs-took' I hang (it)

klohs-to'y there is an overhang

kloyk' it (snake, rope) is draped over something

kmoyhl lie down, die

kmoyhl-ke-sek' I lie down, I die

kmoy-pon spread (butter, jam, etc.)

knaahl-koh afterbirth, placenta

kne-che-wek' I put my weaving aside

kne-ko-yo' the water gets calm; it's relaxed, wilted

kne-kwo-mey-tek' I leave

kne-nek'w it drifts into still or stagnant water

knerk'ws the wind is dying down

kner-per-yerh leavings of food

kner-per-yerk leavings, remainder

knerr-'eek' it's a dead-end of water

kneryk' it's limp

kne-tew finger

knet-ken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge

Knet-ken 'O Loo a large boulder in the Klamath downstream from Muurekw

knetk-net arrowhead, cartridge

knew be long, be tall, be high

knew eight

Kne-wee' Point St. George

kne-we-teek' eight

kne-we-tek' I fish with a net

kne-we'l be long, be tall, be high (plants, trees, body parts, utensils, etc.)

kne-we'-lo'n it is long, it is tall, it is high (plants, trees, body parts, utensils, etc.)

knewkw-sem' fish fin up to feed at the surface (near the bank)

kne-wo-lee' it is long (referring to a rabbit ear)

kne-wo-lek sea serpent

kne-wo-lek' it is long (worms, ropes, etc.)

Kne-wo-lek' big snake monster in creation stories

Kne-wo-lek' a sea stack north of White Rock

kne-wo-lep' s/he is tall, (human beings) s/he is long

kne-wo-le-ta' eighth month in old Yurok calendar

kne-wo-le-tew middle (long) finger

kne-wo-lo-pee-lek' I am tall

Kne-wo-loyhl a sand bar on the southwest side of Big Lagoon

kne-wo-lo' live embers, coals (i.e., it burns quietly)

Kne-woo creek 1 mile upriver of Maynot Creek

Knew-sep a long prairie

knok-see-mek' I leave it (behind), I abandon it, I forget it

knoo-tek' I discard something

knoyhl be left behind lying, lie behind

knoy-ke-tek' I leave behind (more than one thing)

kno'n it breaks in one place

Knuehl a fishing place (where there is deep water) off Moore's Rock

knuehl-kem deep gully, gorge

Knuehl-kem a place in the area of Sregon

knue-rek' I float, I swim quietly

knue'-lo-gehl a deep place in the water

knue'-lo-ge'hl it is deep (of, e.g. water)

knuue-le-sek' I put down (a load)

knuue-rek' I stop swimming

knuuue hawk, small yellow-brown hawk

ko past or future time

Ko 'O Tep a village on the Klamath, downriver from Pekwon

koch-pok-sek' I think over, I meditate

koh catch

koh-chaa-wech sixth month in old Yurok calendar

koh-chah one (shoe)

koh-chee once

koh-chehl soaproot, soapwort, large brodiaea bulb, wild potato

koh-che-keen one strand (for example, of hair)

koh-che-mee once

koh-che-moy one (finger span), the distance between a person's fingers on two outstretched arms, one fathom

koh-che-moyhl one day

koh-che-mo-'ook' I am somewhere for one day, I stay overnight one night

koh-che-neesh large tanned deerskin used for blankets or dresses (larger than smechoy)

koh-cher-merysh one arm's length

koh-chew six

koh-che-wech first month in old Yurok calendar, one month

koh-che-wehl be full

koh-che-wook' I catch

koh-chue-mek' I catch

Koh-pey Crescent City, site of Crescent City

Koh-pey Per-werh Mill Creek

Koh-sew Sight Rock

koh-ta'r one (tree, stick, etc.)

koh-tee-shek' I eat one spoonful

koh-tek' there's one (worm, rope, etc.)

koh-tek'-wo'n there's one (plant, etc.)

koh-te-nee one arm's length

koh-te-peer one (dentalium length measurement)

koh-tep' there's one (sacks) (growing things)

koh-tey one (boat)

koh-te'-lee' there's one (house)

koh-te'n there's one (body part, stream, utensil, clothing item)

koh-toh one (round thing)

koh-tok's there's one (flat thing)

koh-to-nah one (piece of money)

koh-too hit, club

koh-too-lee-shook' I hit, I club

ko-ko-new pileated woodpecker, redheaded woodpecker

ko-ko-ne-we'l be long (tufted things, grass, hair, etc.)

ko-ko-ne-we'-lo'n it is long (a tufted thing, grass, hair, etc.)

ko-ko-ne-wo-le'l it is long

ko-kos mother

ko-koy exclamation of surprise

ko-ko'-yo-pah waddle

kol-chee whenever

ko-leen one (of a number); used adverbially, in one place

ko-lo it seems, it looks like, probably

ko-lo pe-ge-meep' rigid

ko-lo pe-mey smooth

ko-lo-kween very

ko-lo-nee it seems, it looks like, probably

kom know

ko-ma hard, for long, very, still, any more, before

kom-che-wok' I am smart, I understand

kom-cho-hlek' I know the way

kom-chue-mek' I know

ko-mee-nah have feelings (in the body), can feel (something)

ko-mee-ne-pek' I have feelings (in the body), I can feel (something)

kom-te-nah be blind

kom-te-ne-pek' I am blind

koo-nee alone (as in 'went alone')

koo-ra' one (human being, body part, utensil, stream, piece of clothing)

koo-see all over, everywhere, everything

koot one (dentalium string)

kooych buy

kooych-kwook' I buy

koo' stand (of people or animals in or assuming a standing posture)

koo'hl be open

koo-'o-pek' I stand (of people or animals in or assuming a standing posture)

koo'-re-pek' I run alone

ko-peen coffee

ko-rek' I survive

kor-pe-wek' I am alone, I live alone

kor-pey-yok' I live alone

kos-'e-la-son I hope that ..., may it be that ...

kot-ko-tee'r jump up and down, play a (children's) game like hopscotch

kot-ko-tee'r wild celery

kot-ko-tee'r 'ue-se-gon gambleweed

kot-'ues-kee-nee however, whatever

Ko-we-cheek home of salmon in creation stories

Ko-we-cheek 'Ola-'aag Kowecheek's rock

ko-we-cho' don't

ko-we-cho'm don't

ko-weesh stick, penis

ko-weesh-cho' thank you, thanks, I am grateful

ko-weesh-tew stick, cemetery fence

ko-weesh-te-wohl cemetery

ko-wey don't do that!, stop it!, quit it!

ko-yaak'w starfish

koy-kuue'l hollow rock (lucky)

ko-yo-woh full (of the moon)

koy-poh in the morning, early, early morning

koy-poh hoo-gech morning star

ko'l something, someone, somewhere, no one, nothing

ko'l 'ne-so'n my genitals (male or female)

ko'-lee someone, anyone

ko'l-son-kehl regalia, wedding present

ko'm hear, understand

ko'-mee very, excessively

ko'-mo-yok' I hear, I understand

ko-'o-mech Orleans Indian, Karuk Indian, Karuk people

Ko-'o-men Orleans

ko-'o-ye-wek' I ask, I hire, I request

ko-'o-yue-mek' I ask, I hire, I request

ko'r one (human being, body part, utensil, stream, piece of clothing)

ko'-see all over, everywhere, everything, covered all over

ko'-ses crab

kreeech a plant used as a herb

kue future time

kue the, that, who, which, a

kue ne-kah 'e-ko-nor God (Christian)

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

kuech grandmother

kuech-kuech angleworm, worms for bait

kue-chos grandmother

kue-kue-rek' I swim alone

kue-reesh the end of a net, the point of a V-shaped mark, used for calendar keeping, made in a slate slab in the floor of a sweat-house

kue-rek' I float quietly on top of the water

kues where?, when?, how?, which?, what? (of a specified set), why?

kues-chah what sort of?

kue'y later, tonight, after a while

kue'-yoh in a minute

kurn salmon head, the inside of a salmon's head, gristle in salmon's head

kurrk cross the goal-line, score, as in the stick game

kurrksek' I play the stick game, I score (in the stick game)

kuue-rek' I swim alone

kwah-hley be against Indian belief, be forbidden by Indian law, be taboo, be forbidden

kwah-hley-yek' I am a mourner at a funeral

kwar peg, nail, lamprey awl, sewing awl, needle, wooden needle

kwa-re'-wey-yek' I have a pointed face; (3rd person) a sharp boat-head

kwa'-ree' a brown bird, darker on breast with black specks, red eyes

kwech excrement, dropping, poop

kwech-keesh defecate

kwech-kee-shek' I defecate

kwe-cho-yekw ground squirrel

kweech a plant with large leaves

kweee-get visitor

kweem harpoon foreshaft

kwe-ge-rue'r pig, hog

kwe-get visit

kwe-ge-tek' I visit

kwe-gey kingsnake

kwe-gokw raven

kwe-gom-hle-chook' I walk back and forth

kwe-gom-hlewkw-sek' I go back and forth on water

kwe-gom-hlo'-re-pek' I run back and forth

kwe-gom-hlue-rek' I swim back and forth

kwe-gom-hluue-le-sek' I'm packing back and forth

kwehl though, although, so

kwe-laakw they

kwe-lekw well

kwe-les he, she, it

kwen indefinite relative adverb

kwe-no-met part of a sweathouse, big door of a sweathouse, "the exit and ventilator", "the place to the left of the exit, likely to be occupied by the 'owner'"

kwerch a plant (sp.) with large leaves

Kwe-rep 'O Tek a tall rock formation

kwe-re'-wey-yek' I have a pointy face, I have a sharp tongue

kwe-re'-we'y dugout canoe

kwerh-kwer-yer-chek' I whistle

kwerhl image, picture, shadow, doll, movie

kwerm-hlerk'ws the wind blows back

kwerm-hler-yerh look back, turn around (intr.)

kwerm-hler-yerh-sek' I look back

kwerm-hler-yerh-sook' I turn around (intr.)

kwermhl-'er-'er-chek' I drive back, I drive away

kwerr-meech black chiton, poor man's abalone, soft-shelled abalone, China slipper

kwe-ruehl snout, long nose

kwe-rue-hlo-mo-yek' I have a pointed snout

kwer-yer-chek' I whistle

kwer-yerh whistle, whistle

kwer-yerk'ws the wind whistles

kwer-yer-wek' I whistle (esp. in calling someone)

kwery-kwer-yerch screech owl

kwery-kwer-yer-'er-chek' I whistle

kwery-kwer-yoo-chek' I whistle

kwery-terp an edible plant with white flowers

kwer-yue-mek' I whistle to (someone)

kwer-'er-'ee' towhee (bird)

kwe-saa-ge'-le'w someone who is hoarse, someone with a harsh voice

kwe-saa-le-wek' I am hoarse

kwe-saa-lo-chek' I speak hoarsely, I sing hoarsely

kwes-cheen strawberry

kwe-see and then, and so

kwes-kwes have a cold

kwes-kwe-sek' I have a cold, I caught a cold

kwes-'o-yew prayer doctor

kwes-'o-ye-wek' I treat (used of prayer doctor)

kwes-'o-yue-mek' I say prayers to heal over someone

kwe-to-yos pear-shaped piece of wood put near fire in wishing ill on someone

kwey-kwey-yuer whistle

kwey-yuech a bird now extinct

kwey-yue-ro-wok' I whistle a note

kwe'-loyhl a scorching day

kwom-hla'-re-chek' I put wood (e.g., a gate) back in place

kwom-hla'-re-tek' I put wood (e.g., a gate) back in place

kwom-hle-chook' I return, I go back, I walk back

kwom-hlehl-ke-loy-pek' I crawl back

kwom-hlehl-ke-pek' I crawl back

kwom-hle-keek' water turns back

kwom-hle-ko-yo' the water runs back

kwom-hle-nah-pey-yek' I'm sent back

kwom-hle-nek' I bring (something) back

kwom-hle-nek'w it drifts back

kwom-hlok-sek' I think back

kwom-hlok’s it slid back (e.g. a board)

kwom-hlo-lek' I fly back

kwom-hloo-leem' the herd turns back

kwom-hloo-lem' the herd turns back

kwom-hloyk' it (snake, rope) turns back

kwom-hlo' return by water

kwom-hlo-'o-chek' I return by water

kwom-hlo'-re-pek' I run back

kwom-hlue-rek' I swim back

kwom-hluue-le-sek' I pack it back

kwom-ke-pek' I'm in deep pain, I groan

kwo-mo-ne-mek' I go take it back

kwoo-re-chook' I go slowly

kwoo-rey-yo-wok' I am slow

kwooy-ke-no-chek' I play out rope slowly

kwooy-ke-no-tek' I play out rope slowly

kwooyk' it (rope) is moving slowly

kwoo'-re-pek' I run or walk slowly

kwot-kwo-top' it's simmering

kwoy-chook' I go slowly

kwo-ye-keek' water flows slowly

kwo-ye-ko-yo' the water flows slowly

kwoy-ke-tek' I'm slow getting things out

kwoy-kook' I do something slowly

kwo-yo-nek' I deliver slowly

kwo-yo-ne-mek' I bring it slowly

kwoy-pey-yok' I eat slowly

kwoy-te-me'l shoulder

kwo'-ro'r candlefish

kyah rise (sun or moon), spring (season), vernal

kyah-che-nee vernal

kyah-to'r sweat, sweat

kya' sore, ulcer

kya-'e-wo-lek' I am a nuisance, I am naughty

kya'hl-'oo' open sore, ulcer, open wound

kye-gah mound of dirt (e.g. near gopher hole)

kyer-nee-kerhl sprain

kyer-nee-kerhl sprain (a hand)

kyer-nee-kert sprain

kye-seks gopher

kyew there, yonder

kye'w capsize

kye'-wo-lep' it capsizes, someone turns over (e.g. in a boat or a wagon)

kye'-wo'l it capsizes

kyohl-poo' fall over, tumble

kyoohl-po-lee-sho-yek' someone knocks me backwards

kyo-sekws gopher

kyo-ye-mek' I bend back (something)

kyue' there

k'ee the, this, who, which

k'ehl used with tomoyek' be very young, be very small

k'e-ne-go-'ohl frequently, at frequent intervals

k'en-rok-see-mek' I trust, I admire, I respect

k'en-so-no-wok' I take care, I am sensible

k'en-soo-nok-see-mek' I dislike, I have hateful thoughts about

K'e-pue-lo-yoh Wohpekumew's son

k'ep-'ew grandchild

k'e-rep' widow

k'e-ro-se-gon scorpion

k'errch' crow, flock of crows

K'errch' 'O Chke-geem' a knoll in the middle of a salal berry patch, also called K'err' 'Wo-'Ol'

k'errch' 'we-cheee-shep' lupin

k'errch' 'wer-nerh twinberry

k'err' crow

k'err' se-gon blackbird

K'err' 'O Chke-geem' a sea stack in False Klamath Cove

K'err' 'WeRoy Hodge Creek, south of the Klamath

K'err' 'Wo'Ol' a knoll in the middle of a salal berry patch

k'e-so apparently

k'etk-'ehl sweet colt's foot

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

k'e-we-tek' I wash, I brush (teeth), I dye (any object)

K'e-woo-mer son of Puelekuekwa'r

k'ey-yaa-'eek where you are

k'e'-go' there is lightning

k'lee-mo-wok' I feel ill

k'loo'w it dies down (of a fire), s/he is drowsy

k'los-te-mek' I hang it

k'los-took' I hang limp

k'loyk' it wilts

k'nek'-nek' pulse, beat (of the heart)

k'nerr-kee-nek' I let wilt

k'nerrk' it wilts

k'ne-wo-lo’ dying embers

k'ohoo unmarried mother, mother of bastards

k'ohoo-lop' a liquid in the process of solidifying

k'ookw-sook' I cut up, I split (fish, etc.), I cut into pieces, I dress fish or game

k'oo'y jay, bluejay

k'oo'ych-'ee jay, bluejay

k'ue-'ueh wash (habitually)

k'yer-wer-ler-'ery be gray-haired

k'yer-wer-ler-'er-yek' I am gray-haired

k'yow swan

k'yoy-kwo'n it is slimy, slippery

laa road, way

laahee-won above along

laahoh-kue-mek' I build alongside

laa-kaa-mop' it is rough water on a river

laa-ke-ke-lo-me-nek'w it swirls along in the water

laa-kwom-hle-chook' I return by a particular route

laa-me-net-kwe-le-sook' I drag along

laa-mo-hlek' I make a noise by pounding

laam-yaahl-ke-pek' I jump in front of

laa-peesh-kah along the seashore

laa-re-gor the waves break along (it)

laa-ror-kwee'hl it breaks over (of waves on a rock, etc.)

laa-tee-kwo'n it is broken along (e.g. a line), it is shattered along (e.g. a line)

laa-tekw-sook' I cut along a line

laa-tet-ko'hl it is steep along (something)

laa-wo-gee down the middle

laay go through, go by that way

laa-ye-chek' I go by a particular way

laa-ye-che-wek' I grope my way around

laa-ye-chook' I walk along

laa-yehl-ke-loy-pek' I slink

laa-yehl-ke-pek' I slink

laa-ye-keek' water flows by, dry creek bed, where water used to flow

laa-ye-keen line, stripe, lining

laa-ye-ko-yo' stripes

laa-yekw road, trail, path

laa-yek' I pass, I go along route, I go by, I pass by

laa-yet-ko-lek' I fly along, I fly past, I fly by

laa-yet-kwe-lo-shook' I drag something along

laa-yet-kwe-loy-shook' I drag it along

laa-ye-wet' someone goes along with something in the mouth

laa-yoh river

laa-yok’s it (a flat thing) is along (something)

laa-yo-lek' I fly, I fly along

laa-yo-lew be taught

laa-yo-le-wo-mo-yek' I am taught

laa-yo-lue-mek' I teach

laa-yo-nech-ke-nekw they pass on water

laa-yo-ne-keer' branch off

laa-yo-nekw he/she/it passes on water

laa-yo-ne-mek' I bring it past

laa-yop' it flows, it runs (of a liquid)

laa-yoyk' it (snake, root) is on the ground

laa-yo' jump up and down (of a boat), pitch (of a boat)

laa-yo-'o-mah pass in a group

laa-yo'-re-pek' I run along(side) something

laa-yo’o-lem’ they run by here

laa-yue-mek' I teach

laa-yuue-le-sek' I come by here with a pack

laa-yuue-lo-wek' I pass this way with my load

laa-'oo-le'm live alongside

lah-chek' I launch

la-'a-laa re-wee-shee' cemetery fence

la-'a-sehl a poisonous plant (sp.)

le-che-wek' I point something out with my hands

lech-ke-chook' I pull out

lech-ke-nekw they are flooded

lech-ke-nek' I knock down, I throw aside

le-chook' I knock down, I toss

Le-gaa a portage place on the north end of Big Lagoon

le-gaa'y doorway, trail, path, retreat, a place where someone or something passes through, the place by the entrance door in the sweathouse

le-ga-'ap' she doctors

le-gech mudhen, coot

le-gehl throw, scatter, sort

le-ge-mem ruffed grouse (locally also called pheasant)

le-gep-'ew storage place

Le-gep-'ew a hole or cave on the southwest side of Trinidad Head

le-goo-look' I roam, I wander

le-go' blink repeatedly

le-go' it's twilight, the sun goes down

lehl-ke-look' I bury, I bake, I plant seeds

lehl-ke-loy crawl

lehl-ke-loy-pek' I crawl

lehl-kem skunk cabbage leaves

lehl-ke-mook' I wrap (something) in skunk cabbage leaves (for cooking)

lehl-ke-moy be misty

lehl-ke-nek' I throw, I scatter, I sort

lehl-ke-pek' I crawl

lehl-ke-pek' I bury myself; I crawl

lehl-koo' fall, be heard (noises)

lek flow, leak

le-kah measure, measure of length

le-kee-ta' backbone (of fish), spine (of fish)

le-ke-tek' I put (down)

le-ko-lek' I fall, I fall down

le-ko-mey-ye-tek' I put, I set the table

le-ko-nee hoo-gech falling star, shooting star

le-koo stab

le-koo-sek' I stab (something/someone?)

le-koo-sook' I stab

le-koo-tek' I stab

le-ko-yop' it flows

le-ko-yo' it flows, it leaks

lekw outside, out

le-kwo'hl it falls in (a building, etc.), it fills the air (a noise)

lekw-sa' by the doorway

lekw-see outside

lekw-seek outside

lekw-seg there is a path

lekw-sew outside

lekw-soo small door of a sweathouse, exit hole, space in front of the door

lekw-te-mehl dig

lekw-te-mehl ko-weesh digging stick

lekw-te-me-hlek' I dig

lek'-woh drag oneself along, crawl

lem hook eels

le-me-ge'hl there is a loud noise

le-me-me'hl it rumbles

le-me'm rumble

le-mo-lohl 'o kwar the blade on an eel-hook

le-mo-look' I hook eels

le-mo-lo-'ohl eel-hook, gaff for lamprey eels

le-nah-pee-mek' I blame, I suspect

le-new-kwek' I drift, I drown

len-kwe'hl it is overcast, there is an eclipse

le-pah stretch (intr.), crawl along

le-pah-te-pek' I stretch, I crawl along

lep-choh fur

le-pe-chook' I crawl to avoid detection

le-pe-hlek' I ache

le-pehl-ke-loy-pek' I crawl silently along

le-pehl-ke-pek' I crawl silently along

lep-kwoh form seaweed into round cakes

le-poh hip

le-po'm headband "worn by the woman formulist in the Brush Dance ... normally made of ordinary feathers", doctor's forehead band of condor ruff

le-po'-re-pek' I run bent down to avoid detection

lep-see' it's outside

lep-se-mo-yek' I am hairy

lep-sew toward the doorway

lep-sue'-wery a hairy face; stringly-looking clouds with the rain in them

lep-te-nok cloud, clouds blowing

lep-te-nok-see'hl it is cloudy, it gets cloudy

lep-te-noyhl be cloudy, be misty

lep-toyhl-ke-mo-yek' I am hairy all over

lep-toyhl-ke-pek' I am hairy all over

lep-toyhl-ke-pek' I'm hairy

lep-to-yo-wok' I'm hairy

lep-'ew tidy up

lep-'o-lah protruding stakes to keep salmon from going around an 'erkerh net

lep-'o-look' I cover it up

lep-'o-lue-mek' I cover it (with a blanket)

ler-ger'l buzzard, vulture

lerh saliva, spittle

lerhl-kwer-nek' I pick something round that grows in clusters (manzanita, madrone, huckleberries, peas in the pod)

lerh-per-yehl drool, saliva, spittle

ler-kerhl the joint is back in place

lerk-sue'-wery' there are dark clouds right above

lerk-sue'-wer'y dark clouds right above

lerp-sue-wer'y it is covered in mist

lerp-ter-nue-'er-wer'y it is bad weather

lerp-tue'-wer'y the sky is dark, murky

lerr-yerk'ws the wind blows along something

ler-'er-gerh be black, be dark-colored, (round things) coffee

ler-'er-gery be black, be dark-colored (animals, birds)

ler-'er-ger-yek' I am black, I am dark-colored (animals, birds)

ler-'er-geryhl be black, be dark-colored (water)

ler-'er-geryk be black, be dark-colored (water)

ler-'er-gerysh dark-skinned person

ler-'er-ger-'eesh black skin

ler'-ger' black person

let-ko-lek' I fly

let-kwel oriole

let-kwe-lo-sook' I drag along

le-wet net, fish net, salmon net

le-wet 'wa-'aag sinker rock on lewet net

le-wet 'we-kwol place to set a lewet net

le-we-tek' I fish with a net, I set a net

lew-kwe-nohl be cloudy

lewkw-te-mehl-kook' I dig for something

le-wo-lee' there are cramps, somebody is cramping up

le-wo-ley-ye-tek' I pull (a boat) through shallow water by hand

le-wo-le'y it is pulled through shallow water by hand

le-wo'hl there is an earthquake

ley-chehl blackberry

ley-yes snake

ley-kwehl noise in the air similar to infants crying (bad omen)

ley-yo-lekws snake, water-snake

ley-yo-lekw-sa' zigzag design on baskets, vertical stripe on baskets

le'-go' fisher

le'-loh-tek' I burn (something)

le'-lo-yek' I burn myself, I am burned, I am stung (by a nettle)

le'-loyhl there is a fire

le'-wehl house used at the making of the Fish Dam at Kepel

le'-wo'l greasewood, snowbrush

lo-cho-muuek tadpole

lo-cho'm toad

loh-kwo'hl it is dull weather

lohl-kee-mek' I scold

lohl-key-yek' I marry (of a widow who marries again)

lohl-ko'n it crackles

loho-lehl grave

loh-pee-nek' I scrape out

loh-pee'hl clouds gather, it is cloudy

lohp-se-mo-yek' I am downy, I have down, I am hairy

loh-tuen lingcod, snapper

lok be a year

lok-see-mek' I weight something down

lok-see'hl it is a year

lok-sook' I press down with a weight

lo-lek' I fly

lo-moh-sook' I strike gently

loo be thrown

loo fish weir, fish dam

loo-geen fish weir

Loo-ge-nohl place upriver of lower Smith River Bridge where there was a fish dam

loo-lah throw oneself down, plop down

loo-lee-shee' it is knitted

loo-lee-shook' I knock it down

loo-lee-shoy knit (as in making a net)

loo-tek' I throw

lop' it comes in lumps, it flows slowly

lo' chief builder of the Fish Dam at Kepel

lo'hl a bird flies

lo'-leephl sting of insect, fang of snake

lo'-moh pummel

lo'n-cho' be greedy

lo-'og embers, coals

lo-'o-ge-nee dark

lo-'o-ge-new dark things

lo-'o-gey be black, be dark-colored (human beings, tools, etc., plants, etc., trees, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc., flat things, house, boats)

lo-'o-gey-yo-wok' I am black, I am dark-colored (human beings, tools, etc., plants, etc., trees, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc., flat things, house, boats)

lo-'o-ge'-rok' I am black

lo-'o-ge'-ro'n it is black, it is charred (trees, sticks, etc.)

