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k'iłiwh • small round cake made from ground grass seeds (archaic term) • noun • Semantic domain: food
'a'dilaw he fixed himself up
'a'diłchwe he or she is training (to be a doctor)
'a'diwiłwul-e:-te he will shake himself along
'a'k'iwile:l he keeps doing so
'a'niwiłchwo'n she got to be pretty
'a:- thus, in this way
'a:'iłdahs-ts'eh he felt heavy
'a:ch'o:ne he thinks so
'a:da:-k'ił'e:n typewriter; computer
'a:da:-nahł'its automobile, train
'a:da:-nayk'iłxut' sewing machine
'a:de'k'iwimilil she keeps throwing water against herself
'a:de'ts grasshopper
'a:de'xołkit she caught him against herself
'a:dich'owhte I am bashful
'a:dileh fix yourself up!
'a:dił'e:n I fix myself up, get dressed up (for a ceremony)
'a:dił-na:k'iłtul bicycle
'a:dima:nch'ing'-na'xine:wh the medicine man in a corpse purification ritual
'a:dina:k'ischwe'n he put something away for himself (for the winter)
'a:dino:sehł heat penetrates into oneself
'a:disawhchwit I put my finger into my throat
'a:disch ant
'a:dite:sehłtsit' I cut off my hair
'a:diwa:na:ya'nde'iliwh they take it (regalia) off themselves again
'a:diwa:nung'diwichwilił-te she will rub herself
'a:diwine' it's been said
'a:diwun'diwiłwa:tł' she threw it (her cap) off of herself
'a:diwung-na:niwhda'ay I'm calling it (e.g., dog) back
'a:diwung-xwe:lik I told about myself
'a:dixa'niwidya'n he became ashamed
'a:dixa:whdiya:n I'm ashamed
'a:jiw' "tan-oak" mushroom
'a:jiw'-michwo yellow fungus on the ground. (Appears on the ground before mushrooms sprout.)
'a:k'idiwhlaw I'm treated thus, things (unexpectedly) happen to me
'a:k'idyaw what has happened
'a:k'ileh mark it! write!
'a:k'ił'e:n basket design (general term)
'a:k'ine something makes a sound, there is a sound
'a:k'ine' there is no more food
'a:k'int'e it was that long
'a:k'iwh'e:n I'm marking it with a design (paint, tattoo, etc.), writing
'a:k'iwhlaw I marked it, wrote
'a:k'iwilaw writing, a book
'a:k'iwilaw-me'-ch'inehł'e:n school
'a:ł-sa'a:n credit
'a:n Indeed! Good!
'a:na'k'iwhilaw he took a picture of me
'a:na:k'iwhileh take a picture of me!
'a:na:k'ixowh'e:n I take a picture of him
'a:nisah my! it's such a long ways!
'a:niwe:se:t'e' I came to be (such and such), I became a certain way
'a:niwe:sehłchwo'n I got to be pretty
'a:t'e:n it is doing it
'a:whił-ch'ine he is telling me, says (this) to me
'a:whiwilaw what is done to me, my way of being treated
'a:wholye I am named so
'a:wht'e I am (such and such)
'a:whwilaw the way in which I am dressed
'a:wilaw it is done, made, accomplished
'a:winiw it always happens
'a:xołchwin there is an odor, something smells
'a:xowiłchwe'n an odor came, something began to smell
'a:ya'diwine:l they were saying
'a:ya'wine:l he has passed away (polite term)
'a:yułt'iK' they were so slim
'ah cloud
'ahłdiwine' it's been spoken of
'aht'ing all (of them), every one
'awh I wonder
'awh'e:n I do it, make it, accomplish it
'awhchwo:n I am pretty
'awhdiyaw I did it
'awhlaw I did it
'awhne:l I'm doing so (right along)
'awhniw I am doing it, acting thus
'awhxich'e' wealthy woman (old-fashioned, archaic term)
'ayeh I'm tired, weak
'ayge I'm lonely, lonesome for something! (exclamation expressing loneliness, wistfulness, nostalgia)
'ayniwhsin I think so
'e'idwa'n they (tree-tops) broke off
'e'ilwil-mił every evening, whenever night comes
'e:bilos apples
'e:din it is without..., lacking..., missing...
'e:jin-sile'n there is a famine
'e:nde'n it came to be lacking, it disappeared
'e:ng' for...'s part
'e:ná:ng' for sure
'e:wa:k alas! poor thing! too bad! how sad! it's so pitiful!
'e:wa:k-whonde:ne have pity on me!
-'eh turning away from
'ehs fish dam, weir
'ehsch'ina:wh swimming deer
'ehs-ma:ning'ay the "stringer" across a fish dam (the logs that are laid horizontally across the supports of a fish dam.)
'ida' it (pain) ceases, (car) stops
'idah it (e.g. ice, fog) is melting away, dissipating, disappearing
'igyahs it (stick, tree limb, object) is breaking, breaking off
'ijibeh I'm scared! I'm afraid!
'ilditł' it (e.g., house, earth) shakes, quakes
'ildus it breaks
'ile'-te:l red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
'ile:xich in imagination; wonderfully
'ilwił it's getting to be night, night is falling
'ilxit swallow it!
'ił limb, bough of a conifer
'ił'a' get it! keep it!
'iłchwe make it!
'iłchwiwh smell it (thing)! sniff it!
'iłda' stop it (e.g., car from rolling)!
'iłde sisters to one another
'iłding' make it be lacking! make it disappear!
'iłwa'k'iłiwh store
'iłwah-xw separately, each by himself
'iłwut all the time
'iłxahch break it apart!
'iłxut shake them (e.g. apples) down, off (of tree)!
'imich break it off, pull it off (string, grass)
'ina'k'is'aw she got up singing
'ina'sitindil they get up
'ina:'usde:tł' they got up
'ina:'usdiqe' he got up
'ina:'usła:t she jumped up
'ina:wh it goes (literal meaning); they (nuts, acorns) are dropping (idiomatic meaning)
'ina:xohs'a:n they jumped up
'inch'iwh put it on (coat, dress)!
'iniłte' do it harder!
'iniwe:na:ts'a:xe' Little Woodpecker's name in the language of the giants (a note in the story explains that this name cannot be analyzed in to smaller pieces)
'int'a:na'winde:tł' they turned back
'inyeh-ky'a'awh he barbecues something by burying it and building a fire over it
'inying' stand up!
'isde:w madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
'isde:wi-ch rhododendron-like plant that grows up on Trinity Summit
'isdina:me' the south head at the entrance of Humboldt Bay
'isdits' string, light rope
'isdo' I wish...!
'iskimida:w' long hanging moss on conifers
'isking-mina:k'iwilda:l hairy woodpecker (Dendrocopos villosus)
'isle't'e:n a type of Indian potato, edible root
'islos the smell of rotten meat
'isq'o:ts' berries (general term); blackberries (Rubus vitifolius)
'isq'o:ts'-yiditile finch (Carpodacus purpureus, Purple Finch)
'isqa:q' clubs (suit in playing cards)
'ist'ik' it is thin