lo-'o-mah run in a group

lo-'o-me-chek' I burn (wood)

lo-'o-mehl tremble

lo-'op' it burns, it is burning

lo'p-'aak' I blink (my eyes)

lo'p-'e'y it blinks (of an eye or eyes)

lo'-sook' I cover, I hold down

luuehl long grass, wild iris, iris stem (used for twine), twine

luuehl-kwek' I spin string (on the thigh)

luue-le-sek' I take/carry a load somewhere

luuep make a sound (called a "dead-sound" by Charlie Williams)

luue-wo-lo-yek' I cramp, I have a cramp

luue' fish with a net, set a net

ma past tense

maa-geehl for nothing

maa-geen some, the rest, remainder

maak'-weet'-p'ohl camp robber

maat'-p'ohl senseless ones (of children)

maa-wek' I pay a fine (for an insult)

maa-we-tek' I hit

maay clear (of weather), pass by

maa-ye-chook' I struggle to get my boat past and obstacle

maa-yehl-ke-loy-pek' I crawl by (steathily)

maa-yehl-ke-pek' I crawl by (steathily)

maa-ye-keek' water flows past (a barrier)

maa-ye-ko-yo' the water flows past

maa-yek' I pass, I move past, I pass by

maa-ye-tek' I pass something with it (a big article or object)

maa-yo-lek' I pass by narrowly, almost touching

maa-yo-nech-ke-nekw they pass on water

maa-yo-nekw it passes on water

maa-yo-ne-mek' I pass an obstacle with it

maa-yo-new pass on water

maa-yoo-tek' I bring it past

maa-yoyk' it (stream) passes an obstruction

maa-yo-'o-chek' I've passed something

maa-yo-'o-lem' they run past

maa-yo'r pass, pass by

maa-yo'-re-pek' I run past (missing the place)

maa-yue-rek' I struggle to swim past an obstacle

maa-yuue-le-sek' I bring my pack past an obstacle (e.g., a slide area)

mah pass

mah-kew salal

mah-kuehl salal berry

mar toilet paper

mar-kar-keehl hip

mar-kew eat up

mar-ke-we-chek' I die, I faint, I pant, I am out of breath

mar-kue-mek' I eat up, I eat it all, I exhaust food supply

mar-kwe-chook' I go everywhere

mar-kwe-nee everything

mar-kwe-wohl perish

markw-se-wok' I beat up (all of them), I get rid of, I beat severely

markw-sook' I beat him (with fists), I beat him (in gambling)

Ma-'aa name of a gulch in Requa

Ma-'ach village at the north end of Big Lagoon

ma-'ah spear, spear, salmon harpoon pole, up to 16 feet long

ma-'ahs-kee-mek' I spear

ma-'ahs-kehl spear

ma-'ahs-kek' I spear, I go spear fishing

ma-'ahs-koyk' I use a harpoon

ma-'ahs-kue-mek' I spear

ma-'ak head rings, "a stuffed ring of deerskin with three or four of the scarlet [woodpecker] scalps sewn on", "head rings with woodpecker on them", head roll

ma-'a-nor be conceited, show off

ma-'e-pe-tek' I tie up, I am greedy for, I wrap

ma-'e-po-yew be tied up, wrapped

mech fire

mech pa-'ah whiskey

me-chaa-nep' tansy, yarrow, wormwood

me-cheeh fireside

me-chewk'w it is submerged

me-che-wo-lo' smolder, glow

mech-kaa-pek' I walk

mech-ka' go on foot, footprint, feet, tracks

mech-kes track

mech-ke'n it is so many feet long

mec-hlaa something fire goes through, chimney, stove pipe, fireplace

me-cho-lep mucus in one's eye

me-cho-le'w eye mucus

me-cho-mee' venereal disease, the clap

mee negative

mee-chos cousin, male cousin, elder brother

meeech-kah go on foot

meee-goh trade

meee-kee both sides

Meee-kee-ley a being that lives in the mountains

meee-kee-werh double ended boat

meeeks raag back string of an eel or sturgeon

meehl-pehl leg, shin, lower leg

mee-ko-yo' it surges

meek-'o-lew swallow

meek-'o-lue-mek' I swallow, I gulp down

mee-nek' I bet

meet cousin!, elder brother!

mee' because, in order that

mee' negative

me-gah swallow (bird)

me-geee-go-ne-mek' I poke a fire

me-geehl without anything, for nothing

me-gee'r do, perform (a ceremony), obey

me-gee'-re-pek' I do, I perform (a ceremony), I obey

me-gehl-ke-chook' I stroke, I caress, I touch lightly

me-ge-look' I accompany, I go with others

me-ge-nek' I stretch (in an elastic motion), I flex

me-ge-nep' it moves or stretches in an elastic way (like an inchworm, or in a belly-ache or body building), it (someone's stomach) aches

me-ger-seek weasel

me-ges doctor, white doctor, medical doctor

me-ge-seek weasel

me-ge-tohl look after, protect, take care of, care for, own, keeper, owner

me-ge-tohl-kwe-pek' I look after myself

me-ge-tohl-kwook' I look after, I care for, I protect, I take care of, I own

me-gey 'o'-ro-wee' mourning dove

me-gey-yoo miscarry, die soon after birth, be stillborn, lose children in childbirth

me-gokw dog, barking dog

me-go-'oh pepper nuts, pepperwood nuts

me-guehl store, peddlar

mehl circumstantial, by, with, for, about, from, of

mehl che-gee-shew shootingstar (flower)

Mehl Mue-wee'm an almost submerged rock in False Klamath Cove

mehl re-gookw-seen cheee-shep' mission bells (plant)

mehl se-ges-'ew shooting star

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

me-hlet-wek' I feel something with my hand

mehl-kue part of a Yurok house: "the peripheral part ... at ground level, as contrasted with the sunken center ... It is usually pretty well filled with large food-storage baskets.", "a place in the sweathouse, the corner farthest from both entrance and exit ... There is always a floor of smooth planks or stone slabs."

Mehl-kue Raa a branch of Hunter's Creek, in which people used to spear salmon

mehl-kuek cave, hidden place

mehl-kue' shut in

mehl-kwehl cane, walking stick

mehl-kwe-lew use a cane

me-hlo-ne-mek' I touch, I feel

mehl-'en ask, beg

me-kah track(s)

me-key children

me-key-yo-wok children

me-kwa'r menstrual hut

mekw-cheg snail

mekw-cherr-meryhl-keek' it's a slender stream of water

mekw-choo-ma'r be thin (trees, etc.)

mekw-choo-mee-rek' I'm slender

mekw-choo-mek' it is thin (worms, ropes, etc.)

me-kwehl pile up, be in a heap, be piled up, heap, pile

me-kwehl-ke-nek' I pile up (trans.)

mekw-ta' stump

mek-'oh hit a target

mek-'oh-sook' I hit a target

mek'-woh pus

mek'-woo-mo-yehl they fester, they become pussy, they are infected

mek'ws it jumps, it rolls (as salmon in river)

me-la past time

me-lee' there is a brush dance

me-leg excrement

Me-leg a sea-stack between 'O Segen and the mouth of the Klamath

Me-ley cliff south of the Klamath mouth

me-lo-ge-mo-yehl they have excrement on them

me-loh brush dance officiant, medicine woman

me-loo brush dance

me-look' I attend a brush dance

me-lox excrement, feces, turds

me-ne-cho-lek' I disappear

me-ne-chook' I disappear, I vanish, I go away

me-neg be low tide

me-ne-go-ne'hl it is low tide

me-nehl go out (of a fire)

me-nehl-ke-nek' I extinguish, I turn off

me-nek freeze (of people)

me-ne-keek' water disappears

me-ne-ko-let freeze (of people)

me-ne-ko-let-kook' I freeze (of people)

me-ne-ko-yo' the water disappears

me-nem buckskin belt

me-ne-nek'w it sinks, goes out of sight in the water

me-net-kwe-le-sook' I drag

me-net-kwe-loy-shook' I drag something out of sight, away

me-ne-tue-lo-wok' I abduct

me-ne-wet' a fish pulls a net underwater; someone clinches down something

me-new-kwek' I drown, I go under water, , I am bashful

me-newkw-sem' boats disappear on the river

me-ne'-rue-hlek' I make way for

me-ne's tow a boat, pull ashore, boat rope

me-ne's-kwo-'o-chek' I pull a boat up over a riffle

me-no-kwo-lue-mek' I swallow, I gulp down

me-nok’s the terrain has a dip in it

me-no-men Juneberry

me-no-me-nek' I twitch

me-noo-chek' I pull

me-noo-gech' it (a sound) disappears

me-noo-mo-ne-mek' I take it back/return it (to someone?)

me-noo-mo-ne-mek' I take it back/return it

me-noo-tek' I pull

me-noo' pull a boat ashore, pull (anything, not just boats)

me-noo-'ohl pull

me-noy-ke-tek' I pull something (like a rope)

me-noyk' it (round, pliable object) disappears

me-no-'o-chek' I hide in a boat

me-no-'o-lem' they disappear

men-sook' I buy back

me-nue-no-wok' I disappear

me-nuue-le-sek' I lift a heavy load

me-nuue-le-tek' I abduct

me-nuue-lo-wo-yek' I'm abducted, enticed away

mep past time

mep-'och beard, mustache, whiskers, Uncle Sam (U.S. government)

mep-'och-ke-nek' I have a beard

me-raa smoke

me-raa-wo-nee smoked (of salmon)

me-raa' be smoky

me-raa's it (food) is smoky, cure by smoke

Merch-kery the mouth of Little River

Me-reep' a big village on the Klamath, upriver from Wa's'ey

Me-reep' Soh place uphill from Mereep'

me-re-kwo-cheesh toilet paper

mer-ger-'erk laugh

merk 'we-cheee-shep' lupin, lupine

merk-cher-'er-kerhl hip, hip bone

mer-kerhl ankle

merkw-cherr-mer-keek' it's a slender stream

merkw-cherr-mer-kerhl a bony person

mer-kwerhl mountain, peak, hill

mer-kwer-mer-kwer-chek' I talk back, I bitch (of a wife)

merkw-teeks crane, heron

mer-mery be handsome, be beautiful, be pretty

mer-mer-yer-wok' I am handsome, I am pretty, I am beautiful

mer-nerk'ws the wind dies down between gusts

mer-ner-mer-neryk' it (water) disappears, flows away all over

mer-nery take puffs from a pipe

mer-ner's fish skin

mer-ner's-kwer-tek' I have broiled the skins

mer-ner's-kwery pull the skin off a fish

me-ro-gey-yah it is long since

me-ro-ge'y it is easy, it is cheap

me-ro-yoo fifth month in old Yurok calendar

mer-per-yerh watch someone with out their knowledge

mer-per-yerk-see' someone is being watched

merr a sea bird whose eggs are eaten

merr-gen lungs

merr-yerk'ws the wind isn't so strong here; a passing wind; a small gust

merr' baccharis consanguinea (plant)

mer-seek' it is narrow, it is thin

mer-ser-cher-wek' I weave a little on a basket (helping someone)

mer-se-reryk' it's a small stream

mer-serw ointment

mer-seryk' it's a small stream

mer-seryk' it (a stream) is small

mers-terk line a basket, lining to make something warmer

mer-ter-lerp' nasal mucus, runny nose

mer-ter-lerp-'ook' I run at the nose, my nose is running, I have a runny nose

mer-terw buttocks, rump, derriere, arse

me-rueh five

me-rueh che-go-'o-nep' five-point buck

merw food carried with one, food brought by bride

mer-werch the dance is ending, the end of a dance

mer-werh be speared, be bitten by a snake

mer-werh-ser-yek' I am speared, I am bitten by a snake

mer-werh-sook' I spear

mer-werk-see-shon be clean, clean person

mer-werk-see-sho-ne-pek' I am a clean happy person

mer-werk-see-sho-no-wok' I am clean

mer-werk-ser-gerh be pure, be purified, be ritually pure

mer-werk-ser-yek' I am clean, I am very clean, I am good looking, I am spiritually pure, I am beautiful

mer-wer-lerk'ws the wind clears away the clouds

mer-wer-sees-hleg biting lizard

mer-wer-ser-gerh be pure, be purified, be ritually pure

mer-wer'y the final dance at the brush dance is danced

merw-perh food carried with one, food brought by bride, packed lunch

merw-per-yerh peek

merw-pook' I carry food with me

mer-yer-kerh feeler string attached to an 'erkerh net

meryk be emaciated, be very thin

mery-kerhl wither, be frail

mer-'erh skin, hide, fur of animal

mer-'erk-sek' I laugh hard, I die laughing

mer-'er-nek' I overtake, I catch up to

Mer-'errk Green Rock

mer-'err-wer' mock orange

mer-'erx gills

mer'-lues a small bony river fish, sucker fish

mer'-p'erhl pubic hair

mer'-wer-merk'ws the wind is in a particular direction

mer'-wer-mery head of a river or stream, source

mer'-wer-meryhl clouds are coming from a certain direction

mer'-wer-meryk' it (a stream) comes from (a place), it is the head (of a stream)

Mer'-yerw Unflooded Mountain

Mer'-yerw Hee-mar place east of K'errch' 'O Chkegeem' and the Unflooded Mountain

mes-chah mock, imitate, make fun of, ridicule

mes-che-mek' I mock

mes-chor-kwok' I make fun of someone

mes-cho' device for protection against heat or stickers

mes-cho-'ook' I use a mescho'

me-see subsequent occurrence

me-seee-go-ne-mek' I massage

me-seek' it is thin, it is narrow, it is slim (worms, ropes, streams, fingers, etc.)

me-see'r be slender, (human beings) be thin, be narrow (trees, etc., body parts, clothes, utensils, boats)

me-see'-ro-nuen a slim man

me-see'-ro'n he/she is slender, (human beings) it is thin, it is narrow (trees, etc., body parts, clothes, utensils, boats)

me-sew ointment

me-se'n lichen for dyeing yellow, yellow moss, tree moss

mes-kaap' leaves, leaves used for flavoring and storing seaweed

mes-kwe-rek the poisonous entrails of an eel

mes-kwe-rep straw, dry grass

mes-kwoh medicine, medicine formula

mes-kwoh-sek' I make medicine

mes-kwook' I doctor someone

me-so-lehl large platter for salmon meat, openwork and larger than 'lahpsew

me-soyk' it (e.g., an eel, stream) is slender

mes-tek lining of leaves in a basket

mes-te-nekw ferns used to line baskets

mes-te-rep' June grass

mes-tok line something (clothes, baskets, etc.)

Mes-tok a hillside behind Terhkuen 'O Rek'

Mes-tok Soh the summit above Mestok

mes-'ehl a basket for drying things in, drying basket

Me-tah a town on the Klamath, between Sregon and Nohchkuh

Me-tah 'WeHee-koh a place across from Metah

Me-tah 'WeRoy Metah Creek

Met-key 'Oh a rock east of Rocky Point

Met-ke'-yoh a rock with depressions in its surface, east of Rocky Point

met-koh gumboot chiton, poor man's abalone, soft-shelled abalone, China slipper

me-to-lep snot

met-'eek rectum, ass!

mew widower

mew blow in a particular direction (of wind)

me-wah boy

me-wah-te-lek' I wipe my hands

me-war it (swelling) is going down

me-wech' it blows (wind), the wind is blowing in this direction

me-weehl elk

Me-weehl 'O Le-gehl Cann's Prairie (on the ridge of the Bald Hills above the mouth of Redwood Creek)

me-weehl 'ue-se-gon canvasback

me-weehl 'wech-pe-ga'r fat solomon, false solomon's seal

me-weehl 'wes-'ech elk horn

me-wee-merhl become frail, of males (men, dogs, etc.)

me-wee-mor old man

me-wee-mork-'aa-yek' I am getting old (of a man)

me-wee-peehl waist, tree trunk

me-weesh-tue' because

me-wee' he/she/it is trapped

me-wee'm widower

me-wee'r be long and smooth, tree

me-wee'-ro'n it is long and smooth

me-we's

mewkw-sem' fish jump out of the water to feed

me-wo-lah-te-wek' I wipe my hands

me-wo-lech-ke-nekw they drift away

me-wo-lee-ne-pek' I feel relieved of bad thoughts or fears

me-wo-le-keek' water recedes

me-wo-le-ko-mey-ye-tek' I take everything away

me-wo-le-kook' I clean a pipe

me-wo-le-ko-yo' the water recedes (as a wave)

me-wo-le-nekw it drifts away

me-wo-le-pek' I disappear, I evaporate, I vanish

me-wo-lep' deerskin dance officiant

me-wo-le-te-wek' I wipe my hands, I dry my hands (rubbing dry, not with towels)

me-wo-le'-wey-yek' I wipe my eyes

me-wo-lok wipe

me-wo-lok’s it is clear (weather)

me-wo-loo-tek' I use it all up (i.e., throw it away)

me-wo-loy-ke-tek' I wipe a long strand

me-wo-loyk' it (a snake) crawls away

me-wo-lo' it's all burned up

me-wo-lo-'op' it burns up/away

me-wo-lue-hlek' I wipe my mouth

me-wo-luue-le-sek' I pack everything away

me-wom gophersnake, bullsnake

Me-wo-mech a bearded dwarf in creation stories

me-wo-mech' it blows in a particular direction (of the wind)

Me-wo-me-kwehl a flat area by Trinidad Head, now a parking lot

me-wo-re-ge-tek' I spend, I spend everything

me-wo-re-we-tek' I wipe my face

me-wo-re-wo-chek' I wipe my mouth

me-wo-re'-ween towel

me-wo-roh it is clearing (of weather), clouds are gone

me-wo-royk' it (water) seeps/drips away

me-wo-ro'y it flows away

me-wo-yek' I am caught, I am trapped

me-wo'l it disappears, it is gone, it is swept clean

mew-pe-chook' I am sneaking, I sneak

mew-pe-nee sneaky

mew-pe-tek' I choke

mew-pew be strangled, be choked

mew-pe-we-tek' I strangle, I murder (by choking)

mey mourn, cry, tear, tears (from eyes)

mey-choh storage basket, "similar in shape [to pahtekws], but made altogether of hazel, without overlaying or patterns", measuring basket (for liquids)

mey-kwe-le'-wey a weeping face; a misty sky (as after the funeral of a good person)

mey-kwe-le'-wey-yek' I mourn, I cry

mey-yoo be pregnant

mey-yoo-mo-yek' I am pregnant

me'-gech trillium

Me'-le-ko-yo' a sea stack near the mouth of the Klamath River

me'-le-toy Indian sandpaper, grows 6ft tall

me'-loh in-law whose spouse has died but who remains with spouse's family, relative

me'-loh-pee-nek' I smear paint on it

me'-lo-mek' I vomit, I puke

me'-lo-mok-see-shon nauseating person

me'-lo-mok-see-sho-nek' I am a nauseating person

me'-lo-mue-mek' I vomit

me'-lo-ne-mek' I paint

Me'-noy name of a hill near Cedar Mill

me'-re-pee-nek' I rub

me'-re-pok' I file it, I sharpen it

me'-re-po-yook' s/he files

me'-re-po'y file

me-'ue-peg hole in the ground

me-'ue-pe-gah hole in the ground

me'w come out, come from, arrive from

me'-wo-mech come from

me'-wo-me-chook' I come out, I come from

me'-wo-mehl-ke-loy-pek' I crawl from a certain direction

me'-wo-mehl-ke-pek' I crawl from a certain direction

me'-wo-mek come from (a certain place, of a strand of something)

me'-wo-me-keek' the head of this stream is in a certain location

me'-wo-me-keer' the stream comes from (certain location)

me'-wo-me-ko-yo' water comes from a certain location

me'-wo-me-nee starting, beginning

me'-wo-mey be born into a family, come from a particular place (as one's place of origin)

me'-wo-mooch' sound comes from a certain direction/location

me'-wo-moyk' it crawls out from a certain direction

me'-wo-mo-'o-chek' I come from (a place, in a boat or on water)

me'-wo-mo'-re-pek' I start running from a certain direction

me'-wo-mue-no-wok' I begin as, I grow from

me'-wo-mue-rek' I swim from a certain direction/location

me'-wo-muue-le-sek' I bring a load from a certain direction/loaction

me'-wo-nook' I come across

me'-woo a fish (sp.)

me'-wo-pey-yok crossed

me'-wop' liquid comes from (a place)

me'-yehl stinging nettle

me'-yehl 'ue-se-gon soft-leaf nettle, dumb nettle

me'-yehl-ke-mo-yehl they are full of nettles

me'yk'-waa-mo-yehl they are infected with pus

me'yk'-wah boil (skin affliction), pus

me'yk'-we-laa-mo-yek' I am burnt by poison ivy

me'yk'-we-lep' poison oak

me'yk'-we-luuep' poison oak

me'-yo-laa-mo-yek' I am all stung with nettles

mo negative, if, when, or

moch-kwoch' little boy's penis

mo-cho if, when

moh-ka' wild gooseberry, wild currant

moh-keech revenge (?); in phrase mohkich sonkook'

moh-koh head louse, head lice

moh-koo-mo-yek' I have lice

mohl-kwoh head

moh-pee-nek' I mourn for it

moh-pue-mek' I mourn, I mourn for

moh-soo-tek' I miss the mark

moh-soo' duck, dodge

mokw bark

mokw-chech nightfish

mo-kwo-mo-kwo-chek' I bark (of a dog)

mokw-sek muscle, sinew

mokw-se-mo-yek' I am muscular

mol dung, excrement

mos not

mos borrow

mos chee-taa hekw in an instant, for a moment

mos-che-wo'm truth

mos-chey-yue-mek' I pay for services, I pay someone to work

mo-see' negative

mos-kek' I borrow

mos-ko-chek' I lend, I loan

mos-kok' I loan

moy-kek' I die (used of gods, plants, and animals)

mo'l sexual intercourse

mo'-lekws moth

mo'-le'-mehl they are having sexual intercourse (together)

mo-'oh curl up

Mo-'oh 'O Tek small sea stack near the mouth of the Klamath River

mo-'oh-ke-loy curl up

mo-'oh-ke-lo-yehl they are round (and large)

mo-'oh-ke-loy-pek' I curl up

mo-'oh-ke-loy-tek' I make (something) into a ball, I clench (a fist)

mo-'oh-ke-roo'-wey-yek' I have a round face

mo-'oh-ke-ro-yehl they are round (and small)

mo-'oh-peer fog

mo-'oh-peerk be foggy

mo-'ok'w there is not, there is none, it is empty

muech by oneself, for oneself

muech ro' automobile, car, vehicle

muehl sell

muehl-cho' perhaps

muehl-ko-chek' I sell

muehl-koh sell

muehl-pey lick

muehl-sook' I wipe, I lick, I erase

mue-lah horse

mue-lee-nah be relieved of pain

mue-lee-ne-pek' I feel relief from pain

mue-lo-ne-mek' I wipe, I carry off

mue-lo-woh become moldy, rot

mue-lo-wok' I die (of an animal)

muen dress

muen-cha'r be white (trees, etc.)

muen-chehl ceremonial dress, dance dress

muen-chey be white

muen-chey-yo-wok' I am white

muen-che'-lo-yehl they are white (houses)

muen-che'-ro'n it is white (tree, tree blossoms, etc.)

muen-choh be white (round things)

muen-choh dress

muen-chok's it is white (flat things)

mue-neech accident, foolish, embarrassing accident

mue-neech-kook' I have an accident, I fell down

mue-nee-chook' I have an accident, I suffer misfortune, I am embarrassed

mue-nee-po-yehl they are sharp

Muen-ser-'en a knoll near the Klamath mouth

Mue-rekw a village on the Klamath

Mue-rekw a sea stack north of Elk Point

mue-rek' I dodge

mue-ro-yoh be intelligent

mue-ro-yop' it evaporates

Mue-rue'm a ridge north of Wilson Creek

Mue-rue'm name of the ridge just north of Split Rock, south of the Klamath mouth

Mue-rue'm a ridge north of Wilson Creek

Mue-rue'm a ridge north of Orick

mues-chee-hleen a person who can foretell by dreaming

mues-chen really, truly, true, yes, truly

mues-che-nee real, true, sure

mues-chey-yo-wok' I am telling the truth

mue-shook' I mash

mues-mues cow, bull, cattle

mue'-mo-ne-mek' I fetch, bring

mue'-reep large basket for cooking acorn soup, cooking pot basket

mue-'ue-kwo-le'-wey swell (at sea), blunt wedge

mue-'ue-kwo-le'-we'y s/he scowls, it is overcast

murncherh be white, (of round things) be light-colored (of plants, etc.)

Murncherh 'O See'hl a place with many white rocks, east of Rocky Point

murncherhl milk

murnchers fair-skinned person, white animal or bird

murnee-per-nee thistle

murnters fair-skinned person

murnter-'ery be white (animals, birds)

murnter-'er-yek' I am white (animals, birds)

mur'ur'n sawbill

muuehl pay

muuehl-kek' I pay

muuehl-muuehl berry of Indian peach tree

muue-kwo-le'-wey' thunderheads, indistinct-faced clouds, round clouds full of rain or snow

muue-kwo-le'-we'y round clouds, thunderheads

muue-lo-muuel Indian peach, mulberry, wild currant

muuep-chek' I pay a debt

muue-ro-yop' it melts

muue-wee-mor old men

myaahl-kah-pee-mek' I jump at

myaahl-ke-pek' I jump, I jump at

myaahl-kook' I jump

myaa-loo-lee'm fly by fast and close

myah jump, jump at

myer-wer-nee' waves come in

myer-wer'n the waves run up to the shore, it is incoming tide

mye-wek' I bet, I make reparations

mye-we-tek' I push (something) in (e.g. water or fire), I stick (something) in (e.g. water or fire)

mye-wo-le-chok' I submerge it

mye-wo-le-sook' I push under water, I beat

mye-wo-le-tek' I immerse

mye-wo-lue-mek' I push it under water

mye'-we'y it bends sharply (of a river)

myoo-lee-shook' I heave, I shove

myoo-lem’ they crowd together chaotically, they stampede

myoo-ley-yek' I am pushed aside, it is fixed in the ground

myoo-ley-ye-tek' I shove, I stick

myoo-ley-yo-nek' I push it along

myoo-ley-yo-nook' I push aside, I push over

myoo-ley-yo-wo-yek' I was being manhandled (by a group)

myoo-tek' I push, I put on (clothes, shoes)

myoo-te-lek' I am pushed, I am shoved

myop' it is crowded, the water rises (like a swell)

myo' vertical posts, joined at the top, supporting a fishing platform

myo-'o-mah challenge as a group

myo'-re-pek' I challenge, I attack (physically or verbally)

myo'-ro-ne-pek' I run to quarrel

myuel dip, immerse

myue-le-tek' I dip, I immerse

naa step, tread on, walk

naa-geehl behind

naa-geen out of one's way

naa-gee-nah-pee-mek' I am afraid of

naa-gee-nah-pek' I am awe-struck, I am afraid

naa-gee-ne-pee-mek' I am afraid of, I feel apprehensive about

naa-gee-ne-pek' I am awe-struck, I am afraid, I have that nagging feeling of fear, I am worried, I feel forebodings or anxiety, I have a premonition

naa-goh gut on one side

naa-go'r run away

naahl together, like, alike, both

naahl ne-kah you and I, you and me

naaks tilt, tip (intr.)

naa-mah step

naa-mehl-ke-loy-pek' I crawl with difficulty (in sand)

naa-mehl-ke-pek' I crawl with difficulty (in sand)

naa-mek'-we-chook' I slow a boat (by swinging it and quartering on the river, or on the ocean when beaching a boat and it gets ahead of the swell and the bow is likely to pitch down and up-end)

naa-me-new-kwek' I am washed out by the waves

naa-me-tek' I step on, I tread on, I walk

naa-mew grab in one's mouth (chiefly of animals)

naa-me-we-tek' I grab in my mouth (chiefly of an animal), I tread, I bite

naa-me-wo-lo-yek' someone bites me

naa-mok' I step out, I buy groceries, I buy food

naa-mo-ne-mek' I grab someone in flight with my hand

naa-muel carry a load

naa-muue-le-sek' I carry all

naa-naak' ring of black and white dots around the bottom of a basket

naap-chue elsewhere, somewhere else, on the other side

naa-pek' I step

naas-chee-ne-pek' I feel inadequate to a task

naas-chee-nok-see-mek' I think myself inadequate to a task

naa-'eek other side

naa'-neek on the other side, in the other room

Na-gehl a village on the Klamath

nah hesitation in speech (like English "uh")

nahch give, allow, let

nah-chek' I give, I allow (somebody to do something), I let (somebody do something)

nahch-kek' I hand out

nahch-pue-mek' I give, I allow

nah-ko' plank, board

nah-ko' 'we-le-new-kwoh raft

nahk-sa'r three (trees, etc.)

nahk-sekw-'on' three (plants, etc.)

nahk-sek' three (worms, ropes, etc.)

nahk-se-mee three times

nahk-se-merysh three (arm's lengths)

nahk-se-moy three (finger spans), three times the distance between a person's fingers on two outstretched arms, three fathoms

nahk-se-moyhl three (days)

nahk-se-mo-'ook' I am somewhere three days

nahk-se-nee three (arm's lengths)

nahk-se-peer three (dentalium shell measurements)

nahk-sep' three (sacks)

nahk-sep' three (growing things)

nahk-set three (dentalium strings)

nahk-se-wech third month in old Yurok calendar, three months

nahk-se-we-tek' I get/kill three

nahk-se-wok' I kill three

nahk-sey three (boats)

nahk-sey-yoh we are three in number, there are three of us (human beings)

nahk-se'-lee' there are three (houses)

nahk-se'n three (body parts, streams, utensils, clothes)

nahk-soh three (round things)

nahk-sok's three (flat things)

nah-kwoh hesitation in speech (like English "uh")

nah-kwook' I do

nahp-chueh on the far side

nahs-chee-nek' I handle with care

nahs-chee-ne-pek' I do not feel like doing something, I feel inadequate (to some task), I am tired, I am careful

nahs-che-wen night

nahs-chueh last night

na-'ak' two (worms, ropes, etc.)

na-'ak'-wo'n two (plants, etc.)

na-'a-mee twice, two times, for a long time

na-'a-merysh two (arm's lengths)

na-'a-moy two (finger spans), two times the distance between a person's fingers on two outstretched arms, two fathoms

na-'a-moyhl two (days)

na-'a-mo-'ook' I am somewhere two days

na-'a-nee two (arm's lengths)

na-'a-peer two (dentalium length measurements)

na-'a-pe-tek' I have two bundles

na-'ap' two (sacks), two (growing things)

na-'a-tew ring finger

na-'a-wech second month in old Yurok calendar, two months

na-'a-wok' I kill two

na-'a-wook' I catch surf fish

na-'a'-lee' there are two (houses)

na-'a'm there are several people, there is a crowd

na-'a'-mo'w there are several people, there is a crowd

na-'a'n two

na-'a'r two (trees, etc.)

na-'ech-ke-nek'w two things float together

na-'et two (dentalium strings)

na-'ey two (boats)

na'-ma'w chipper (tool)

na'-mee twice, for a long time

nee locative, in, at, on

neee-gem flint, obsidian

neee-ge'-yoh I take with me, we walk in a pair, I take a friend along

neee'n watch, guard, look, look for, hunt for, search for, a watcher, someone who watches something

neee'-nek' I watch, I guard, I look, I look for, I hunt for, I search for

neee'-no-wok' I watch, I guard, I look, I look for, I look for

nee-geesh two people paddle

nee-gerk half a boat, a boat with a part split off

neehl (meaning unknown)

nee-kee consequential, all

nee-keech-yue all, everyone, everybody

nee-ko'l always, everytime, frequently

nee-kwech grizzly bear

Nee-kwech Serr a creek around Maynot Creek

nee-kwech 'wer-nerh red gooseberry

Neek-'ehl the south end of the Crescent City beach

neek-'ehl end of a beach

Neek-'ehl the south end of the sand beach north of Patrick's Point

nee-ma formative of numerals 11-29, 21-29, etc.

nee-mee' negative

nee-mok-sue emphatic negative

nee-mok'w negative

nee-mot no one

nee-muech self, itself, one's self, by oneself, for oneself

nee-nee more, around

nee-nee-chook' I cut with a saw, I saw

nee-nee-cho'y saw (tool)

nee-nee-pek'w sucker fish

nee-nee-puech' sucker fish

nee-nos woman married to a relative

neesh oh!

nee-wah man married to a relative

nee-'eeen two (human beings)

nee-'eeh a companion, a person someone lives with

nee-'eehl two (human beings)

nee-'ee-yen two (human beings)

nee-'ee-yuen sibling

nee-'ee'-yoh we are two in number, there are two of us

ne-gah swallow (bird)

ne-gah-se'-wey rainbow

ne-ga' surf-fish net, triangle net

ne-gech kiss, neck, smooch, kiss

ne-gech-kwek' I kiss

ne-gee-'eehl twins

ne-ge-mek' I take, I bring, I carry out, I pack

ne-ge-neech mouse, bastard child

ne-ge'hl the weather is (a certain way)

Ne-go-no' a place below Keykem

ne-goo swear at, attack verbally, curse

ne-goo-soo-chek' I say

ne-go' be somewhere a long time

ne-go-'ep' forked-horn buck, two-point buck

ne-go'l believe

ne-go'-lo-yook' I believe

ne-go-'o-hlen midwife

nehl-pe-te-wek' I stumble and fall

nehl-pey-yo-wok' I get into an accident

nehl-pe'-wey-yek' I scrape my face

nek I, me

ne-kah we, us

nek-che-nek' I meet

nekch-pue-mek' I meet

ne-keech-wey rainbow

ne-kee-le-tek' I pine, I miss, I have forgotten where

ne-kee-lo-wo-yek' I'm missed

ne-kee' I, me

ne-kek' I put

ne-ke'l like me, with me

ne-ke'y call, name

Ne-kok-sep an acorn grounds

ne-ko-me-che-wek' I work with my right hand

ne-ko-mee-ne-pek' I feel awkward (having outstayed my welcome)

ne-ko-me-wek-sek' I am clever, I have an ability

ne-ko-me-wet on the right, right-handed

ne-ko-mue-rek' I swim well

ne-ko-muy know how, be able, ability

ne-ko-muykook' I know how, I have the mental ability

nek-tey-yok' I admire the cleverness of a person

nek-te'-wey bump one's face

nek-tok like (a favorite), pity

nek-tok-see-mek' I adore, I admire, I like (someone)

nek-tok-see-sho'n likable person

nek-too-lee-shok' I stumble

nek-too-lee-shook' I accidentally knock someone down

nek-too-lee-sho-yek' I was knocked down

nek-too' collide, bump into

ne-kwel porcupine

Nek-'ehl south end of beach south of Crescent City

nek'-woh-sek' I dry surf fish

ne-mekw adze

ne-mok-see-le-tek’ I envy (someone’s food or possessions)

ne-mok-sek’ I would also like some food

nem-so-yek' I am tired of something (food, etc.), I am sick of something

ne-nee'r black salmonberry

nep wild parsley, greens, hay

ne-pek' I eat

ne-pe'-weesh fish (generic)

ne-pe'-weesh-neg otter

ne-pe'-woo the first salmon to run (up the Klamath river), a variety of fish, different kinds of fish

ne-po-yech clover

ne-po-yoch greens, hay

ne-po-yon wild parsley, greens, hay

ne-puy salmon

ne-puy 'ue'-weryhl salmon roe

ne-puyo-nah salmon

ner-ger-nerhl the interior part of a dwelling-place or sweathouse

ner-gery help

ner-gery-kook' I help, I rescue

nerh pick berries, berry

nerh-cherr' fishhook

nerhk-ser-pee' there are three (tools, etc.)

nerhk-ser-'eryhl three (animals and birds)

nerhk-ser-'er'y three (animals and birds)

nerh-pery berry

nerh-per-yek' I pick berries

nerh-per-yuuep' huckleberry bush

nerh-ser-pek' I shave myself

nerh-ser-per-tek' I shave (trans.), I shave myself

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

nerkwhl-kerk's it is hollow, it is empty

ner-ler-mer-kerhl stump

ner-per-wer-ner' gnaw on bones

ner-per'w meat

nerr-ger-sek' gather wood for the sweathouse fire

nerrgr barnacles

nerr-kwer-teesh nude, naked

nerr-kwer-tee-shek' I am naked

nerr-lery-kerhl be weak, be feeble

nerr-mery sing songs, brush dance song

nerr-mer-yek' I sing songs

nerr-mery-pey-yok' I'm singing (in the brush dance)

nerrp' flint knife, machete, butcher knife

nerr-werk'ws the wind reaches here

nerr-wert visit the sick

nerr-yerk-sek' I betray a trust

nerr-yerr-ler-kerhl feeble legs, frail/bony person

nerr-yer-werk-sek' I am betrayed

ners-kwerk'ws the wind has a surprising velocity

ner-weryhl be clear, be transparent (rock)

ner-weryhl-kerp' it is clear, it is transparent (liquid, rock, paper, cloth)

ner-yer-kerk's it is hollow

ner-yer-mert deer meat, flock of ducks, "game, of all species"

ner-yert duck, ducks

neryp'-sook' I hook

ner' snare

ner-'er-merh snare

ner-'er-mers snare, a trigger snare

ner-'er-mert deer meat, venison

ner-'er-mer-tek' I snare

ner-'er-nerh Coast Yurok, Coast Indian

ner-'er-pee' there are two (tools, etc.)

ner-'er-pek' I trap

ner-'ers trap

ner-'er-sek' I trap

ner-'er-ser-ne-mek' I grasp in both hands

ner-'er-'eryhl two (animals, birds)

ner-'er-'er'y two (animals, birds)

ner'hl-p'er-tek' I stumble

ner'hl-p'er-ter-wek' I stumble over it (with my toe)

ner'-mer-wue' adze blade

ner'-ner-yerh lie facing or pointing in a particular direction

ner'w-k'wert' arrow

ner'y duck

ner’er-per-terk’ I fall

nes come, arrive, return

nes-chee-ne-pek' I don't think I can do it

nes-kuue-le-sek' I bring my load here

nes-kwe-chook' I come, I arrive, I return

nes-kwee near, soon, close

nes-kwee-ne-pek' I feel shocked and sad

nes-kwee-sho-no-wok' I am a troublesome person

nes-kwe-kook' I treat someone badly (verbally)

nes-kwe-ko-yo' the stream isn't far

nes-kwe-ko-yo' the water (a stream) isn't far

nes-kwe-nee near, soon

nes-kwe-nek'w it drifts close (to me)

nes-kwey-yek' I am troublesome

nes-kwey-ye-wohl troublesome

nes-kwey-yo-wok' I am surprisingly awful

nes-kwoo-chek' I make a loud annoying noise

nes-kwoo-gech' it (a sound) gets close

nes-kwoo-tek' I am surprised at how far I threw something

nes-kwo'-re-pek' I arrive here running

nes-te-to-yek' I've been badly hurt in my flesh

nes-te-to-yek' I've been badly hurt in my body

nes-to'-re-pek' I run fast

nes-to'-rep-'ek' I run fast

nes-tue-rek' I reach the other shore

new breast milk

new see, allow

ne-won breast, nipple, tit, breast milk

ne-wo-nek' I suck (at the breast, my thumb, etc.)

ne-wo-no-chek' I breast-feed

ne-wook' I see, I allow

ne-wor gaze, be light

ne-wor-kwek' I am able to see

ney greeting between women

ney-yen greeting between women

ney-yo-mok be lucky

neysh oh!

ne'hl-p'e-te-wek' I stumble and fall

ne'-muuep' vetch, lupine

Ne'-we-lehl a low lying sea rock south of Patrick's Point

noh enter, marry into one's wife's family

Nohch-kueh a village on the Klamath, upriver from Metah

Nohch-kueh Hee-koh a place across the river from Nohchkuh

noh-chuer bone hairpin

nohl go out, defecate, go to the bathroom, droppings, excrement

nohl-pey-yek' I go out, I defecate, I go to the bathroom

nohl-pey-yok' I defecate, I go the bathroom

noh-pe-che-wek' I come inside

noh-pe-chook' I come inside

noh-pe-nek' I bring it indoors

noh-pe-nek'w it drifts in (a river mouth)

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

noh-pe-weehl sing solo at the brush dance, brush dance song, heavy song

noh-pe-wek' I enter, I go inside, I marry into my wife's family

noh-pey enter one's wife's house, half-married man

noh-pey-yue'l raised rim of a basket, raised edge

noh-puuek child of a "half" (matrilocal) marriage

noh-puue-le-sek' I bring in a load

noh-puue-lo-wo-yek' I'm brought in; I enter with a load

noh-puy bring something into a house

noh-puye-tek' I bring something into a house

noh-puyo-no-yehl they are brought into a house

noh-sech pieces, chips

noh-se-che-wek' I pry something loose from a rock

noh-se-chook' I take pieces off, I chip, I take apart

noh-sehl swell, be swollen

noh-se-kee-nek' I get up (from sitting)

noh-se-nek' I take off (clothes), I chip off (pieces from rock)

noh-se-ne-pek' I take off (clothes)

noh-se-pek' I take off (clothes)

noh-se-wen go to help

nohs-le-lek' I fly

noh-so-leem' a flock jumps into flight

noh-so-lek' fly away, jump into flight

noh-soo tenth month in old Yurok calendar

noh-so-'o-lem' they all fly up

noh-sue-no-wok' I grow up (in a place), I pass my childhood (in a place), I am born (in a place)

noh-sue-no'r come from (a place)

noh-suer inherit a trait, inherit characteristics, a trait

noh-suue-le-sek' I pick up and carry

noh-te-nek' I am able (to do something, physically)

noh-toh hit accidentally

noh-too-lee-shook' I knock someone down

nok-see-mek' I think of

no-leet burl (on a redwood tree)

no-nee comparative

no-ne-se'm invite and pick up

no-no-wok' I fetch, I invite

noo in the same way, like others

noo-chek' I make a noise

nooch-kee-tok' I carve

noohl then, far, long, as far as

noohl wo' yonder one

nook-che-nok' I sweat in a sweathouse, I sweat in preparation for a prayer

noo-kwohl repeatedly

noo-kwo-mey gather together, bring together

noo-kwo-mey-ye-tek' I gather together, bring together

noo-lekw-sek' I ride, I ride with someone

noo-le-nee all around, beside

noo-lew be loved

noo-le-wo-mo-yek' I am loved

noo-loo answer

noo-loo-chek' I answer

noo-loyk'-we-lek' I am feeble, I am weak

noo-lo'yk'-wo'n it is weak

noo-lue-mek' I love, I protect

noo-nom swear at, attack verbally, curse

noo-nom-chey-yew

noo-nom-chey-yue-mek' I swear at, I attack verbally, I curse

noo-no' be tall, be high (round things, mountains, trees, etc.)

noo-re-pek' I run along with others, keep company with them

noo-rew be pretty, be beautiful

noo-re-wok' I am pretty, I am beautiful

noo-rue-rek' I swim across

noo-see-shon be comical, comical person, funny person

noo-see-sho-no-wok' I am comical, I am funny

noo-sek' I ride

noo-sek' I laugh to myself, I chuckle

noo-so-no-wok' I am useful, I am helpful

noo-sooch noise made by something living

noo-wehl-kee-nek' I gather

noo-wehl-ke-nek' I gather

noo-we-keek' water arrives (e.g. in a ditch)

noo-we-lek' I fly home

noow-kwo-mey-ye-tek' I gather lots of material to make something

noo-wo-nek'w it drifts ashore

noo-wo-ne-mek' I bring it

noo-woyk' it's coiled

noo-woyk' it's coiled (hemp, etc.)

noo-wo'r complete a journey, run in, run up

noo-wo'-re-pek' I complete a journey, I run in, I run up

noo-wuue-le-sek' I bring/deliver my load

nooych eat food as a guest

nooych-kwek' I eat food as a guest

nooych-kwok' I eat food as a guest

noo-yehl-ke-pek' I bury myself along with others

noo'm carry (a load)

noo'-mo-nek'w caught by waves, carried by waves

noo'-mo-ne-mek' I carry (a load)

noo'r follow

noo'-re-pek' I follow

no-sah marry into a family (said of a bride)

no-se-pek' marry into a family (said of a bride)

no-son be useful, be helpful

no-so-nos tick (insect)

nos-pew skate, a character in creation stories

now away

no-wee-nah be happy, enjoy

no-wee-ne-pek' I am happy, I enjoy, I like the feeling

no-wee-nok-see-mek' I feel at ease with someone

now-kwook' I care for

no-woh greeting between men

no-wo-ne-mek' I fetch, I bring

now-pee-nek' I comfort, I look after

now-pee-no-yek' I am comforted, I am looked after

now-rep'-ch'oy weed

noy shoe

noy-kwos shrew

no'-lo-yok' I believe

No'-mee Soh the summit due east of Split Rock

No'-meeg Split Rock, south of the Klamath mouth

no'-mo-ne-mek' I endure

no'-mo-ye'-wey-yek' I lie pointing or facing in a particular direction

no-'oh two (round things)

no-'ohl then, help yourself!

no-'oh-peeet belt

no-'ok's two (flat things)

no-'o-ma'r title of girl helper at the Fish Dam ceremony

no-'o-me-chook' I am gone for a certain period of time

no-'o-mehl be somewhere a certain length of time

no-'o-mehl-kook' I am somewhere a certain length of time

no-'o-me-keek' it (water) flows a certain distance

no-'o-me-ko-yo' it (a waterway) is a certain length

no-'o-mek' it is a certain length (of a worm, rope, etc.)

no-'o-me-nek'w it is submerged for a certain length of time

no-'o-me-we-tek' I start a basket, lace a baby in one

no-'o-me'l it is a certain length

no-'o-mo-ne-mek' I keep it for a certain length of time

no-'o-moyk' it (a rope, snake, etc.) is a certain length

no-'o-mo'-re-pek' I run a certain length (distance or time)

no-'o-mue-le-sek' I pack a load for a certain length (distance or time)

no-'o-muen be a certain age, endure for a certain length of time (of things)

no-'o-mue-no-wok' I am a certain age, I endure for a certain length of time (of things)

no-'o-mue-rek' I swim a certain distance

no-'o-mue'l water is a certain depth

no-'op' it is tall, it is high (round things, mountains, trees, etc.)

no-'os baby basket

no-'oy shoe, shoes

no-'o-yek' I have shoes on

no-'o'-re-pek' I run with someone

no'p-'e-nek' I pursue, I chase

no'r run

no'-wehl-ke-tek' I pick something up

nue motion

nuek'-wo going and doing

nue-mee very

nue-mee ne-puy spring salmon

nue-meech-yue all, everyone, everybody

Nue-nee-peer a village on the Klamath, upriver in the vicinity of Tektah

nue-neg food

nue-ne-pew food, fish

nue-ne-pueh food, fish

nue-ne-puy food, fish

nue-no-wok' I grow old, I grow up

nue' pair

nue-'ueh pair

nue-'ueh-pa'r pair

nue-'ueh-pek' it forks (of a stream or a trail)

nue-'ueh-perk fork, of a stream or a trail

nue-'ueh-pery double creek, two creeks coming together

nur'urn climb

nur'urnchook' I climb

nuue-kwo-mee-shook' I brought everything together (nuts, stones)

nuue-kwo-mee' it's gathered

nuue-le-sek' I fetch (a load)

nuue'w far away

paahl so, to such an extent

paa-mew octopus

paa-moh kelp (seaweed)

paa-mues octopus

paa-rew father-in-law

paas negative, no

paa' no

pah move one's body

pah neck

pah le-gaa scarf

pah-chew move one's body

pah-che-wok' I move (aggressively)

pah-kwo' willow, red willow

pah-peech had better, instead, instead of, after kus, what then? etc.

pah-sew to the rear of the house

pah-soy confess evil thoughts or deeds, pray, recite a formula, "curing by a recital, probably a formula"

pah-so-yek' I confess evil thoughts or deeds, I admit

pah-tekws storage basket for food, "much larger" than a prhchrkws

pah-tuen neck

par

par father-in-law

par-kokwch guessing sticks, playing card

pa-'aa-ge'hl it is wet (ground, etc.)

pa-'aahl nee ke-get water panther

pa-'aahl 'o-lo-new hlkehl island

pa-'aahl 'werrp' dragonfly

pa-'aa-mo-yehl they are wet, they get wet, they are swampy

pa-'aa-nah there is water, it is wet

pa-'aap' ladyfern, woodwardia fern (dyed in alder juice and used in basket making)

pa-'aap' se-gon a fern (sp. ?California wood fern)

pa-'aa-re-ko-yo' it looks like flowing water

pa-'ah be wet, get wet, water, juice

pa-'ah 'o pkwe-ko-yo' a spring (of water)

pa-'ah-pe-tew bowstring

Pa-'ar village at Big Lagoon

pa-'a-reek flint

pa-'a-reek se-gon trillium

pa-'a-'eesh fireweed

pa-'a'n there is water

pa'r be big (of houses)

pech upriver, upstream

pe-chan for a little while, for a short time

pe-cheek up river, upstream, far upriver

pe-cheek-laa up river Indian, Karuk Indian, Karuk people

pe-chehl-ke-mo-yehl they have gravel on them

pe-chehl-koo-mo-yehl they have gravel on them

pe-cheykw-sehl gravel, pebbles

pech-kue upriver, upstream

Pech-kue 'WeRe-chah a ridge near Requa

pech-kuek upriver, upstream

pech-kuek-laa' way east people

pech-kue-laa' up river Indian, Karuk Indian

pe-choch broil

pe-chog sugar-pine nut

pe-cho-goo' sugar pine with long cones

pe-cho-loo' sugar-pine tree

pe-chow upriver, upstream

pe-cho' already

pe-chue upriver, upstream

pee-ches peach

pee-cho-wos grandfather

peeesh pea

pee-nos older sister

Peen-paa village at Big Lagoon

peer-werk love

peer-werk-see-mek' I love

peer-werk-see-new lovely

peesh well, well then

peesh-kaahl ocean, sea

peesh-kaahl nee ha-'aag 'ue-mep-'o sea moss type

peesh-kaahl nee ke'm seafood

peesh-kaahl nee re-gook sea trout

peesh-kaahl 'o koh seafood

peesh-kaa-mo-yehl it is salty

peesh-kah salt, sea, ocean

peesh-ka-'eek nee ke'-ween moray eel

peesh-ker'w salt water, brackish water

pee-sho-mom' ocean-fishy smell

pee-sho-nom' an ocean-fishy smell

peesh-'on scale of fish

peesh-'o-ne-pek' I am scaly, I have scales on me (e.g., after working with fish)

peesh-'o-no'-me-lek' I smell like ocean fish

pee-'eeh mussel

pee-'eeh 'ue'-wers mussel shell

pee-'ee-tah ironwood

pee-'ee-yek' I gather mussels

pee-'ee-yers fresh-water clam, razor clam

pee'-wo' why not!, you're welcome!, sure!, okay

pe-gah-soy make a wish

pe-gar dwell, inhabit

pe-gar-ke's it has a foundation

pe-gar-kook' I dwell, I inhabit

pe-ga'r yellowhammer

pe-geehl male (animal)

pe-geehl mues-mues bull

pe-gem knife

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

pe-gerk man, male person, real man, rich man, independent person, all-grown-up person

pe-goh split

pe-goh-sook' I split

pe-go-nek' I split

pe-gor' race someone

pe-goy flicker, yellowhammer

pe-go'-re-pek' I race against someone

pehl-ke-lohl be gravelly

pehl-kohl pebbles, gravel

pehl-koo pebble

pehl-koo-mee' it has pebbles on it

pehl-pe'l matches

pek-cheech thread, string, rope

pe-ko-ya'r be red (round things, tools, etc., plants, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc., houses, boats)

pe-ko-yek blood

pe-ko-ye'-ro'n it is red (round things, tools, etc., plants, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc., houses, boats)

pe-ko-yoh be red

pe-ko-yok's it is red (flat things)

pe-ko-yop' it is red (water)

pe-ko-yoyk' it flows red

pe-ko-yo' it is bleeding

pekw also, very

pekwch-ke-nek' I pinch

pe-kwes perhaps

Pe-kwo-leehl a sea stack near Elk Point

pe-kwo-le-wek' I peel sticks (for baskets)

pe-kwo-le-we-tek' I peel with my mouth

pe-kwo-lue-mek' I peel with my mouth

pe-kwon basket used for acorn pounding

Pe-kwon Pecwan (a village on the Klamath)

Pe-kwon 'WeRoy Pecwan Creek

pe-kwo-ne-wek' I crack acorns

pekw-sue negative, would (polite)

Pekw-tehl a rock in the Klamath River near Pekwon, a sea stack by Stone Lagoon

Pekw-tehl the island at the mouth of Hunter's Creek, also called Wohpee 'O'l

pekw-tehl island

Pekw-tuehl a village between the Klamath and Trinity where they meet

pek-'e-wek' I have something stuck in my throat

pek-'o-no-chek' I set on fire

pel there is fighting

pe-leehl be big (of human beings)

pe-leen big, great, large

Pe-leen Cheeek "great dentalium" in creation stories

Pe-leen Kerr-cherh the ridge above Pekwtuhl

pe-lep' there is fighting

pe-lo-mek' I fight

pe-lo-mew fight

pe-lo-mew-pey-yok' I fight

pe-lo-mo-yek' I fight

pe-lo-yek' I am big, (human beings, animals and birds, tools, trees, etc.) I am old (human beings)

pe-mek' I cook

pe-mey grease, cooking fat, oil, blubber, lard, liquid fat

pe-mey-yo-mo-chek' I grease it

pe-mey-yo-mo-yek' I am greasy

pe-mo-roh drippings

pe-mo-yekw rock dish, a hollowed rock used in cooking to collect grease drippings

pe-ne-che-wek' I put down my load and rest

pe-ne-chook' I step from a tree to the ground (climbing down)

pe-nehl-kep' falling leaves cover the ground

pe-nehl-koo' fall (of e.g. leaves)

penkw acorn flour

pen-kwe'hl it is eaten hollow by bugs (of shelled acorn)

pe-noh-pey-yo-wok' I am friendly, I am tame, I am good-natured, I am kind, I am kind-hearted

pen-pe-noh fall

pe-nuue-le-sek' I put down a load, I put down a burden, I unload a burden

pe-pah pepper

pe-pue-'erk'-we-mo-yek' I have freckles or pockmarks

pe-pue'r freckles, pockmarks

pe-rey grow old (of a woman), old woman, old lady

pe-rey-yo-wok' I grow old (of a woman)

per-geesh bald eagle, eagle, golden eagle

Per-geesh 'O Chye-guek' a sea stack hear 'Er Hlrgr'

Per-geesh 'o Chye-guuek' a crag on the shore between Big Lagoon and Stone Lagoon

Per-geesh 'O Chye-guuek'w a sea stack near 'Er Hlrgr'

per-gern small willow, blue willow

per-gers-'erh manzanita berries, manzanita vine

per-ger' Oregon oak

per-ger-'erh sea boots (a sea creature)

per-ger-'erh black oak

per-ger-'erh woo-mehl black oak acorns

per-ger'm seal

per-ger'y moldy acorns, sorrel

perh-cherkws plain trinket basket, fancy basket

perhl-kwerh be gray (round things)

perhl-kwer-yek' I am strong

perhl-kwer-'ery be gray (animals and birds, worms and ropes, etc.)

perhl-kwer-'er'y it is gray (animals and birds, worm and ropes, etc.)

perh-perh pepper

perh-serh rifle, gun

perh-ter-yer-wek' I visit a new-born baby, I beg

Per-keen 'WeRoy Maynot Creek

per-ker-yerh be red (round things)

per-ker-yer-'ery be red (animals, birds, human hair)

per-ker-yer-'er'y it is red (animals, birds, human hair)

per-ker-yue-'er-wery be blushing

per-ker-yue-'er-wer-yek' I am blushing, I am sunburnt

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

per-ker'm-sook' I club

perkw peck, knock

perkw-cheehl headdress with feathers

per-kwerh peck, knock, beak

per-kwerh-sook' I peck, I knock

per-kwer-ner' Indian rhubarb

per-kwery hills, the back of a house, the rear part of a house

perkw-sook' I thread, I string up for drying (fish, etc.)

perk-'erk' kindling wood

per-mer-yerh rock used to make pemoyekw, waterproof, water-resistant, rainproof, smooth

per-mer-yerh 'wech'-wo-na' raincoat, waterproof coat

per-mer-yerh 'we-'e-kah rain hat

pern-cherch dust

pern-cherh be gray (deer)

per-nek-'erh hand length

per-nerk hand measure

per-per-yuue-pek' I am curly, I have curly hair

perp-ler-'ery be big (animals, birds)

perrkw-sek' I blow (with the mouth)

perr-ne-keesh dead eel in water

per-tee-nek' I whine, I act babyish

per-werh south

per-werk 'ue-mew south wind (on the coast)

per-wer-la' southern people

per-werw south, town

Per-werw 'O Ket-'ue'hl Freshwater Lagoon

per-wery south

per-wer'-k'uek south

per-wer'-k'uek-la' far southern people

per-wer'y it is dyed with alder

perw-kween onion

perw-kweesh elbow

per-yer-geet stinky feet, bad smelling feet, toe jams, smell of bad feet

per-yerm penis

pery-kerr' brain, brains

per-'erh blow (of people)

per-'erk dried mussel

per'-wer-ler-'er-yek' I wash my hair

per'y-p'er'w be sour

pes-koh spear, fish spear, three piece toggle head for catching salmon

pes-'es hemlock

pes-'oh clitoris

pe-toh-sok' I step on it

pe-ton small red clover with edible roots

pe-to-yop' the water is full

pew cook

pe-wah wash the face

pe-wahch-ke-mek' I wash my face

pe-wahch-key-yek' I wash my face

pe-wah-te-mek' I wash her or his hands

pe-wah-te-wek' I wash my hands

Pe-we-tohl a detached crag with trees on it near the mouth of Mill Creek

pe-we-tue-lek' I wash my hands

Pe-wol 'O Laay a place north of Orick, also called Pewol 'O Tenek

Pe-wol 'O Te-nek a place north of Orick, also called Pewol 'O Laay

pe-wo-lah terrace, stones used to pave a floor

Pe-wo-lah 'O Leg a point of land between 'Espew and Orick

Pe-wo-lew village near Wehlkwew

pe-wo-meen a cook

pe-wo-mek' I cook

pe-wo-mo'r s/he cooks for someone

pey-ya'r cook over an open fire

pey-chew deceased grandfather

pey-ken colored mud

pey-yo-ge'n it stinks, it smells, it is rotten

pey-yo-wo-'ok'w no

pe'-lo-ya' very large, as of the world

pe'-ro'n it is big (houses)

pe'-weesh harbor porpoise

pe'-we-te-wek' I wash my hands

pe'-wol soapstone

pe'-wo-lok wash (clothes, dishes, etc.)

pkench pitch, pitchy wood

pken-che-nee pitchy

pke'y be heavy

pke'-ye-lek' I am heavy

pkue-rek' I emerge from the water

pkuue-le-sek' I emerge with a load

pkwe-che-wek' I come out (as of woods), into view

pkwe-chook' I come out

pkwe-gehl amphibian

pkwe-ge-no-'ohl quill, needle, awl

pkwe-keek' water leaks

pkwe-ko-mey be brought out, be brought out carefully (of treasures)

pkwe-ko-mey-ye-tek' I bring out my treasures, I bring out carefully

pkwe-ko-yo' it flows out (of the ground)

pkwe-loy-shook' I get to where I can see through the brush

pkwe-nek' I bring out

pkwer-ke-loy-shook' I have a vision, see a hidden meaning

pkwer-ker-yerh pa-'ah spring (of water)

pkwerk'ws the wind makes a draft

pkwer-sok' I solve

pkwery flow into a body of water, seep

pkwer-yerh-sek' I see through (a knothole), I have a vision

pkweryk' it flows into a body of water, it seeps

pkwet-ke-loy-shook' I drag someone/something out

pkwe-we-tek' I spit out food

pkwok find out

pkwok-see-mek' I find out (what somebody is thinking), I find (somebody) out

pkwok-see-me-sek' I speak another's thoughts

pkwok-see-mo-lek' I outguess someone

pkwok-see-mo-lo-sek’ I outguessed someone (for example, if someone was thinking it but I said it first)

pkwok-sek' my thoguhts come true

Pkwoo-ger a cove on the beach south of Split Rock

pkwoo-lee-shok' I come through a barrier

pkwoo-lo-yek' I come through a barrier

pkwoo-tek’ I pierce through

pkwooyk' it (the needle) threaded

pkwoo-'o-chek' I emerge (from a tunnel, tributary, somewhere one can’t be seen)

pkwoyk’ it threads through (e.g. a thread through a needle)

pkwo-yo-lo' wood that hisses or roars when it burns

pkwo-'o-chek' I emerge in a boat

pkwo-'o-lem' they all emerge

pkwo-'o-lor' run out into the open through a barrier

pkwo-'o-lor' they all run into view

pkwo-'o-lo' maple

pkwo'-re-pek' I run out (from an enclosed area)

pla's stick for measuring meshes of a net

pleee'-ne-pek' I am sarcastic

plee-nah a bratty kid, a crybaby

plee-ne-pek' I feel mean, I feel angry

plee-no-wok' I'm really angry

plee'-wes gray squirrel

plee'-wo-res a kind of owl

ple-ge'l great cinereus owl, hoot owl (bird of ill omen)

ple-gokw headband of woodpecker scalps, headroll

ple-kwo'hl it rots and falls

plek'-wo'n it is big (plants)

ple-pee-hlek' I have a big belly

Ple-pey the big ridge just upriver of Requa

plep' she is pregnant, (women) it is big (trees, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc.)

plerr-ger-chek' I talk too loud

plerr-sek' I make a loud noise, I am loud

pler-wern be high tide, be incoming tide

pler-wer-nee' it is high tide, it is incoming tide

pler-wer-nerp' it is high tide, it is high (of a river)

pler' a man with a large penis

pler-'ery be big (animals and birds)

pler-'er-yek' I am big (an animal or bird)

ple-tew thumb, big toe

pley-te-lo-yehl they are big (boats, planks)

ple'-lo-yehl they are big, they are broad (houses)

ploh be big, (round things, plants, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, houses, boats) be stout (human beings)

ploh-ke-lo-yek' I am big, (round things, plants, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, houses, boats) I am stout (human beings)

Plok-sew a prairie by Cedar Creek (tributary to the Trinity River), in Hupa territory

plok's it is big, (flat things) it is wide, (boats, water) it is broad

ploo-lee-ko-yo' it (water) flows wide

ploo-leek' it is wide (water, rivers)

ploo-saakw black oak acorn

plop' it is in spate, it floods

plo-wah flour

plo'hl it is wide (roads, etc.)

Plue'l Fish Lake, on the mountain above Weitchpec and Bluff Creek

pohl-kwen mold

pohl-kwe-nee poh-sey moldy madrone berry (berries)

pohl-kwe'n it is moldy

poh-sey madrone berry, holly berry, Christmas berries

pon-chech gray deer, white deerskin

pon-ches white deer

pon-tet ashes

po-nues pre-pubescent vagina, hymen

pookw screech owl

po-po-loh be big (round things, muscles)

po-po-luehl skunk cabbage

pop-sew bread

poy ahead, in front of

poy-chekws a small basket tray for seeds used as food

po-yew ahead, in front of

poy-koh flat basket, pan, pot

poy-koh tattooing on chin

Poy-koh 'O Lep a knoll just north of Big Lagoon

poy-kook' I tattoo (a body part or person)

Po-yo-mue'r the creek on which Requa Inn is built

Po-yue-raa a place at Clam Beach, south of Little River

poy'-we-son chief, leader, boss, best (at doing something), headman

po-'oh get well, heal (intr.), scar, healed sore

pre-go-neesh condor

pre-goos condor

pre-wo-rehl screech owl

puel below (lower down the river)

pue-leek down river, far down river, at the river mouth

Pue-leek Serr-nery Hunters Creek

pue-leek 'ue-mew north wind (on the coast)

pue-leek-laa down river people, the river Yurok

pue-le-kuek down river, at the river mouth

pue-le-kuek-la' downriver Indian, Yurok Indian

Pue-le-kue-kwe-rek character in creation stories

pue-lekw down river, at the river mouth

Pue-lekw 'WeRe-chah a ridge near Requa

pue-lews daddy longlegs

pue-lo-yoh below (lower down the river)

pue-mo-nah redbud

pue-no-meehl malicious thoughts (cause of illness in someone else), contamination, bad omen

pue-no-meehl-kook' I am contaminated, I have a pain

pue-no-mey-yoo-chek' I groan in my sleep

pue-no-mey-yos a person groaning in her sleep

pue-no-mey-yo' make a noise in one's sleep (because of pain), moan in one's sleep

puer north (in the direction of the Klamath River mouth)

puer-cheehl brush dance cap

pue-rey-yow north (in the direction of the Klamath River mouth)

pue-see cat, house cat

pue-see 'wech-pe-ga'r cat's ears

pue-soo'm smell of musk, skunk, or cat

pue-soo'-mehl a place with an animal smell

pue-soo'-me-lek' I smell of musk, skunk, or cat

pue'n tumble bug

pue'-nek' I fart, I break wind, I expel gas

pue'-nos tumble bug

puuek deer, deer meat

puuek ne-go' slender bird, 3 to 4 inches long, lives in the brush

puuek 'wrhlkerh firecracker (plant)

puuek 'wech-pe-ga'r bluebell

puuek 'wes-'ech deer horn

puuek-tek deer

puuen cherry

puue-no-maap' dogwood

puue-wah wash the face

puue-weesh sack, bag, pocket

puue-wo-meen a cook

pwe-ge-no-yoo-chek' my voice is heard above the others'

pwe-ge-no-yoo-chek' my voice is heard above the others

pyaap' manzanita tree, manzanita bush

pyaap'-tery be reddish, be manzanita-colored

pyah manzanita berry

Pyah 'O Ske-go-'oo an acorn ground

Pya-'a-gehl place in Hoopa Valley where they pick manzanita berries

pye-gaa-goh eleventh month in old Yurok calendar

pyekw-che-nee for a little while, carefully, careful, perfect, right

pyekw-che-no-yek' I am careful

pyekw-chew perfect

pyekw-che-wok' I approve

pyekw-che'n approved

pyekw-choh approve

pyekw-chohl approved

pyekw-chor greet (someone)

pyekw-chor-kwok' I greet someone

pyer-kerm roasted green acorns, acorns cooked in shells, freshly cooked acorns

pyer-werk-see-mek' I love

pyer-werk-see-shon loveable person

pyer-werk-see-sho-no-wok' I am lovely

pye-weg perform the white deerskin dance, white deerskin dance

pye-we-tek' I chew (something for someone)

pye-wo-lew chew

pye-wo-lue-mek' I chew

pye-wo-rew gum something (chew without teeth)

pyuech well, all right

pyue-ree-nah feel distracted, feel nervy

pyue-ree-ne-pek' I feel distracted, I feel nervy, I feel ready for prayer

pyuer-ke-rek' I play

pyuer-ke'-rehl toy

pyuer-kwek' I see in a vision, divine, take part in a ceremonial dance

pyuer-kwok' I see in a vision

pyue-ro-wok' I perform the sacred rites at a dance, I purify myself

pyuuek-to' chew something for a baby

pyuue-weg perform the deerskin dance, deerskin dance

raahl-kah build up, roof, dam, stepping stones

raak creek

raak nee ye'y stem of maidenhair fern (used in baskets)

raas rice

raa-wos cigarette smoke

raay go through

raa-ya'r lie (of objects)

raa-ye-chook' I paddle along

Raa-yeep a pebbly beach at the south end of 'E'goo, by Trinidad Head

raa-yee-shook' I paddle along

raa-yehl-ke-pek' I lie down hidden by a long obstacle

raa-ye-keek' water flows

raa-ye-ko-yo' the water flows past

raa-ye-pe'w burrow, hole underground

raa-ye-we-tek' I drag something in the water

raa-yoh creek, stream, river

raa-yoks extend, row (as of dancers or boats)

raa-yo-nek'w it drifts by

raa-yo-ne-mek' I guide it along the water

raa-yoy river, stream

raa-yo-'o-mah run past in a group

raa-yo-'o-pek' I run by something

raa-yo'r run past, move past

raa-yo'-re-pek' I run past, I move past

raa-yue-rek' I swim

raa-yuue-le-sek' I walk along with a load

rah-cheen friend, buddy, best friend

ra-'a-see-shon disgusting person

re-chah mountain ridge

rech-kook' I dance in a particular direction

re-chook' I paddle, I row

re-cho-yek' I paddle a boat

reeek be full

reee-ko-mo-yehl they are full, they are heaping full

reeek-'ew shore, sandbar, ashore, river's edge, shore line

ree-ko-ret sparrow hawk

re-gey ceremonial headdress

re-goh-pee-nek' I fill

re-goh-pe-tek' I fill

re-gok trout, "sometimes translated trout and sometimes minnows"

Re-gok 'O Yue-'ueh a creek

re-gop' it is full (of liquid)

re-gor the waves break, it is rough (water), there are large waves

re-go' feather, feather for display (as in headband), morning feathers (in brush dance), "simple upright down-head feathers" in the deerskin dance

re-guue-kwoh liquor

re-guue-kwo' beverage, especially liquor

rehl-'ep' be concentrated in a given direction, of a wish or a prayer, be tossed in a given direction in the stick game, point in a given direction, of a person

re-kee-roy broil, broil over a fire

re-kek' I hit the mark

re-ke-weech fish for trout with two lines

re-ko-reks seabird nest

re-koy flow

re-ko-yoysh white flint used for cutting

rekw-che-mok' I hollow out

re-kwe-tok' I tattoo with dots, I chip

re-kwe-toy scarf

re-kwoh drink

re-kwoh-pey-yok' I drink

re-kwo'm part of the roof

rekw-se'm s/he drills hollow

rek-'eeen sit

rek-'eee-no-wohl they sit

rek-'eee-no-wor sit down

rek'-woy river mouth

Rek'-woy Requa

re-me-pek' I groan

re-moh take part in doctor dance, kick dance, doctor dance, kick dance

re-moh-poh doctor dance song, doctor song

re-nek' it fits me (clothing, etc.)

rep-chem honey, sugar

re-pee-chook' I beat, I spank, I whip

re-pe-go-nok' I look (good)

re-poh doorway

re-pokw doorway, porch, front porch

re-poy drum song

re-po-yok' I sing a song with drum beating

rep'-choy weed garden

rep-'osh clear land

rep-'o-shok' I clear (land)

res nest

re-ses nest

re-so-reks nest

res-'o-ges nest

re-took' I win (in gambling)

re-weeesh fence

re-weehl leak

re-wey-ye-tek' I tow

rew-kwoh soften, make limp

rew-kwoh-sook' I soften (something), I make (something) limp

rew-kwo'hl it is misty

rew-kwo'n it is soft, it is limp

re-woch lip(s)

re-woh lip(s)

re-won end, point

re-wo-nah end, point, edge

re-wo-nekw end, point

re-wo-new at the end, on the edge

Re-wo-new a place on the Klamath in the vicinity of Tektah

re-wo-rehl end of land, point of land, bank (of dirt)

rew-pe-nek' I win (in gambling)

re'-go' maidenhair fern, five-fingered fern

re'-noh feather

re'-po-shook' I cut brush

re'-ro-yok' I hear something which I don't see, as news, rumors, or something from far away

roh-chah sturgeon net (held by two canoes)

roh-koo-tek' I roll (something)

roh-ko'r roll

roh-ko'-re-tek' I roll (something)

roh-ko'-ro-nek' I roll myself

roh-kuen ball

roh-peer semen

roh-pee'hl it clears (of weather)

roh-pek' I float upward

roh-see-mek' I throw, I spear, I harpoon

roh-sek' I throw, I pitch (a ball)

roh-te-kek' I roll

roh-tek'w testicle, scrotum, testes

roh-tuen bullhead (fish)

rok-see-mek' I trust

roo be a particular time, time, hour

roo-gech there is an echo, echo

roo-gech' there is an echo

roo-gehl there's a delicate tinkling mist

roo-get tanoak bark, oak bark

rookw wind

rook'ws it blows (of wind), s/he is flatulent

roo-tah sun ray

roo-tep' it is a particular time

roo-wo-sek' I smoke (a pipe)

roo-wo's pipe

roo-wo's he-goh a plant whose leaves are used for colds

roo-yo-nek'w it floats along, drifts with the current or waves

roo-yo-new glide along on water

rooysh rice

ro-reen snow

ro-reer snow

ro-ree' it snows

ror-kwee'hl the waves break, it is rough (water), there are large waves

ro-ro-we-nek' I fish, I hunt, I fish with hook for eels, I gather (e.g. clams)

roy flow, melt, river, stream

royhl direction of the wind

roy-ke-noh melt (trans.)

royk' it flows, it melts away

ro' run

ro'm it spreads (of a smell, etc.)

ro-'oh stand, be rooted

ro-'oh-pee' cliff, anything inanimate standing (rocks, trees, etc.)

ro-'oh-pe-tek' I stand something

ro-'o-mah be driven out

ro-'o-me-chek' I pursue, I chase

ro-'o-ne-chek' I drive, I cause to run, I cause to work

ro-'o-nek' I run

ro-'o-ne-pek' I run

ro-'oo-gech' (there are) sun/star/moon rays

ro-'o-pek' I run

ro-'o-tet an edible grasslike plant with white stems

ro'r it snows

ruen sucker (on a plant)

ruen-chah bridge

rue-no-wok sucker (on a plant)

ruep'-kah gang up on

ruer song

rue-rek' I swim

rue-ro-wech dance in a particular direction, move across the sky (of stars)

rue-ro-wok' I sing, I boil over, I sing

rue-ro-woo song

saa-mey-yohl widow with her hair cut quite short, above the shoulder, widow

saa-mey-yohl 'o 'ue-mey-yoo a child born while its widowed mother was still cutting her hair

saa-we-lek' I feel cold, I cool off

saa-wo-gee-nah feel cool, feel peaceful

saa-wo-gee-ne-pek' I feel cool, I am peaceful

saa-wok-see-ne-pek' I feel chilly

saa-won-chek' I cool something off

saa-wo'n it is cold (of liquid)

saa' speak Yurok, speak our language, speak Indian

Saa' a village on the Klamath, next to and downriver from Kep'el

saa-'a-geesh Coast Yurok

saa-'a-gehl Coast Yurok

saa-'a-goch speak Yurok, Yurok language

saa-'a-goch seaweed bug

saa-'a-go-chek' I speak Yurok, I speak our language, I speak Indian

saa-'a-goh speak Yurok, speak ordinary or colloquial Yurok as opposed to 'woogey speech

sahk-sah hail, hail

sah-por be delighted unexpectedly

sah-seep' buck brush, blue blossom

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

sar-ke-wek' I chew gum

sa' shadows fall

Sa-'aa a sea stack south of Patrick's Point

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

Sa-'ahl a village along the Klamath

Sa-'ahl Soh Red Mountains

sa-'ahl 'ue'-werrp' miller moth

sa-'ahl 'wa-'ah redwood rose

sa-'ahl 'we-cheee-shep' redwood rose

sa-'ahl-key-yek' I have a tantrum

sa-'ahl-kue'n it is haunted

sa-'am a shrub bearing red berries, "mock holly"

sa-'a-nee sometime, sometimes

sa-'a-nor be surprised

sa-'ar be crazy, crazy person, insane person

sa-'ar-key-yek' I am crazy, I am insane

sa-'ar-key-yo-wok' I am crazy

sa-'a-wor shadow, shade

sa-'a-wo'r shadow falls, shadows move, it is shady

sa'n sometimes

sa'-ro' sea anemone

sche-kwe-nee last (in a series)

Schek'-wehl a place just south of the Klamath River mouth where there was formerly a spring

schep' land (of a boat)

schep-'oo land (from a boat)

schep-'ooch' it lands (of a boat)

schey always

sech-kes dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

see would, should, could

seee-go-le-pew be growling (of animal)

seee-go-le-poch' it growls (of animal)

Seee-go-noy Lookout Point, just north of Freshwater Lagoon

Seee-go-noy me-wee-mor name used for A. L. Kroeber

Seee-go-noy 'ue-ket-'ue'r Freshwater Lagoon

seee-ye-hlek' I hiss

see-kwer' stickerback, a kind of trout 2.5 " long with stickers on them

see-shon brake fern (ho'olek) root

see-toh splinter, chip into small pieces of uniform size

see-toh-sok' I splinter, I chip into small pieces of uniform size

see-to'n it cracks, it chips

see-yoh slide (of a landslide), break (of a wave)

see-yoh-peehl slide (of a landslide), break (of a wave)

see-yop' it slides (of a landslide), it breaks (of a wave)

see-yo'w it breaks through waves (of a boat)

see'hl it lies, it is situated

See'-wech settlement by Orick

se-ga-'a-gey-yek' I am rich

se-ga-'a-nee sometimes, often, frequently, seldom

se-gep coyote

se-gep 'ue-pery rainbow

se-gep 'we-cheeek poppy

se-gep 'we-cheee-shep' poppy

se-gep 'we-roo' California poppy

Se-gep 'We'Er'gerrh place directly upslope of 'Wahcheroh lake

se-go-lek' I am surprised

se-go-lue-mek' I startle

se-goo usually, regularly, regular

se-kee be strong

se-kee-che-wek' I make a big/rough basket (the only kind of weaving done by a man)

se-keehl-ke-pek' I feel strong

se-keehl-kes' it's a hard surface

se-kee-kook' I try hard to do it

se-kee-ko-yor' someone runs uphill with effort

se-kee-ko-yo' it flows quickly

se-kee-ko-yue-rek' I swim fast with effort

se-kee-nek' I make an effort

se-kee-pe-tek' I tie it in place securely

se-kee-ta' it's hard (e.g., bread)

se-kee-ta’ it is tough (e.g. when eating dried meat or skin)

se-kee-te-wek' I chew something tough/hard

se-keet-kook' I am strong

se-kee-took' I hurry

se-kee'n strong, of fiber

se-ke'y it is hard, it is tough, it is difficult

se-ko-lek’ I am startled

se-ko-yar' tough wood

se-ko-ye-chook' I can make it (walking)

se-ko-yehl-ke-pek' I wrestle in soft terrain, I struggle to get up (using body or legs)

se-ko-ye-keek' water is swift

se-ko-yek' I am strong/tough (like rope)

se-ko-ye-wet' it's tough (for chewing)

se-ko-yewkw-sem' they (fish) are strong swimmers

se-ko-yok-sek' I feel strong (enough to wait for someone before dying)

se-ko-yo-nek' I grasp it lightly, squeeze it

se-ko-yoohl-ke-pek' I wrestle in soft terrain

se-ko-yook'ws the wind is hard/fast

se-ko-yoo-tek’ I throw with all my might

se-ko-yop' it's sticky, it's gluey

se-ko-yow be tough, be hard (of meat, etc.)

se-ko-yoyk' it (strand of sinew) is strong

se-ko-yo-'o-chek' I travel quickly

se-ko-yo'r run quickly

se-ko-yo'-re-pek' I run quickly

se-ko-yue-rek' I swim quickly

se-ko-yuue-le-sek' I carry my load well-tied

sek-sah small shell used on dresses

sek-soh shell of any shellfish, sea shell

sek-suen small shell

se-kwehl scatter (seeds)

se-kwohl flip or toss something

sekws parsley

sekw-sew quahog clam

sekw-soh wild parsnip

se-la action in a particular direction

se-mee' negative

se-mo-yue-rek' I skim, I swim along the surface of the water, I jump in the river (to swim) while standing in it

se-nem-chook' I send

se-pee-nek' I hug

se-pee-ne-pek' I have my arms folded

se-po-lah valley, field, prairie

se-po-lah nee ye-guen gentian

se-po-lah nee 'e'-gol meadowlark

se-po-lek valley, field, prairie

se-po-le-keek-la' any tribe living in the prairies

se-po-rah small valley, small clearing

serh-ker-mery be homesick, be lonely, pine

serh-ker-mery-pe-wek' I am homesick, I am lonely, I pine

ser-ker-yerh be hard, be unripe, be green (of fruit)

ser-ker-yerk'ws the wind is hard/fast

serm be beaten, be killed, beat badly

ser-mer-tek' I beat, I kill

ser-mer-ter-pek' I kill myself

ser-mer-yer'w be killed

ser-ner-go' it is unripe

ser-ner-yerh think, see

ser-ner-yerh-sek' I see (a certain distance or manner)

ser-ner-yer-see' it seems

serp headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance

Ser-perh a village along the Klamath

ser-per-yerh encircle, something that encircles

ser-per-yer' headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance

ser-per-yer-'er-yek' I put on a headband (having caught a sturgeon)

serr stream

serrhl do, cause

serr-hlerh do

serr-hler-pek' I do, I cause

serr-nerh be a particular color

serr-nerk'ws it is very windy weather

serr-nery stream

serr-neryk' it winds (a river)

serr-ner-'ery color

serr-ner'y it is a particular color

serr-noyk' it winds (a river)

serr-per-lek' I am light (in weight)

serrt apple owl

ser-ser-yeryk' it trickles over gravel and dries up

ser-sery-ker-yer' shallow water flows over pebbles and disappears

sers-'ee-ko-yo' it is shallow

ser-yer-kert robin, redbreasted robin

se-se-wek' I whisper

se-se'-ye-wek' I whisper

se-so-me-nek' I scratch

se-so-me-no-yek' I scratch (trans. and intr.)

se-so-ye-wek' I whisper

ses-'eep rustle

ses-'ohl they tinkle

ses-'oh-pee-nek' I shake it (as a tree)

ses-'o-ne-wek' I shake (something)

sew breathe, sigh

se-we-pek' I breathe, I sigh, I suppress my grief

Se-wew Katimin, a place in Karuk territory

sew-kwe-lue-mek' I am bruised

se-wok anchovies

se-wom brown shelled acorn

sew-pee'n it is soft

sey-yep'-ch'ook' I singe

se'-le-pee-nek' I scrape it off

se'-le-pek' I scrape the inside of a basket smooth

se'-le-tok' I scrape mud off

se'-loy-leek scrape off skin, bark (shins)

se'-meehl bush or plant (sp.)

se'-raa carve out

se'-raa-tek' I shave (wood)

se'-re-chook' I whittle, I carve

se'-re-choy whittle, shave wood

se'-re-chuuep' manzanita-limb shavings

se'-rep-choy whittle, shave wood

se'-rep-chuuep' shavings

sheeep sheep

shoo-new' it's tastes a certain way

shyer-'ee-kek' overflow, seep out

ska-yue-per-wern second shortest length of dentalium shell

ska' pipe scabbard, pipe (for smoking)

ska-'ah sole of foot, palm of hand

ska-'a-mew be dried by scattering

ska-'a-tew finger, toe

ska-'a-weehl nine bark

ska-'a-wek' I dry by scattering

ska-'ehl-ke-nek' I scatter by blowing

ska’a-mo’o-mah scatter to go hide (children)

ske-go-'oo sail, cloth, sail, rag

ske-go-'o's s/he sails

ske-lee down

ske-leek down

ske-leek-ra' gopher

ske-na' it is bitter

ske-new' it tastes bitter

ske-no-wohl talk maliciously

ske-nue-nem' not many plants come up/grow

ske-nuue-le-sek' I am loaded down

skep-'ol wyethia angustifolia

sker-weech craftsman, a woman who makes fine designs, fine work, centipede

sker-wee-che-wek' I weave (baskets) well and smoothly

sker-weehl-kerrp' it is clear (of water)

sker-werh-kee-nee flat (rocks)

sker-werh-ker-yehl they are smooth, they are level, they are flat (round things, flat things)

sker-wery-ker-ner-chek' I skim foam off water to clear it

sker-weryk' it is of good grain, it is straight (wood)

skeryk' it (stream) is clear

skery-terk'w woman's dress

skery-terk'-wer-lek' I dress myself (of a woman)

skery-terrk'-we-nek' I put my dress on

Sker'-merw A rock on the beach near Meleg

ske-tew little finger

ske-weech easily, carefully

ske-wee-chokw nicely made basket, basket with good shape

ske-wee-chook' I go slowly, I go easily, I go carefully, I put it in order, I do fine work, I do housework

ske-wee-chook' I walk quietly

ske-weehl-kep-'aak' I make flat, I clear

ske-weehl-ke-tek' I make flat, I make clear, I level off

ske-weehl-ke's it is flat, it is clear

ske-wee-hlo'n it is smooth, it is flat (of roads, etc.)

ske-wee-kook' I tidy up

ske-wee-ko-yo' the water is calm (as above rapids)

ske-weench be a good navigator

ske-wee-ne-pek' I feel full (from eating)

ske-weep' it is well shaped

ske-weep-'aak' I put in order

ske-wee-tok' I clean

ske-wee'r be smooth (trees, etc.)

ske-wee'-ro'n it is smooth (of trees, etc.)

ske-weg be good weather, be clear weather, be sunny weather

ske-we-ge'hl it is good weather, it is clear weather

ske-we-tue-lo-ne-mek' I find it smooth to the touch

ske-wohl be generous

ske-wohl-key-yek' I am generous

ske-wok want, wish, love, like

ske-wok-see-mek' I want, I wish, I love, I like

ske-woo-ge-chek' I sound good

ske-woo'-mo-lek' I smell good

ske-wop' it is calm (water)

ske-wo'm smell good

ske-wo'-me-tek' I smell something good

ske-wo'-mo-lek' I smell good

ske-wo-'op' it's an even blaze

ske-'e-che-wek' I spread my fingers

ske'n it is bitter, it is rancid

ske'-wo-yehl they are ripe, they are cooked

skoy buckskin, strip of buckskin, leather, deerskin, elk hide

skoyk' it's limp

sko-yom bat (animal)

sko-yon be blue

skoy-peehl flank, side (body part)

skue good, well

skue-no-wok' I grow well

skue-no-wo-me-chek' I grow things well

skuen' it grows well

skue-weg be good weather

skue-we-ge'hl it is good weather

skue-we-tek' I like, I enjoy, I like the taste of

skue' good

skuue-lek' I go to school

skuuep-'aak' I put in order

skuue-we-tek' I like to taste, I like to eat

skuue-wo-lon kmoy-pon jam

skuue-wo-lo-nee something sweet, sweets, candies

skuue-wo-lo-nee pa-'ah soda

skuuew' a good taste

skuue' taste good, be delicious, be sweet

skuue'-we-lah taste good

skuue'-we-tek' I like the taste

skuue'-wo-lee' it tastes good

skuue'-wo-lo-yehl they taste sweet, they taste good

skuyah be good

skuyah-pe-lek' I am good, I behave

skuych well (good)

skuye-pek' I am good

skuyer-lok' I like, I enjoy, I like the look of

skuye'n it is good

skuyke-pek' I dress myself, I adorn myself

skuykep-'aak' I tidy up, I straighten up

skuykook' I treat well, I repair

sku'y be good, well

sku'yer-look' I like the sound of it

sku'yo-look' I like to hear, I like the sound of

Skwo-sen Squashan Creek

slaa-nook' I get rid of rubbish

slaa'-ye-keek' water runs through a dump

slah-hle-che-wek' I left the group

slah-hle-chook' I separate from someone (as at a fork in the trail)

slah-hlo-yo-wok' I'm born to a higher station (than someone)

slah-po' brodiaea fiber brush

slah-see-chook' I part from them

sla-'a-mey-yem' the salmon come back down the stream after spawning

sla-'a-mey-yo-'o-mah the salmon come back down the stream after spawning

sle-gaa get rid of rubbish

sle-go-weehl-ke-pek' I repeatedly slide down

sle-koh pull out (something stuck)

sle-koh-pee-nek' I pull out (something stuck)

sle-ko-lue-mek' I swallow (a pain)

sle-ko'n it is pulled out

sle-kue-rek' I swim backwards (from an obstacle)

sle-kuue-le-sek' I pull items out of my pack

slekw clothes (a single set)

sle-kwe-chook' I stroke backward, I walk backward

sle-kwehl-ke-pek' I sleep with my head at the foot of the bed

sle-kwe-ko-yo' it's a backwash

sle-kwe-loy-shook' I pull it along backwards

sle-kwe-nee backward

sle-kwet-kwe-lo-shook' I pull backward

sle-kwoh shirt

sle-kwoh-pey-yek' I put a shirt on

sle-kwoh-so'm s/he dresses someone

slekws-lekw clothes

slekws-le-kwoh dress oneself, clothes

sle-poh-sek' I slide it over (e.g. my head), I slip into it

sleps-le-poh slip in (e.g., letters into a slot)

sler-ger' pout

sler-perh thigh, penis

sler-yerk'ws the wind is cold

sler-yer-wer-kerhl limbs (feet/legs) are cold

sleryhl handkerchief

sleryhl-kerp-'ook' I blow my nose

sley-yehl substance like mucus which contained a pain object

sley-kwo-lue-mek' I have something crosswise in my throat

slookw slide, mudslide, landslide

sloo-ween raw (of food)

sloo-wehl wild oats

sloow-pey eat raw

sloo'-re-pek' I run downhill

sloo'-re-pek' I run down the hill

sloy-chook' I descend, I go downhill

sloyhl dried eel

sloyhl-ke-mek' I filet an eel, I flatten an eel

sloyhl-kep-'aak' I sweep clean

sloyhl-ke-took' I sweep

sloyhl-ke-toy sweep, broom

sloyhl-ke-to' brush, broom

sloyhl-ke-to' 'wer-nerh red huckleberry

sloyhl-ket' it runs downhill (a path)

sloyhl-ke-wek' I flatten eels

sloyhl-kook' I'm flattening eels

sloy-kek' be loose, be supple

slo-yo-nech-ke-nekw they slide into water (of boats)

slo-yo-nech-ke-nek'w they slide into the water

slo-yo-nekw it slides into water (of a boat)

slo-yo-ne-mek' I launch

slo-yow freeze, ice

slo-yo-wehl freeze, frost, ice

sloy-shook' I sweep, I brush

sloy-so-'ohl broom, brush

slo-yuue-le-sek' I take a load down the hill

slo-'eehl be thin, be skinny (of people, animals)

slo-'ehl-kook' I am thin, I am skinny (of people, animals)

slo-'o-chek' I depart by boat

slo-'och' (inaudible) depart in a boat

slo-'uue-le-sek' I show the contents of my pack

sluuek'-woh space at the foot of the sweathouse ladder

smar-keet be toothless

smech-ken chipmunk

Smech-ken Cushing Creek

Smech-ken a sea stack north of Elk Point

sme-chook' I make supple, I tan, I split (sugar pine nuts)

sme-choy skin a large animal, tanned deerskin, man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer

smee-ne-pek' I am a smart-aleck

sme-gech white sturgeon

smehl-ke-nek' I pull out (as hair, or grass)

sme-keesh a tree being trimmed

sme-mohl break (intr.), smashed, slide (of road)

smer-pee-nek' I pluck, I skin a small animal

smer-pee-nery pluck or skin several things

smer-yo-nee' peel bark or tree

smes-me-mohl break up, slide (of mountainside), landslide, ravine

smey-ko-lue-mek' I pine, I miss

smey-kook' I pick on, I provoke

sme'-le-nek' I masturbate (of men)

sme'-le-ne-pek' I masturbate (of men)

sme'-ruehl scissors

smoh-ta'r bow (for arrows)

smoo-ley pull flesh from fishskin with teeth

smoo-mook' I am dismayed

so action in a particular direction, to

soch say, speak

soch-pey-ye-wek' I say, I speak, I reply

soh-chee up, on top, above, on

soh-pee-nek' I soften

so-lek' I fly

so-loo alas!, too bad!, what a waste!

son be, be like, happen, behave, do, be a kind of

so-na'r design

son-chook' I paddle, I propel a boat, I paddle in a particular direction

so-neen feel, think (a particular way)

so-nee-nah feel, think

so-nee-ne-pek' I feel, I think (a particular way)

so-nek' I feel, I think

son-kook' I do (well or badly), I treat (well or badly)

so-no-lew-kwek' I am sexually unclean (as of a woman who has just given birth)

so-no-wok' I am, I am like, I behave, I do, I am a kind of

so-no-wo-nee kind, sort

so-no-yew be spoken to, be spoken of

so-no-ye-wo-yek' I am spoken to, I am spoken of

soo thus, so

soo think

soo go

sook sort, thing

soo-neehl dream

soo-nee-hlek' I dream

soo-neehl-kue-mek' I dream about someone

soo-neehl-kwook' I dream of

soo-neehl-pue-mek' I dream of

soo-nehl terrain is like

soo-nehl-ke-pek' I crawl

soo-nehl-kep' terrain is like

soo-nekw it (a path) goes (in a certain way or direction)

soo-nek' I lift up, I raise

soo-ne-nek'w something floats in a certain direction

soo-ne-pek' I wear (clothes in a certain way)

soo-nep-'aak' I arrange

soo-ne-we-tek' I taste (something)

soo-newkw-sek' I am going a certain direction (by boat)

soo-ne'y pray, make medicine

soo-noch sounds

soo-nok-see-mek' I think/feel a particular way about someone

soo-nok-sek' I think

soo-no-lek' I fly (in a particular direction or manner)

soo-no-ne-mek' I take something to a certain location

soo-nos think

soo-no-sek' I think

soo-no' be angry, be furious, resent

soo-no'm smell (intr.), musk

soo-no'-mo'l it smells

soo-no'p-'ey-yok' I am angry, I am furious, I resent

soo-no'-re-pek' I was running a certain speed

soo-nue-rek' I swim in a certain direction

soo-nuue-le-sek' I carry a load to a certain place/loaction

soool yew

soo-sek' I think

soot go

soot-kook' I am strong, I am able

soo-to-lek' I go

soo-took' I go

soot-wo-mek' I am good as a woman (as a mother, housekeeper, etc.)

sooy-chook' I go quickly

soo-ye-woy spoken of

sooyhl gum (part of mouth)

Sooykw hillside by the shore north of 'O Segen

soo' cascara tree, chittamwood, cascara tree bark used as laxative

so'ch-'eek roof, ceiling

so'nk-'e-nek' I fish

so'-no-yok' I am angry

so-'oo ghost, skeleton, spirit

so-'oo 'we-laay Milky Way

spe-geee fish hawk, chicken hawk

spe-go'-re-pek' I race

sper-yerr blow a whistle

sperys-pery whistle (musical instrument)

sper-yue-mek' I blow a whistle at someone

sraach' tanned skin, quiver

sraat scrub jay

srah bluebird

srah-kwoh loincloth

Sreg Hee-koh a place across from Sregon

Sreg Pech a place just upriver from Sregon; also called Chokik

Sreg Pue-lekw a place just downriver from Sregon

Sreg Won a place just uphill from Sregon

Sre-gon a village on the Klamath

srekw ring

srek'-wah-peeet breechcloth

srek'-we-peeet diaper

Sre-por a village site south of Churey

sroo'-re-pek' I run downhill

sroy signal in games

sroy a slick place, a slippery place

sroy-kwe-chek' I slide

sro-yo-we-nek' I slide

sroy-pehl be slick, be slippery

sroy-pue-chek' I slide

srue-no-yah scrutinize

srue-no-yah-sook' I scrutinize

sruuek'-wee columbine, red columbine

ste-kue'hl it's the high-water point of the flood

stek'-wop' there's a crest of high water, it's high tide

stohs-tek' small fir tree

Stoo-wen a village along the Klamath upriver from Turip

stue-no-wok' I am middle-aged

Sue-meg a coastal promontory, Patrick's Point

sue'-lo-wok' I dash water on

sue'-ro-wok' I splash

Suue a cave under Megah

suue-leekw be blunt, dull

suue-lee-kwo-mo-yek' they are blunt, they are dull

suue-lee-kwo'n it is blunt, it is dull

suue-we-pek' I breathe

suue-wo-mah breathe

suuuem manzanita flower

swe-chee' it is torn

swe-che-wek' I flex my fingers/hand

swe-choh tear, yard (measure, of cloth)

swe-choh-pee-nek' I tear

swe-choh-pe-nek' I open (a letter)

swe-choh-sook' I tear (something)

swe-cho'n it is torn, it has a tear

swe-gehl gunshot

swe-ge-tek' I am tired of

swe-goo-peehl pour with rain

swehl-ke-loo-mo-yek' I have a rash all over

swehl-ke-pek' I have a rash all over

swehl-ko' it is scattered, it bursts, it (fruit) is swollen

swe-ko-mey-ye-tek' I put things on display

swekt-ke-loo'-wey-yek' I am warty

swerh-ker-yek' I fade, I grow weak

swerrk'ws there is a gust of wind, wind is blowing in this direction

swerr'-mer-terk' I get a whiff of something

swery-kerh be dull-colored

swet-ke-le'-we'y s/he is warty

swet-ke-loo'-wey-yek' I have a rash on my face, I have a broken out face

swe-toh-sook' I split it

swe-to-ne-pek' I am tired out

swe-to-we-toh crack in several places

swe-to-we-toh-pee-nek' I split it (in several places)

swe-to'n it cracks, it splits

swey-ke-mo-yehl they are dull (of colors, etc.)

swey-yok-see-mek' I slight, I insult, I am aloof, I am disrespectful

swey-yok-see-shon a contemptible person

swey-yok-see-sho-no-wok' I am rude

swey-yo-nee-ne-pek' I am aloof, I don't want to associate, I fade, I doubt myself, I dislike the idea

swey-yo-nee-sho-no-wok' I am dislikeable, a braggart

swey-yor-kwok' I'm tired of seeing her

swey-we-tek' I'm tired of a food

swohl-kwey-ye-tek' I spill (a solid)

swok-see-mek' I have contempt for someone

swook-see-mek' I have contempt for her

swoo-pee-nek' I spill it (something uncountable, e.g. water, salt), I pour it, I empty it

swoo-pee'hl pour with rain, rain hard

swoo-po-yoh burst forth, gush (liquid)

swoop' it spilled

swoo'm smell bad, stink, have a strong odor

swoo'-me-lek' I smell, I stink, I have a strong odor

swoo'-me-tek' I smell (something)

swoo'-mo-lek' my flesh smells

swoo'-mo-no-yek' I smell bad

swoyhl be broken

swoyhl-ket pour, spill

swoyhl-kwey-ye-tek' I scatter, I pour out

swo-'op' a burn or bite spreads, gets worse

swuue-le-sek' I unpack

syaa-hlook’ I disagree

syah-hlee-nek' I separate things

syah-hlee-ne-pek' I feel I'm different

syah-hle-ko-mey-ye-tek' I separate out my things, put them aside

syah-hle-nek' I separate something

syah-hle-ne-mek' I separate things

syah-hlew be rich, rich man; one who has wealth only, with no supporting social or esoteric background

syah-hle-wok' I am rich

syah-hlok-sek' I think differently

syah-hlo-leem' a group divides, is different

syah-hlo-'o-pek' I build my own fire apart

syah-hlo'-re-pek' I run by myself apart from the group

syah-hlpey-yok' I have a bad taste on my tongue

syah-hlue-no-wok' I'm high-born

syah-hlue-rek' I swim apart

syah-hluue-le-sek' I carry a separate load (gathered for a menstruating woman)

sya'-lok-sek’ I disagree

sye-go-'oo grunt, make a noise

sye-kwet-'os come out backwards!

syerr-'eek' it sweats and drops of water seep away

syery-kwehl a slippery place

syery-kwer-terh slip

syews-yew lap (of small waves), rattle (of strings of shells)

syohs-yo-'ooch rattle (intr.)

syo-neek'-wo'n walk stiff-legged (from injury)

syoo-lah dance in the brush dance (of a girl)

syo-we'hl soft

syo-ye-chook' I walk through slick clay; I walk with an injured pelvis

syo-yo-ne-mek' I push my boat down to the water

syo-'oo-chek' I make a noise

syo-'ooch' s/he makes a noise

syo-'oo-ge-cheek' it's a noise in the distance

syo-'oo-ge-chek' I grunt, I make a noise

syo-'oo-gen grunt, make a noise

syuek'-wer-chook' I stretch my legs

s'e-choh horn, horns, wedge

s'e-choo-mek' I have horns

s'e-choo-mo-yek' I have horns

s'ee-go-roh half moon

s'e-kwon pestle

S'e-kwo-nah Redding Rock

s'e-mek' I pound (it), I mash (it), I grind (it)

s'erks-'er-perhl-ke-no-yek' I am repeatedly hit in the mouth

s'erks-'err-perhl repeatedly hit in the mouth

s'erks-'err-per-terhl hit repeatedly on fingers/hand

s'erk-ter-'ery be light brown (animals)

s'err-kee-nek' I split, I pull apart

s'errk' it comes apart, it splits

s'err-perhl marrow (of bone)

s'err-perhl-kee-nek' I hit (someone) in the mouth

s'err-per-no-yek’ I have been hit

s'er-werh blue grouse

s'e-wek' I pound

s'ey-yoh pounding stone

s'e' 'we-nerh madrone berry

s'e'-goh madrone tree

s'e'-gok box (fight)

s'oh anus, rectum

s'oks-'oop hit (repeatedly)

s'ok-toh be brownish-red (round things)

s'ok-toy be brown, be light brown, be tan

s'o-lo-woy pound to a paste

s'oo-pee-nek' I hit someone

s'oo-pee-ne-mek' I hit someone

s'oo-pe'-wey-ye-tek' I hit in the face

s'oo-pe'-we'y be hit in the face

s'oo-po-nek' I hit someone

s'oo-po-ne-mek' I hit with the fist, I beat (with fists)

s'oo-po-ne-sek' I hit with the fist

s'ue'-lo-ge'n it (the mouth of a waterway) is enlarged

s'yah kick

s'yahhl kick

s'yah-hlkook' I kick

s'yah-hlkue-mek' I kick (someone)

s'ya-'am fix

taa not at all, nothing at all

taahl ceremonial singer

taa-nep be yellow

tahp-sook' I iron it

tahp-soy press, iron, take the wrinkles out

tah-teesh smell rancid

tah-teesh-ke-mo-yehl they smell rancid

tah-tok starve

tah-tok-see-mee' he or she is starved

tah-tok-sek' I'm hungry

tah-to-sek' I starve

Tah-tow a place near 'O Segen, where the rock is like sandpaper

ta' be hot weather, be sunny

ta-'a-mo' red elder tree, elderberry bush

ta-'a-mo' 'wer-nerh elderberry

ta-'a-noo-pee-nek' I heat it (liquid)

ta-'a-nop' it is hot, it gets hot (liquid)

ta-'a-no-yek' I am hot, I feel hot

ta-'a-noy'hl it is hot weather, it is sunny

ta-'ehl be hot weather

ta'-mop' it's hot liquid

teee-get crybaby

tee-kues Italian person or people

tee-kwoh cove, gap in mountain

Tee-kwoh a place uphill from Keykem (formerly a prairie, now overgrown)

tee-kwohl there is a canyon, there is a low gap

tee-kwoh-pe-nek' I break a container or a boat

tee-kwoh-sook' I break (trans.)

tee-kwoo corner

Tee-kwoo the promontory between Stone Lagoon and Freshwater Lagoon

Tee-kwoo a place in the Bald Hills

tee-kwo'l canyon

tee-kwo'n it is broken, it is shattered

teekw-tee-kwoh break in pieces

tee-noo-gech' it makes a sharp sound (like a drum), it makes a metallic sound

tee-noo-gehl it's a delicate tinkling sound

tee-nuue-mo-nok crazy person

teesh what?

tee'n what?

tee'-nee-sho what?

tee'-nee' what?

tee'-now who?

tee'np-'ehl anything yellow

tee'np-'e-lah be yellow

tee'np-'e-loy be yellow

tee'np-'e-loy-tek' I dye (something) yellow

tee'np-'er-ler-'ery be yellow (animals)

te-gah starve

te-gee'n porcupine, porcupine quill, yellow moss for dying basket materials, anything yellow, canary

te-gee'n ch'ue'ch-'eesh canary

te-ge-ke-nee spotted

te-gel liar

te-ge-rew talk, converse, discuss, talk with

te-ge-ro-yew dispute, discussion

te-ge-rue-mek' I talk, I pray, I make medicine

te-ge-rue-pek' I talk to myself

te-get weep

te-ge-tehl cry, weep

te-ge-to-loo-sek' I weep

te-ge-tor salmonberry shoots

te-ge-to' sea eggs (sea urchin)

te-gey-ke-luehl biting animal

te-ge'-muer snowbird

te-ge'y flea

te-goh horizontal wooden pole connecting the long poles at the base of a triangular 'erkerh net

te-gok-see-mek' I praise

te-go-ye'-we'y it sticks out

te-go-'oh dentalium shell, 2 5/16 inch, a character in creation stories

te-guuek dive, play like a beaver, beaver

tehl-te-lue'n it is branchy, it is twiggy (of bush)

tek be situated, grow (plants)

te-ko-nek' I wear (clothes)

te-ko'n it is added (in payment for an injury)

te-ko-'o-pee' it's burned on

tek-tah erect

Tek-tah a village on the Klamath across from the mouth of Tektah Creek

Tek-tah 'WeRoy Tektah Creek

tek-te-kehl sturgeon glue, glue

tek-te-koh patch, stick, bedstraw (a sticky plant)

tek-te-ko'n it is sticky

tek-te-ko'n it grows in tufts

tek-te-sek' I am angry

tek-tet build

tek-te-tek' I build, I erect, I set down something heavy

tek-tey stomach

tek-toh log

Tek-toh 'O Te-nech a pond on the beach south of 'Espew

tek-to-mok-sek' I am angry, I am mad

tek-to-yehl it is situated, it grows (of a plant)

te-kue-nehl they are stuck together, they grow together

te-kue-ne-tek' I stick (them) together

te-kue-no-wohl they're grafted

te-kue-no-wo-me-chek' I stick (things) together for planting

te-kue-no-yo-hlek' I stick (them) together

te-kue-no-yok' I stick (them) together

te-kue-no'w it sticks together, it knits together (of broken bones)

tekw chop (one time)

te-kwe's owl, timber owl, largest size owl, black

te-kwoh-sook' I hit with something held in the hand (e.g., a rock or a club)

te-kwon box

te-kwo-nekws "the cylindrical trunk for feather dresses, etc.", box, case, chest

te-kwo-nekws 'ue-kwerhl television

te-kwo-nek' I jump

te-kwo-ne-pek' I jump

te-kwo-no-rek' I jump over something

te-kwo-nuer maul, hammer

te-kwo-nue-rek' I jump into the water, I dive

tekw-sa'r heart of salmon, uvula

tekws-key manroot, wild cucumber, pickle

tekw-sook' I cut, I fell, I carve

Tekw-sow a small flatland at the mouth of Pecwan Creek

tekw-soy chop

tekw-te-kwoh chop repeatedly

tek'-we-ruen low, close to the ground

te-lek' I am ill, I am sick, I am physically unwell

te-lo-gehl "small animate objects which in the body of an ordinary person cause disease but in the body of [a doctor] give her clairvoyance and the faculty of curing", pain, disease, illness

te-lo-gue-mek' I am in pain, I resent

te-loh-pekw it (a path) forks

te-lo-ye-wek' I tell a lie, I fib

te-lo-yuuehl lie, falsehood

te-ma for a long time, in vain

te-ma-loh for a long time, in vain

te-me-me-hlek' I buzz

te-me'm buzz, rattle (of rattlesnakes), hum (of hummingbirds)

ten rain

te-ne-che-wek' I have lots of things in my basket

te-nech-ke-nek'w many things float together

te-nee very

te-neech a black coastal bird with a red mouth, perhaps the black oystercatcher

te-nehl-ke-nek' I put a lot (of something on something)

te-nehl-kep' there's a lot of stuff underfoot

te-nek there are a lot (e.g. snow flakes or patches)

te-ne-ko-mo-yehl they are much, they are many

te-ne-ko-yo' it's a big flow of water

te-ne-new clump of grass

te-nohl be stingy

te-nohl-key-yek' I am stingy

te-nohl-key-yo-wok' I am stingy

te-no-neehl be expensive, be costly

te-no-neehl-ke-mee' it's expensive

te-no-neehl-kwook' I pay dearly for, I pay a lot for

te-no-ne-mek' I take a lot

te-noo be much, be many

te-nook-seep’aak’ (meaning unknown)

te-noo-wok be very wise, be very rich, educated person, well educated, high man

te-noo-wok-see-mek' I value/respect someone/something highly

te-noo-wok-sek' I am very wise, I am very rich

te-nop be a lot of liquid

te-nop' there is a lot of it (liquid)

te-no-we-nek' I take much of, I take more of

te-no-wo-hlek' I talk too much, I gossip, I talk maliciously

te-no-wohl-kek' I talk too much

te-no-ye-wek' I pay a good salary

te-noyk' it's a lot (of strings, eels)

te-no' there's a lot, there are many

ten-pe-we'hl it is raining, rain, storm

ten-pey-yok' I eat much, I eat a lot, I overeat

ten-se-wok' I catch a lot of

te-nue-mo-nok have bad luck wished on one, bad luck, spirits, insane

te-nue-mo-nok-see-mek' I wish bad luck on, I cast a spell on

te-nue-mo-nok-so-yek' I have bad luck wished upon me

te-nue-no-wok' I grow thickly, I grow in clumps

te-nue-no-wo-me-chek' I planted many (plants)

te-nue-reep mockingbird

te-nue'-lo-gehl a deep place

te-nue'-lo-gehl a deep place in the water

te-nuue-le-sek' I carry a lot, I am overloaded

te-poh make stand, be fixed, be hit (by a bullet, etc.)

te-poh-pe-nek' I cause to stand

te-poh-sook' I fix

te-po-lehl post of a sweathouse, "the place in the sweathouse opposite the exit, and the place of honor", middle (of a sweathouse, a valley, etc.)

te-poo tree, large fir tree

te-poo-nohl forest, in a forest

te-po'n it is fixed, it stands (of things), it is rooted, it is vertical

te-pue'l vertical post supporting a fishing platform

tep' be fixed, stand

te-reet spotted sandpiper

ter-ger-nerp mockingbird

ter-gers rat

ter-gerw speak, settle a dispute

ter-ger-wer-mek' I greet, I speak to, I talk to

ter-ger'y-k'er-'er'y it is spotted

ter-gurmek' I greet, I speak to, I talk to

Terh-kuen 'O Rek' a place on the beach north of Split Rock

terh-kurn fish head, salmon head

ter-keeek-serch a poisonous mushroom

ter-ker-kur' valley quail

ter-kerrt California woodpecker, acorn woodpecker

terk-terk mallard

terk-terrp axe

terk-terr-pee-shook' I hit it with a stick

terk-terr-per-ter-wek' I clap my hands, I applaud

terk-terw sting

ter-kwer-ker-yehl they are stubby

terkwhl-ke'm spread (your legs)

terkw-term dentalium shell

ter-mer-pee' second element of compound numerals, tools, etc.

ter-mer-wer-'eryhl second element of compound numerals, animals and birds

ter-mer-wer-'er'y second element of compound numerals, animals and birds

ter-nerk-sek' I am constipated

ter-perh stem, stalk

Ter-perh a tall rock at the edge of the Klamath River

ter-perkws acorn worm, bug holes in acorn shell

ter-perr-ner' small fir tree, large fir tree

ter-per-yerh be cold (liquids)

ter-per-yerp' it is cold (a liquid)

terr-luel bone put through nose of corpse, knife with short hilt

terr-lue-lek' I make a ridge

terr-lue-le-sek' I put on a bridle

terr-lue'-le's it (e.g., a dog) has something in its mouth

ter-werh-sook' I throw a pointed object (e.g. a stick or a rock)

Ter-werk a sea stack north of Trinidad Head

ter-wer-mers bee, yellowjacket

ter-werr locust

Ter-werr an acorn place, camp site on the Klamath

ter-'er-ner-pee' there are four (tools, etc.)

tes-took' I shake, I tremble, I shiver

tes-too-lee-shook' I shake something down from a tree vigorously

tes-too-ley-yek' I shake, as from old age

tes-top' it coagulates

tes-to-yo-mek' I am taut, I am tense (of people or things)

tes-to-yo-wok' I am taut, I am tense (of people or things)

tes-'eer beaver

tet-kohl be steep, a steep place

tet-ko'hl it is steep, it is sharp (natural features)

tet-ko'n it is a ditch, it is a furrow, it is a river-bed

te-to-lo-hlek' I cry, I neigh (of a horse)

te-to-me-nek' I scratch repeatedly

te-to-me'l white salmon, about to die after spawning

te-ton rush (plant)

te-tues-koh swim with difficulty through shallow water (of fish)

tew flesh

te-wey forehead

Te-wey 'O Re-gor a small promontory near the mouth of Mill Creek

Tew-kwer a camp site north of Elk Point

tew-kwer' place where young seals are clubbed

te-wol Pacific Ocean seaside, ocean, Pacific coast

te-wol nee te-poo spruce tree

te-wo-lew ocean, coast, Pacific coast, toward the ocean side

te-wo-lew nee te-poo Sitka spruce

te-wo-lew 'ue-mew west wind

Te-wo-lew 'WeChaahl sand spit at the mouth of the Klamath River

te-wo-mehl be glad, happy

te-wo-mehl-kook' I am glad, I am happy

te-won flesh

te-wo'n it breaks (of rope or string)

tey brother-in-law (of a man)

tey-ke-lew bite

tey-ke-le-wo-mo-yek' I am bitten

tey-ke-le-wo-mo-yek' I'm bitten

tey-ke-lue-hlek' I bite (someone)

tey-ke-lue-mek' I bite

tey-kue-no-wok' I grow together (with something)

tey-te-sek' I am angry

tey-to-mok be angry (at someone)

tey-to-mok-see-mek' I am angry (at someone)

tey-to-mo-sek' I am angry, I am mad

te'-nah drunk

te'-nahs-pek' I am drunk

te'-no-yok' I feel insulted

te'-no-yo-wok' I feel insulted

te'-noy'hl there is a big fire

te'n-pey-yok' I eat too much

te'np-'aak' I own a lot

te'-rekws a close-woven conical basket for seed gathering, bride's basket

te'-rekws 'ue-son thimble

tkart-kar stick together, mend

tke-koh jab, pierce

tke-koh-sook' I jab, I pierce, I prick with a sharp object

tkeks become solid (with ice or snow)

tkek'-wa'r pot

tkek'-we'l pot, pan, kettle

tkek'-we'-look' I boil

tke-pah suppress emotion

tke-pah-pe-tek' I suppress emotion

tkoh-pe-tek' I thicken it

tkop' it is thick (of liquid)

tkwa'r it is short, low (of trees, etc., body parts, clothes, utensils)

tkwek' it is short (worms, ropes, etc.)

tkwe-pee-lek' I am short (human beings)

tkwe-pee-nek' I am unable to reach, I am too short

tkwe-peep be short

tkwe-pek' I am short (human beings, animals and birds, worms and ropes, etc.)

tkwep' 'ue-meehl 'we-chah-kwoh shorts, short pants

tkwep-'o-lee'hl there is low scrub

tkwe'-ro'n it is short, low (trees, etc., body parts, clothes, utensils)

tkwo still

tkwo-la still

tkwop' s/he is short

tmekt-mek have an aching pain

tmekw-ten hollow tree, hollow stump

tmekwt-me-kwo-no-yehl they are shrubby

tmen half, partly

tme-no-mee half, partly

tme-no-men half, half

tme-no-me-nee half

tment-men throb, ache

tme-pee-nek' I cut it in half

tme-pee-tek' I cut it in half

tme-pee-took' I cut in half

Tmerry a settlement next to Rek'woy

Tmery 'WeRoy Cannery Creek

tmoh be broken

tmoh-ke-lo-yehl they are broken, they are broken in pieces (of bones, etc.)

tmoh-ke-loy-shook' I break (trans.), I break it by twisting or snapping

tmoh-ke-loy-tek' I break (trans.)

tmoh-ke-lue-mek' I break

tmoh-ke-ree half

tmook' I shoot

tmoo-look' I shoot

toh talk, use language

toh-kow talk in a group

toh-pekw drill a hole, dig a hole, excavate, a hole that is made

toh-pew hole, a hole already there

toh-pewkw-took' I drill a hole

toh-pe'w it has a hole, there is a hole

toh-poh wild iris

toh-puel' a deep pool

toh-pue'r drill, drill, burrowing animal

toh-soh doe

Toh-tar a village on the Klamath, downriver from Nagehl

toh-ta'r grasshopper

toh-tehl eagle, red-tailed hawk

Toh-te-mekw a place near the mouth of Redwood Creek

Toh-te-mekw a place at the south end of Freshwater Lagoon

toh-tet eagle

toht-kwo'n it is rigid

toh-toh kidney

toh-to-nos beetle

toh-to'r grasshopper

tok-see-mek' I admire, I respect

tok-toh be a certain size (round objects)

tok-too-pa'r drum

to-kues pelican

To-kues 'Wa-'aag a rock off the coast of Patrick's Point

tok-'o-lew coo (of a baby)

To-lokw Burnt Ranch

to-lo-we-chek' I speak Tolowa

to-lo-wehl Tolowa Indian

to-lo-woo-chek' I speak Tolowa

tom second element of compound numerals (round things)

to-meek' it is thick, it is deep, there is a lot of it (worms, ropes, etc.; fog, snow, etc.)

to-mek'w second element of compound numerals (worms, ropes, etc.)

to-mek'-wo'n second element of compound numerals (plants, etc.)

to-met second element of compound numerals (dentalium strings)

tom-kook' I do a certain amount of something

to-mok’ws the wind is coming from (a direction)

to-mo-lem' a certain amount of people were there

to-mo-nek'w water comes up on something a certain amount/distance

to-mo-ne-mek' I take all of them

to-mo-wey second element of compound numerals (boats)

to-mo-we'-lee' second element of compound numerals (houses)

to-mo-woh second element of compound numerals (round things)

to-mo-wo-hlek' I chatter

to-mo-wok's second element of compound numerals (flat things)

to-mo-yek' I am an adult, I am a particular age

to-mo-ye-wek' I pay a certain amount in wages

tom-se-wok' I catch a lot (while hunting or fishing)

to-muep' second element of compound numerals (sacks)

to-mue'r second element of compound numerals, trees, etc.

to-muue-le-sek' my load is a certain weight

ton-pe-we'hl it is showery

too cost, be so much in price

took-so'-wey-ye-tek' I hit (someone) in the face

too-le-che-wek' I go sideways

too-le-chook' I go sideways

too-lee-shook' I hit an animal to kill it

too-lee-shook' I hit an animal (to kill it); I make a barrier

too-lehl-ke-pek' I lie down across it (e.g. a path), I stretch myself around it

too-lek foul, get caught (rope, etc.)

too-le-kee-chook' I stretch a rope, etc., as a trap or barrier

too-le-keek' water flows over and obstacle

too-le-ko-mey-ye-tek' I put up a barrier

too-le-kook' I block a path (crosswise)

too-le-nek' I put up a wooden barrier crosswise

too-loh cheek, face

too-lop' it's gluey

too-me-chek' I carry (a heavy basket)

too-me-chook' I go around a certain distance

too-meek all sorts

too-me-ko-mee' (an amount) is scattered around

too-mek'-wo'n it is thick (plant, tree, etc.)

too-me-nee all sorts

too-me'-wey-yek' I have a broad face

too-moh be fat, (human beings) be thick (worms, ropes, etc.)

too-mok-see'hl it will be so much (a certain amount)

too-mok's it is thick (a certain amount), it is wide (a certain amount) (flat things, boats)

too-mo-neehl cost, be of value

too-mo-neehl-kwook' it costs me

too-moo fall down hard

too-mo-'o-pek' I am a certain height

too-mue-no-wok' I am a certain age

too-mue'-lo-ge'hl there is a lot of water

too-pe-tue'hl hit someone across the hand

too-pe'-wey run into something with the face

toop-sook' I slap

too-ra'r bar, be horizontal, bar (of gate, barrier)

too-ra'-ro-nek' I put up a stick as a barrier

too-re'-re-nek' I lay (something) across

too-re'-re-tek' I lay (something) across

too' be enough, be much

too'm be together, be in a group, all together

too'-mar friend, relative, relation

top-key-yek' I weigh a lot (intr. a particular weight)

tos child!

to-soh even if, even though, if

to-tos father

toy here

toy-kem camas (plant)

to' hip (body part), thigh

to' and, then, so

to'hl but

to'-hleesh-chee somehow

to'm-pey-yok' I eat a certain amount

to'mp-'aak' I own a lot

to-'o-na'r four (trees, etc.)

to-'o-nek' four (worms, ropes, etc.)

to-'o-nek'-wo'n four (plants, etc.)

to-'o-nep' four (sacks)

to-'o-net four (dentalium strings)

to-'o-ney four (boats)

to-'o-ne'-lee' there are four (houses)

to-'o-noh four (round things)

to-'o-nok's four (flat things)

to's question particle

to's then (subsequently)

to'-woh enough!

tpek-see' it is jammed with kelp or debris (as in a flood)

trah fetch water, carry water

trah-kok' I fetch water, I carry water

tre-ge-pah fish with a dip net, fish with a triangle net

tre-ge-pa' dip net

tre-ge-pe-tek' I fish with a dip net

tre-kwo-nue-mek' I take a sip

tre-wo-ruehl drip

tron-koh wild potato

tue-los aunt

tue-meech carrying basket

tue-me-kook' I do something fast

tue-merhl sea duck, lesser snow goose

tue-mo-noks tule (plant)

Tue-rep a town on the Klamath, up and across the river from Sa'ahl

tue' and, but

tue'-nee-kerhl weave strands together (e.g. to lengthen something)

tue'-nek' I put them together

tue'-neryk' there's a fork in a river

tuuek tail of fish, salmon tail

tuuep sword fern

tuuep-tuuep sword fern

tuuuep flying squirrel

twe-goh raccoon

Twehl-kar acorn grounds above the mouth of Srprh Creek

twek'-wo'n it is straight

twe-noh-sook' I pry up

twerr-nee'sh leaves turn in color

twerr-nee'sh spawning salmon

twer'-nee-lerp' it bucks (once, of a horse)

two-mo-lek' I am a good woman, I am well-behaved (of a girl)

two-nek' I am nice (of a girl)

tye'-wo-lok' I burn (trans.) (trash, brush, etc.)

tye'-wo-mehl corner (in the back of the house)

tyoh-pee-sho-no-wok' I am hateful

tyoh-pey-yok hate, dislike

tyoh-pey-yok-see-mek' I hate, I dislike

tyoh-pey-yok-see-shon hateful person

t'et-'o-yah quiver, scuffle

t'k'e-roh strike with the nail of the index finger, pressing it against the thumb and releasing it, thump

t'k'e-roh-sook' I thump, I strike with the nail of the index finger, pressing it against the thumb and releasing it

t'laa-kuehl cliff, steep cliff

t'laa-mok'ws it leaks

t'laa-so' cliff, drop off

t'la't'-la' drip, leak, drool

t'le-wo-luehl drip, waterfall

t'ohl-t'ohl mud, swampy ground

t'ohl-t'ohl nee 'e'-goh monkey flower

t'ohl-t'o-leehl be muddy, be swampy

t'oo-lo-wehl big clods of dirt

t'ot-'ohl sparks from a fire

t'p'ohl be sensible, come to one's senses, sense

t'p'ohl-kwek' I am sensible, I come to my senses

t'ro't-'et' an edible plant

t'ue-mee'n it is soft, it is tender, it is rotten

t'ue-no-wok' I grow (of a plant)

t'wey-ke-nek' I straighten it

t'wey-kwo'n it is straight

t'wey-yo-mah basket cap

t'we'nt'-we-noh pry up repeatedly, try to pry up repeatedly

t'yoy-kwo'n it is slippery

Waa-mok a hill near 'O Men

waa-neehl a bird or animal call (or other behavior) that foretells something (good or evil)

waa-neehl a bad vision, bad omen

waa-neehl-kue-mek' I have a bad dream of someone

waa-neehl-kwook' I have a bad dream of someone

waa'-sok-see-shon a pitiful sight/person

waa'-sok-see-sho-no-wok' I'm a pitiful sight

wah-kwehl perch (fish)

wah-kwe-la' poison oak

Wah-sekw a village on the Klamath, Martin's Ferry

wah-tey tossle in stick game

wa-'a-lee-ne-pek' I am apprehensive

wa-'a-pah lean (tr. and intr.)

wa-'aw floor

wa-'a-wor floor

wa's-'ee-sho-no-wok' I am pitiful, I am wretched

Wa's-'ey a village on the Klamath downriver from Merip

wa's-'ok pity

wa's-'ok-see-mek' I pity

wa's-'ok-see-shon object of pity

wa's-'oy be poor (not rich)

wa's-'o-yek' I am poor

wa's-'o-yo-wok' I am poor (not rich), I am ordinary

we-chew chinquapin nut

we-chew sea urchin

wech-kar marry into the same family (e.g. of one's deceased spouse)

wech-karp' marry into the same family (e.g. of one's deceased spouse, e.g. widow of brother, cousin, etc.)

wech-kek'w shortest length of dentalium shell

Wech-pek'w a spring at Wechpus

wech-pues confluence

Wech-pues Weitchpec (the town)

Wech-pues a point projecting from the north side of the river into the Klamath estuary

Wech-pues a place just a little upstream of Terperh where a ridge comes down

weech-kook' I exaggerate it, I overdo it

weeel wheel

weehl dream

weehl-kue-mek' I'm dreaming about someone

weehl-kwook' I dream, I dream of

week there

week-tue' inside

wee-na-'a-tew third finger, ring finger

weesh this one, that one

wee-shew be jet black

weesh-tue' and so, therefore, but

weet this, that, these, those, thus

wee-tee' this, that, these, those, thus

wee' this one, that one, here, there, thus

wee-'eeet this, that, these, those, that one, thus, there, then

wee-'ee-kee-nek' I stretch (trans.)

wee'shk'oh today, now

we-gaa-ney-yoo-chek' I foretell evil

we-gah be identical

we-gah dentalium shell, 2 1/8 inch

we-ga'-sok be unselfish

we-ga'-sok-see-mek' I am unselfish

We-gehl a small sea stack near Green Rock

we-ge-nek' I call, I name

we-ge-nok' I name

we-gog quarrel, argue

we-goh

we-goh go across by boat, someone who carries money settling disputes

we-go-le-pel quarrel, argue

wehl-chee ten times

we-hlee-chee ten times

wehl-ke-pee-nek' twist

Wehl-kwew a village across the river from Rek'woy

we-hlow ten

we-hlo-waa ten

we-hlo-waa-wak'-wo'n ten (plants, etc.)

we-hlo-waa-wey ten (boats)

we-hlo-waa-we'-lee ten (houses)

we-hlo-wak'w ten (worms, ropes, etc.)

we-hlo-wa-'o-moy ten (finger spans)

we-hlo-we-lek'w it forms a tiny branch

we-hlo-woyp' ten (growing things)

we-hlo-wo'r ten (trees, etc.)

we-hlo-wuerk ten days

wehl-pe-kee-nek' twist

wek this, that, these, those, thus, here

wel fat

we-lo-goo fat, animal fat, solid fat

we-lo-gooch soapstone, pitchy part of wood

we-lo-goohl-ke-mo-yek' I'm oily

we-lo-goohl-ke-pek I roll in oil

we-lo-gook' I am fat (like or of an animal)

we-lo-goo'-wey-yek' I am fat faced

wen-chokws woman

we-neephl shelled acorn, cleaned acorn, dried acorn

we-net-ko-lee'm fly to

we-nook' I come, I come along

we-no' come (of a boat)

we-no'-mee-ne-pek' I have a premonition, I am scared

we-no'-mo-nech-ke-nekw they float along

we-no'-mo-nekw it floats along

we-no'-mo-new float along

we-no-'o-chek' I go a certain distance (in a boat)

we-no-'o-me-chook' I walk along a certain distance

we-no-'o-mehl crawl by a certain spot

we-no-'o-mehl-ke-loy-pek' I crawl by a certain spot

we-no-'o-mehl-ke-pek' I crawl by a certain spot

we-no-'o-me-keek' water is up to a certain height (in an aquaduct)

we-no-'o-me-kook' I have made a certain amount of progress (working)

we-no-'o-mek' point at which another rib is added in a basket frame

we-no-'o-met-ko-lee'm fly

we-no-'o-met-kwe-loy-shook' this is as far as I've dragged it

we-no-'o-mew be carried in the mouth

we-no-'o-me-we-tek' I carry something in my mouth up to a certain distance

we-no-'o-mew-tek' I carry in the mouth

we-no-'o-me'hl it is a particular season, season

we-no-'o-mok-see'hl it is a particular season

we-no-'o-mo-lek' I fly (up to or past a certain point)

we-no-'o-mo-ne-mek' I've packed it (a certain distance)

we-no-'o-mo'r run

we-no-'o-mue-no-wok' I grow in (a particular) place

we-no-'o-mue-rek' I swim

we-no-'o-muue-le-sek' I'm up to a certain point with my load

we-no-'os give to me, bring to me

wen-tokws female (animal or bird)

werch-peet larva of the Jerusalem cricket, a character in creation stories

wer-gerh crossing place over water

wer-gers fox

werhl ten (body parts, streams, utensils, clothes)

wer-hler-wee' ten (body parts, streams, utensils, clothes)

wer-hler-wer-leesh be twiggy

wer-hler-wer-merysh ten (arm's lengths)

wer-hler-werr to-muep' ten (sacks)

wer-hler-werr-wer-pee' there are ten (tools, etc.)

wer-hler-werr-weryhl ten (animals and birds)

wer-hler-werr-wer'y ten (animals and birds)

wer-hler-werr-wok's ten (flat things)

wer-hler-weryhl ten (human beings)

wer-hler-wer-'eryhl ten (human beings)

wer-hler-wer-'er'y ten (animals and birds)

wer-hlery tail (of animal)

werhl-keehl kelp

werhl-perh stick game

werh-per-yerh cross a bridge, bridge

werh-per-yerk-sek' I cross by a bridge

werh-per-yerkw bridge, foot-log

werms worm, worms

wer-ner-'er-mer-cher-wek' I am a certain distance along in weaving

we-roch bachelor

werr body louse

werr-sek' I yell

wer-seep' braided trim on the front of a boat, made of hazel sticks

Wer-seep' 'UeSon sharp ridge

wer-serh navel

wer-ser-yehl they are thin (of cloth)

wers-kerh fishing platform; specifically, the horizontal beam(s) to stand on

wert-peet Jerusalem cricket

wert-pers leech

wery-ch'erk puppy

wery-ch'erks puppy

wer-yerch' it is done (a story)

wer-yer-kerhl end of brush dance, song, or story

wer-yerk'ws the wind stops blowing

wery-pue'r first part of a basket to be woven, beginning of basket

wer-'er-gery young person

wer-'er-ger-ye-chek' I go last

wer-'er-ger-yek' I am young

wer-'erh pillow

wer-'er' tree toad, tree frog

wer'-nerr Indian sandpaper, grows 2ft tall

wer't-nerr mare's tail, horse tail

wer'-t'e-reesh show-off

wer'-yers girl, small girl

we-sah bathe (intr.), wash oneself

we-sah-chek' I wash, I bathe (trans.)

we-sahch-pe-wek' I bathe someone else

we-see-neek' what!, how!, how terrible!, awful!, wretched!

we-se-pek' I bathe myself, I wash myself

wes-ke-lok braid up one's hair

we-so-mot bow (for arrows)

we-wo-lon noise in the air, high piercing hollow windy sound (bad omen)

wey be closed, come to an end, be finished

wey-yet Wiyot Indian

wey-yew be woven, be finished (of baskets)

wey-ye-we-tek' I weave, I finish (baskets)

wey-ke-pek' I stretch

wey-ko-mok' I finish, I lay down (regulations)

wey-kook' I finish, I lay down (regulations), I end, I stop, I am done, I wean (a child)

wey-yok-seep Labrador tea

wey-yok-sek' I am poisoned, I have cancer

wey-yo-me-nehl they copulate

wey-yo-nah female (animal or bird)

wey-yo-'o-pe-wek' I finish making acorn soup, I finish cooking with hot rocks

wey-yo'r stop running

wey-pe-gar there is an epidemic

wey-yuuem salmon net (held by canoes), fishing line, with rock sinker, thrown from ocean rocks to catch perch, rockfish, and eels

we'-gey stretch (intr.)

we'-not wing

we'y this, that, these, those, this one

we'-ye-kee'n it stretches

we'-ye-sek' I buy a bride

we'yhl-kem mountain beaver

we'yk-'oh today, now

we'-yon teenage girl, young woman

we'-yo-ne-sek' I offer a bride price, I purchase a bride

we'-yo-noh bride price

we'-yo-no' teenage girls, young women

wo past time

wo-gee middle, in the middle

wo-ge-le-pe-lek' I argue

wo-go-le-pew argue, be arguing, growling

wo-go-ruep' plant whose leaves are used for wrapping fish

Wo-gow Pecwan (Creek) middle ridge

woh-ke-lo' pepperwood

Woh-ke-lo' 'O Tep the big ridge downriver of the Requa Inn

Woh-ke-ro' a village on the Klamath, downriver from Wohtekw

Woh-ke'l a town on the Klamath, acroos from Ho'p'ew

wo-hlee recently, just now, just then

wohl-ke-chee' it is morning

wohl-kekw roof

wo-hluer girl dancer at the Fish Dam ceremony

woh-pe-chek' I go across by boat

woh-pe-chook' I cross a stream by boat

woh-pee island

Woh-pee 'O'l a sand spit at the Klamath mouth

Woh-pee 'O'l the island at the mouth of Hunter's Creek, also called Pekwtehl

woh-pe-ko-mey-ye-tek' I put someone/something across

Woh-pe-kue-mew a god

Woh-pe-kue-mew 'ue-me-sew pink honeysuckle

Woh-pe-kue-mew 'we-no-'oy lady's-slipper, calypso orchid

Woh-pe-kue-mew 'we-no-'oy se-gon pitcher plant

woh-pekw across the sea, west

Woh-pek'-wue-mew 'ue-mer'-p'erhl chickadee

woh-pe-nek' I cross it over

woh-pew across the sea, west

woh-pewk "the direction about at right angles to the course of the lower Klamath, or roughly southwest", across the sea, west

woh-pey-ya'r span (of a bridge)

woh-pey-ye-chek' I take something across

woh-pey-yehl-ke-pek' I span a small stream with my body

woh-pey-yek' I cross

woh-pey-yewkw-sek' I put things in a stream to walk across on

woh-pey-yok’s it spans (as in a bridge over water)

woh-pey-yo-lee-mek' I cross a stream (wading)

woh-pey-yo-nek'w it drifts across, overnight

woh-pey-yo-ne-mek' I carry across

woh-pey-yoo-tek’ I tow something across a body of water

woh-pey-yo'-re-pek' I run across a shallow stream

woh-pey-yue-rek' I swim across

woh-pey-yuue-le-sek' I carry a load across

woh-pue into water

woh-puek into water

woh-pue-nee-ka' sea otter

woh-pue-rek' I swim across

Woh-tekw a large village on the Klamath, downriver from Ko 'O Tep

Woh-toy place in Hoopa Valley

wok he, she, it, here, there

wo-ken somewhere

Wo-ke-tel a small homesite on the Klamath, across from 'O Skrwich

wok-hlew be glad, thank you, thanks, I give thanks, I am grateful

Wok-sey a resting place on the old trail, north of Trinidad

wo-lo-ye-wehl dogs bark in the distance

wo-lo-yuehl dogs bark in the distance

won elsewhere, differently, wrongly

won up, above

wo-neek upward

wo-neek 'we-le-goo jump dance

wo-ne-kuek up, above, on

wo-nekw up, above, uphill (from the river)

wo-nep' hill

wo-new above, overhead, in the mountains, higher, in the hills

wo-news-leg moon, sun

wo-news-le-pah rainbow

won-kew leached acorns, leaching acorns

won-ke-wek' I leach acorns, I make bread

wo-no-ye-'eek in the sky, up in the middle of the sky

wo-no-yoo up, high up

wo-nue up, above, over, on top of

wo-nue 'we-laa-ye-kah rainbow

wo-nue-kuek above, overhead

woo in the middle

woo-geen someone else, something else, other(s), another

woo-gehl tall mountain

Woo-gehl 'O Te-po'n a hill near 'O Men

woo-gen somewhere

wook morning, dawn, be morning

woo-les shelled (unground) acorn

woo-lew spawn or eggs of several fish, sturgeon eggs, sturgeon roe

woo-lon acorn paste, acorn dough, leached acorns

Woo-mech an open hillside 2 miles south of Split Rock

woo-mehl acorns (generic), acorns (as gathered, in shell)

woop' out in the water (of an island, etc.)

woop-'ee out in the water (of an island, etc.)

woop-'eek out in the water (of an island, etc.)

woo-rew spawn or eggs of one fish, salmon roe

wooyhl all night, overnight

wor mode of address by a man to his wife

Wo-rew White Rock

wor-me'y spinster, unmarried elderly lady

wor-me'y 'we-cheee-shep' escholtzia

wo-ro-cheen bachelor

wo-rue overhead, on the surface

wos wash (clothes, etc.)

wos-chor curse word

wos-ke-wek' I wash (clothes, etc.)

wos-key-yek' I wash (clothes)

woy strangely

woy-chook' I am away at night

wo-yehl-ke-pek' I lie there overnight

wo-ye-keek' the water flows overnight

wo-ye-ko-yo' the water flows overnight

woy-ke-chook' I stay overnight (away from home)

woy-ke-nek'w it floats overnight, clouds float by

woyk' it's coiled, draped over something

wo-yo-ne-mek' I keep something overnight

wo-yo-new-kwek' I soak it overnight

wo-yo'-re-pek' I run all night

woy-pee-nek'w it's in water overnight

woy-pee-new-kwek' I am in water overnight

wo' he, she, it

wo' shelled acorn

wo-'eek inside

wo'hl they

wo'hl-koh they

wo'-ke-gep cricket

wo'n thither

wo'-nee present or contemporaneous time

wo-'o-mehl shelled acorn

wo-'oohl like him, with him

wo-'oot he, she, it, this, that, those

wo'p-'eg gall

Wr'er-gerw a place near Nohchkuh

yaa oh!

yaha ah!

ya-'a-le-chek' I take across, I ferry across

ya-'a-lek' I am taken across, I am ferried across

ya-'a-lo-mo-yek' I am taken across, I am ferried across

ye-goh-pe-che-wek' I mold something round with my hands

ye-goh-pe-chook' I walk in circles

ye-goh-pee-ne-pek' I have a spinning headache

ye-goh-pehl an angleworm keeps stretching; someone crawls in a circle

ye-goh-pehl-ke-loy-pek' I (an angleworm) keep stretching; I crawl in a circle

ye-goh-pehl-ke-pek' I (an angleworm) keep stretching; I crawl in a circle

ye-goh-pe-keek' it (rope) is coiled

ye-goh-pe-ko-yo' water flows around and around

ye-goh-pe-ne-kwek’ I spin around in circles (in the water, after getting knocked out of a boat)

ye-goh-pe-nek' I bend/roll something around

ye-goh-poyk' it's circled with string/rope

ye-goh-po'-rek' I run in a circle

ye-goh-pue-rek' I swim in a circle

ye-goh-sook' I squeeze, I press

ye-gom mountain quail

ye-go' it's twilight, the sun goes down

ye-gue-'ueh ferryman

yehoh-pe-nek'w it drifts around in circles

Yekw-cheen Cone Rock, a sea stack south of Patrick's Point

ye-kwoh fold

ye-kwoh-sook' I bend (something), I fold

ye-kwo-nehl a bend in a road

ye-kwo'n it is bent, it is folded

yerh-perh be round

yerr-gern spoon (for men, made of wood)

yerr-merk's it is crooked

yerr-pee-nek' I strain (through a strainer)

yerrs mosquito larva

yeryk' it seeps out (liquid)

yer' abalone shell, haliotis

yer-'eek' it sweats (a clay container)

yer-'er-mer-chek' I dive

yer-'er-ner' abalone shell, haliotis

yer'-wer-merk'ws the wind dies away (as in the less of a point)

ye-wo-ne-mek' I put someone in a seated/bent position (e.g. if they are hurt, unconscious)

ye-wo'hl there is an earthquake

ye'-go-ye-goh squeeze repeatedly

ye'w the sun sets

ye'-we-chook' I get out of sight, I disappear

ye'-wehl-ke-pek' I struggle up from my knees (wrestling)

ye'-wo-me-chook' I get out of sight

ye'-wo-me-keek' a stream goes out of sight (around a bend)

ye'-wo-me-ko-yo' the water seeps out of sight, disappears

ye'-wo-me-nek' I shove something out of sight

ye'-wo-me'y the sun sets

ye'-wo-mo-nek'w it's submerged

ye'-wo-moo-gech' the sound fades away

ye'-wo-moyk' it's a small leaky puddle made by rain on dry soil

ye'-wo-mo'-re-pek' I run out of sight

ye'-wo-mue-rek' I submerge, swim under water

ye'-wo-muue-le-sek' I carry a load out of sight

ye'-wo-ne-mek' I put someone in a bent/sitting position

yoh here, there

yoh-che-nek' I pick it, I choose it

yoh-pe-chook' I walk around, I turn around, I go around in a circle

yoh-pee-nek' I milk it

yoh-pe-ko-mey-ye-tek' I carry it clear around

yoh-pe-nee all around, everywhere

yoh-pe-nek' I go around, I turn (something) around

yoh-pe-nek'w it drifts in a circle

yoh-pe-no'y s/he milks a cow

yoh-pe-tek' I circle around

yoh-pewkw-took' I dig clear around (e.g., a foundation)

yoh-pey-yor' run clear around

yoh-poh turn around (intr.)

yoh-po-lek' I fly in a circle

yoh-poo-tek’ I spin around and throw (like a discus)

yoh-po-'op' it burns in a circle

yoh-po'-re-pek' I run around (something)

Yoh-tar a town on the Klamath, across and downriver from Sregon

yok he, she, it, here, there

yok-mo-kee around, here and there

yo-nee-kwo' become sprained

yoo-me'l it is bent

yos here, there

yo' he, she, it, here, there

yo'hl-koh they

yo'-ko'-nee around

yo-'o-me-chek' I go around

yo-'o-mue-rek' I dive (from the surface of the water)

yo-'oot he, she, it

yuen-taat upstream brace supporting a fishing platform

yue-sek' I use

yue' there

yue'-mo-ne-kwek' I sink, I am mired (e.g. in mud)

yue'-mo-new be mired (e.g. in mud), be stuck

yue-'ueh take across (habitually), ferry across (habitually)

yue-'ueh-pe-chek' I take across (habitually), I ferry across (habitually)

yue-'ue-mo-lo-yek' I am taken across (by a ferryman), I am ferried across (by a ferryman)

Yuuehl-pech Pilot Rock

yuue-lom steep

yuue-lo-mo-chek' I steep

'aa-moh sea eel

'aa-wok alas!, poor thing!

'ah urinate, piss (of men)

'ah-ke-choyp' thorn, prickle

'ah-ke-choyp' 'wer-nerh blackberry

'ah-ke-choyp-'ehl mass of briar bushes

'ah-kek' I urinate, I piss (of men)

'ahs-pah be given food or drink

'ahs-pek' I drink

'Ahspek' 'O Skuue' a spring near 'O Men

'ahs-pey-yok' I taste a liquid

'ahs-pey-yue'r soup

'ahs-pue'm drink

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

'ah-te-mar terkw carved dentalium shell

'ah-te-mar-kook' I write, I draw

'ai-ye-kwee' alas!, I am sorry, a formal salutation of departure, formerly used "chiefly as farewell to the dead, etc.", hello!, long for, miss

'ap past time

'a-po-to' but

'as-pey-yuer' soup

'Ayoohl a village up from Blue Creek where it joins the Klamath

'ech-kwoh sea lion

'Echkwoh K'ue-'ueh a place on the coast by Wehlkwew, near two rocks, formerly a freshwater pond

'Echkwoh 'O Kme-goyhl a rock in the ocean a little ways from shore

'Echkwoh 'O K'uue small spring-fed creek south of the Klamath mouth

'ee yes

'ee locative

'eee yes

'eeey yes

'eeh ugh!

'ee-kee subsequent occurence, all

'ee-ko'l always

'ee-mee negative

'ee-mok-sue emphatic negative

'ee-nee comparative degree, always

'ee-nes-kue-nee gradually

'ee-noh grunt

'ee-nue also

'eesh-kuue gradually

'eey yes

'ee-yah oh!

'ee-'ee-kew hold something in the mouth

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

'ee-'ee'-ger-per-yue-mek' I am a tell-tale

'ee'n nudge

'ee'np-'ee-nek' I nudge, I hurt (someone's) feelings

'e-gaa ouch

'e-goo-lee-no-'ohl bed

'ehl maybe, probably

'ehl-kehl clay

'e-kah hat, cap

'e-kah-por capful (of dentalium money, etc.)

'e-kah-po-rek' I put my hat on

'e-ka'r necklace

'e-keek' the blood coagulates

'e-keks cluster

'e-kek-'o-lehl-kook' I have strong legs

'e-kek-'o-rehl have strong legs

'e-ke-nek' I watch (a baby, etc.)

'e-ke-nek'w it's lodged floating

'e-ke-ro-mo-yek' I have a ring around the neck

'e-ket tie up

'e-ket-kwe-lek' I tie up

'e-ket-kwe-look' I tie up

'e-ke-we-tek' I hold something in my mouth

'e-ke-wo-loy bite and hang on

'e-koh hold onto, grasp

'e-ko-lek' I hover

'e-ko-ne-mek' I hold, I keep

'e-ko-ne-pek' I hold on to, I hang on to, I hold myself back

'e-ko-nor keep, keep safe, look after

'e-ko-nor-kwok' I keep safe (used of the spirits in regard to men)

'e-kor be a warrior, be on the warpath, murder

'e-ko-rehl become unstable, become frail

'e-ko-re-hlek' I become unstable, I become frail

'e-ko-rek' I am a warrior, I am on the warpath, I murder

'e-ko-yop' it is pliable, it is flexible, it is sticky, it is gummy

'ek-sook' I shut, I close

'ek-soo-me-lek' they close the door on me

'ek-soo-tok' I close the door on her or him

'ek-so' door

'ekw just, exactly

'e-kwehl be afraid

'e-kwehl-pe-lek' I am afraid

'e-kwehl-pe-nee scary, frightening

'e-kwehl-pey-yek' I am afraid

'ek-'e'-ro-pek' I turn on the light

'ek-'e'-ro' light, lamp, light

'e-la past time

'e-lee'-wey-yek' I am stupid

'e-lekw I don't know, just, exactly

'e-lew hang (trans.)

'e-le-we-tek' I hang (something) up

'e-le-wo-leesh hang

'e-le-wo-lee-shook' I hang (something)

'e-lo-me-kehl unbraid

'e-lo-men unravel, unwind, untie, unstrap, take stitches out

'e-lo-me-nek' I unravel, I unwind, I untie, I unstrap, I take stitches out

'e-lo-me-ne-tek' I unravel, I unwind, I untie, I unstrap, I take stitches out

'e-lo-me-tue'hl pry someone's fingers apart, as when concealing something

'e-lo-mew unwind (trans.), unwrap, untie

'e-lo-me-we-tek' I unlace/unravel/unstrap it, unwind it (weaving)

'e-lo-me'y unwind (trans.), unravel (trans.), untie

'e-ma past time

'e-me past time

'Emech a rock near the mouth of 'Emech 'We-Roy, also called 'Emonekw

'Emech Soh the summit above 'Emech

'Emech 'WeRoy a creek near the Del Norte County line, also called 'Emonekw 'We-Roy

'e-mee negative

'e-mehl circumstantial

'em-kee then, thenceforth

'Emo-nekw a rock near the mouth of 'Emech 'We-Roy, also called 'Emech

'Emo-nekw 'WeRoy a creek near the Del Norte County line, also called 'Emech 'We-Roy

'em-see and, then

'en-cho' maybe

'e-nee all over

'Enek' Amikiaram, downriver from Sewew, before Salmon River meets the Klamath, in Karuk territory

'e-nue-mee exactly, just as

'Enue-mew a promontory at Rocky Point

'e-pook' I am choked

'ep-'ehl if, should

'Er Hler-gerh False Klamath Rock

'Er Lee-'eek a fishing ground under Kohsew

'Er Lee-'eek a fishing ground under 'O Lego'

'Er Lee-'eek a small promontory near Wilson Creek

'Er Se-ger' a flat near Weitchpec at the mouth of the Trinity River

'e-rew hang (trans.)

'e-re-wo-reesh hang

'e-re-wo-ree-shook' I hang (trans.)

'er-gerh-kerhl open mouth

'erhl-kerh female dog, bitch

'er-kerh fish with a net, fishing net

'Erkerh 'O Tep a knoll near Requa where there was fishing

'er-kert button up, button

'er-kert-kwook' I button up

'er-ker-yerh give someone a dirty look

'er-ker-yerh-sek' I glare angrily (at someone)

'er-ker-yer-nerw float in water

'er-ker-yerp' flow slowly, of something thicker than water (e.g. blood, slime)

'er-kery-shek' I urinate

'er-ker'y it (fish) is motionless in water, it is finning to stay in one place

'er-ler-mer-kerhl untie (trans.), unwind (intr.)

'er-ler-mer-kerhl-kee-nek' you untie a knot, unlace it

'er-ler-mew unravel (trans.)

'ern-cherh abalone shell

'Ernerr' a village at Blue Creek where it joins the Klamath

'Ernerr' 'WeRoy Blue Creek

'er-pek' I tell

'er-per-yerw tell, be told

'er-per-yue-mek' I tell news, I tell someone

'erp-ker'-yek' I choke from smoking

'erp-lers apple

'Errhl Lake Earl

'err-kerhl knee

'err-werh grass

'ert-kweesh get stuck together, of animals mating

'er-wern salmonberry

'er-wer-ner' salmonberry bush

'er'-gerh yawn

'er'-gerp tell, story

'er'-gerrch sweathouse

'er'-gerrk sweathouse, prayer house

'es stresses the preceding word

'e-see past time, and

'es-kew turtle (large)

'Espew a village on the coast between Redwood Creek and the Klamath

'Espew 'O Ket-'ue'l the lagoon at 'Espew

'e-waa salmonberry bush

'Ewo-lek' a place on the Klamath between Merip and Kenek

'e-wom slug

'ew-poh Pacific Ocean, salt water

'Ewpoh Kep-'ehl the site of a hole where a bird lived in a creation story

'ey yes

'Eyrkey Upper Bluffs, north of Squashan Creek

'eysh yes

'e'-gah eat in a group, have a meal, meal

'e'-gohl-pey eat from habitually

'e'-gol call (of a bird), hoot

'e'-go-mee-moh speak Hupa

'e'-goo bed

'E'goo a beach north of Trinidad Head

'e'-goo-lee-no-'ohl bed

'e'-goo' grow (of plants, in a habitat)

'e'-gor walk in a position relative to others

'e'-guue'r a carrying case of ordinary folded deerskin, basket used in jump dance, medicine basket

'e'-guue'r 'wes-'o-nah uterus

'E'np'ueh a redwood grove on the Klamath at the mouth of Bear Creek

'E'np'ueh 'WeRoy Bear Creek

'lahp-sew openwork basket plate for eating salmon, flat basket, plate

'le-po-ye-we-tek' I unbraid my hair

'lep-soyhl nap of fur or fabric

'lep-suen down

'lep-toyhl hair

'Lep-toyhl 'O Pkwe-gech a reef north of Churey

'lue-mon eel trap, eel basket

'naa-wech my back (body part)

'nah-pe-mew my mate, my spouse

'nah-pew my wife

'neephl my tongue

'ne-gah-pew my ex-wife, my (still living) former wife

'nek-chuem my nephew

'ne-kwol my fishing rock, my claim, my title, my fishing place

'nerp-'er'n my nose

'nerp-'er'n 'we-toh-pew my nostril

'new my name

'ne-wo-lek' I am named, my name

'nar my girlfriend, my boyfriend, my lover, my sweetheart, my friend of opposite sex

'nar-kow my armpit

'nar-pehl my tooth, my teeth

'ne-che-kos my mother

'nech-kah my foot

'nech-kar my deceased brother's widow, my deceased sister's widower, my ex-sibling-in-law

'nech-newk'-wos my son-in-law

'ne-choch my more distant relative

'ne-cho-chos my more distant relative

'ne-keek my hips

'ne-ke-so-me-wet my left (hand, side, etc.)

'ne-kwaa my relative by marriage, my distant relative by marriage

'ne-kwen my chest (body part)

'nek-'ep'-ch'em my daughter-in-law

'ne-leen my eye(s), my glasses, my eyeglasses

'ne-let my sister, my female cousin (of a woman)

'ne-le'y my brother (of a woman)

'ne-luehl my mouth

'ne-merm my son

'ne-me'y my daughter

'ne-nah my property, my belongings

'ne-ne-ko-me-wet my right (hand, side, etc.)

'ne-nos my husband

'ne-paa my brother (of a man)

'ne-pe-wek' I'm in on a feast

'nep-sech my father

'ne-res my girlfriend, my boyfriend, my lover, my sweetheart, my friend of opposite sex

'ne-ro-mech my niece

'ne-sen my arm

'ne-so-mot my bow

'nes-'o-wech my enemy

'ne-wey my sister (of a man), my female cousin (of a man)

'ne-wey-yech my sister (of a man), my female cousin (of a man)

'ney-yaa-'eek me (locative), us (locative)

'ney-yah my stomach, my belly

'ney-kew my younger sibling, my younger sister

'ney-kwet my penis (usually of a prepubescent boy)

'ne'hl-p'ehl my eyelash

'ne'-moo my married daughter

'ne'-rep' my eyebrow

'no-'oh for me, for us

'noo-yohl come from a place, be of the family of a place

'o locative, locative, than

'o chaahl sandy beach

'O Chaahl a village site on the Klamath

'O Chaahl 'WeRe-pokw a place

'O Che-por a settlement on the Klamath, near Bluff Creek

'O Chep' a village on the Klamath right across from Tulley Creek

'O Chew a fishing place on the Klamath, north of Kenek

'O Chne-pew small sea stack near the mouth of the Klamath River

'O Chpeeer a rock directly upslope of 'O Regos, where they used to shoot marks with arrows

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

'O Hler-ger' a village west of the junction of the Trinity and the Klamath

'o hlmey-yehl a scary place

'O Kaa a mountain above the Klamath

'O Kaa 'O Ket-'ue'l a lake on 'O Kaa

'O Ke-gep a spring near 'O Men 'We Roy, a sea-stack near Elk Point, north of Churey

'O Ke-get-'oh a place on the sandbar by Big Lagoon

'O Ke-gey Goat Rock (a ridge between Stone Lagoon and Big Lagoon)

'O Ke-ge'y mountain by Freshwater Lagoon

'o ker-gery feather camp, dress camp (in Jump Dance)

'O Ket-'oh Big Lagoon, a town on Big Lagoon

'O Ket-'ue'l Big Lagoon

'O Kne-get a large sea-stack just south of the mouth of the Klamath, Flint Rock Head (a conspicuous promontory south of the mouth of the Klamath), a crag on a cliff at the north of Patrick's Point, a rock in the ocean near the mouth of Luffenholtz Creek

'O Knue'l the lowest part of the Hoopa Valley

'o kwe-ge-cheep' a gesture with spread hand and fingers, spread-hand or spread-finger basket design

'O Kwe-ges sand dunes south of the mouth of Little River

'O Kwe-goh 'O Ket-'oh a small lake near 'O Men

'O Kwe-goo a place on the trail, 2 miles south of Wilson Creek

'O Lee-ken a sandbar on the Klamath near Stoowen

'O Lee-'ee-ken Lamb's Riffle

'O Le-gew a place on the east side of Trinidad Head

'O Le-go' a place on the Klamath across from Wa's'ey

'O Le'n a sea stack south in the ocean south of Big Lagoon

'O Loo-wehl promontory upcoast of the mouth of the Klamath River, mouth of Terwer Creek

'O Lo-wehl a place on the Klamath

'O Luuep a flat area near Trinidad

'O Meee rock below Kootep on turn/bend

'O Men a town along the coast north of Rek'woy

'O Men Hee-puer a village north of 'O Men

'O Men Per-werh a place south of 'O Men

'O Men 'WeRoy Wilson Creek

'O Me-nok a place on the Klamath, downriver from Ho'p'ew

'O Mer-gern Rocky Point

'O Ne-ge-cheekw a camp on the hillside above the old trail, just north of Mill Creek

'O Ne-goo a promontory in False Klamath Cove

'o pe-gar ranch (place where Indians live)

'O Pe-geesh a beach north of 'Espew

'O Pe-gee' a beach north of 'Espew

'O Pe-gee-'eeh a nearly submerged rock near Elk Point (also called 'O Pegee'eeyem')

'O Pe-gee-'ee-yem' a nearly submerged rock near Elk Point (also called 'O Pegee'eeh)

'O Pe-ge-mue' a cooking place

'O Pe-goohl a place south of Chahpekw

'O Per-ger' the mouth of Red Cap Creek

'O Per-merk a beach of blue basalt pebbles just south of Patrick's Point

'O Pkwe-goo a place near 'O Men

'O Pkwe-goo a place 4 miles east of Squashan Creek

'O Ple-goh a Hupa town (Ta'k'yimił-diŋ "where they stir acorn mush")

'O Puue'-wet' a place on the Klamath near Pekwon

'O Pyuue-weg a village on the south shore of Big Lagoon

'O Re-gos Tucker Rock (a rock at the mouth of the Klamath River)

'O Rew a fishing place across from Weitchpec, where the current formerly struck the south shore

'O Rew a bank downstream of 'Ernr'

'O Rew a camp-site or town on Redwood Creek, about 4 miles from the coast, just before Chilula land

'O Rew a rock in Karuk territory

'O Rew confluence of Hunter's Creek and another Creek

'O Re-wok a hill south of Wilson Creek

'O Ruue a meadow in the area of Sregon

'O Sche-gep' the boat landing at Rek'woy

'O Sche-gep' a reddish cliff north(west) of the mouth of the Klamath

'O Sche-gep' a site with house-pits somewhere north of Stone Lagoon

'O Sche-gep' a rock by the landing spot at Churey

'O Sche-gep' a beach north of 'O Segen

'O Sche-kwe-nee Wes-'o-nah the end of the sky

'O See-yoh a slide of mud, clay, and gravel south of 'O Segen

'O Se-geesh a flat area along the Klamath near Wohkero'

'O Se-gen a village on the coast between 'Espew and the mouth of the Klamath

'O Se-gen Soh the summit above 'O Segen

'O Se-gen 'WeRoy a creek at 'O Segen

'O Se-ge-nuuem' a place on the sand bar near Stone Lagoon

'O Ser-perh Butler Creek

'O Shyer-gerysh near Elk Point, "a sea rock, with two points"

'O Sker-weech a home site on the Klamath upriver from Merip, across from Woketel

'o sle-gaa dump, garbage heap

'O Sle-goych a place where a trail descends, a declivity

'o slookw downhill

'O Slookw a site on the northeast shore of Big Lagoon

'O Slookw a place one mile up the Trinity from Weitchpec

'O Suue-kwehl a rock on the shore just north of Big Lagoon

'O Swer-gert a snaring place south of the southern Del Norte County line

'O Te-gah cliff near Squashan Creek

'O Te-guuekw a flat rock near Pekwon on the south side of the Klamath

'O Ter-gerp a creek near False Klamath Cove

'O Tkerr a resting place on the trail north of Mill Creek

'O Tlep place on Redwood Creek where there was a dam

'O Tle-pew place in Chulula country

'O Tlew a place where a little creek falls all the way to the beach, north of Squashan Creek

'O Tlew a place where there is a small waterfall, north of Elk Point

'O Tme-kwor a village at the north end of Redwood Lagoon

'O Toh-pew a natural archway under Krrnit 'Wo-'O'l (Little Trinidad Head)

'O Tuuer Cleveland Riffle

'O Twe-goh a draw upriver from Welhkwew, at the mouth of the Klamath

'O Twe-go' a place where a canoe could go through at high tide

'O Twe-go' 'WeRoy a creek

'O Wa-'ar a sea stack at Rocky Point

'O We-gehl an acorn ground up Wilson Creek

'O Wey-yek a point where the cliffs get low at the south end of Big Lagoon

'O Yoh a hillside north of Wilson Creek

'och at the present time

'o-chek' I sneeze

'och-kaa at the present time, now, presently

'och-keech recent past time

'o-cho-mek' I sneeze

'o-cho-mok' I sneeze

'oh-chek' I give you

'oh-chos line(s) tying the vertical poles of an 'erkerh net to a tree or other anchor on land

'ohl-kuem of course, you're welcome

'ohl-kue-mee because

'ohl-pey-yok' I eat from, I bite

'oh-pe-lek' I am given

'Ohpoh flat land by Ahpah Creek

'oh-pok be poisoned, poison

'oh-pok-see-mek' I poison (someone)

'oh-pok-sek' I am choking

'oh-pook' I am choking

'oh-pos king salmon

'oh-pue-mek' I feed

'oh-pue-mew be fed

'Ohtar village on the north side of the Klamath

'oh-to-yek' I have my feelings hurt

'o-lo-ne-mek' I carry

'o-lo-new lie in water, float

'o-lo-new-kwek' I lie in water, I float

'o-lo-ye'w it calls (e.g. of a bird), it hoots, it makes a noise, it squeaks (e.g. of a bed)

'o-lo-yo-ke'l larynx, vocal chords, throat

'o-lue-leek'w lumps in acorn soup from lightly stirring

'o-mee-moh speak Hupa

'o-mee-mos Hupa Indian

'Omee-mos 'WerNerh a large hill north of 'O Segen where the old trail went

'o-mo-kee in return

'o-mo-'oh lie down (of animals)

'on-ches bracelet

'on-chook' I paddle in a particular place, as in a formation

'o-no-peech sea pigeon, small seagull

'oo yes

'oohl person, people, Indian, Yurok Indian

'oohl soo 'we-toh Indian language

'Oohl 'O Chyuue a cliff overlooking the Klamath River

'oohl 'we-cheeek Indian money

'oohl 'we-nah-ko' split plank(s)

'oohl 'we-'e-kah Indian cap

'ook' I am, I exist, I am born

'oo-lee-nek' I lie down

'Oo-lekw acorn grounds on the Klamath, across from Heyomew

'oo-le-kwehl people, world, the human world

'oo-le-kwek' I camp

'oo-le-kwoh people

'oo-lew camp

'oo-le'w be, stay, exist (things)

'oo-lo' stand (in a location), live

'oo-lo-'oh stand (in a location), live

'oo-lo-'o-pek' I stand (in a location)

'oo' be, exist

'oo'r run behind or in front of someone else

'oo'-re-pek' I run behind or in front of someone else

'o-reen court a woman

'o-rey-yek' I borrow, I owe (money)

'o-ro-gech' s/he walks (in relation to someone else)

'o-ro-gook' I walk in a position relative to someone else (I follow, etc.)

'o-ro-ye-wek' I am in debt

'or-pet duck blind

'os-reer there is a noise

'o-teesh foot (measure)

'o-toy an edible bulb

'o-wook tomorrow, the next day

'o-wook-paa the day after tomorrow

'o-yeee hey!, hello!, oh!

'oyhl lie (down)

'oyhl-ke-sek' I lie (down)

'o-yuue-kwee' hey!, hello!, oh!

'o' give

'o'-lehl house, home

'O'lehl a home site across from Kenek

'o'-lehl he-goh house builder

'o'-lehl 'we-soh-chee roof

'o'-lep house, inside of house

'o'-lo-mah house, enter!, come in!

'o'-lo-mehl house

'o'-look' I live at, I inhabit, I stay living at

'o'-loo-lekw village

'o'-loo-le-kweesh 'on name of a female spirit, Sky Woman

'o'-loo-le-kweesh 'o'l people

'o'-lo-wook' I give (usually food)

'o'r it is the first sliver of the new moon

'O'rekw mouth of Redwood Creek, a village to the south of Redwood Lagoon (Orick)

'O'rekw 'WeRoy Redwood Creek

'o'-ro-wee' dove, mourning dove, lizard

'o'y or

'rue-mee-chekws "a nearly spherical basket in openwork, usually neatly made, and serving to hold sinew, awls, spoons, and small odds and ends", basket with handles, picnic basket

'UKwe-won the beach between Trinidad Head and Little Trinidad Head

'ue past time

'ue-ko-ko'-ya' up and down design on baskets

'uek-'eer-'ue' salmonberry juice

'uek-'e'-go' magic sparks conjured up through prayers (an evil omen)

'ue-ma past time

'ue-ma-'ah devil, Indian devil

'ue-me-gehl-ko-yek' I am pleased

'Ue-me-woo Hunter's Creek or one of its branches

'ue-me'-woo river

'ue-puer raised ridge round basket

'uep-'erh backbone, string, spinal cord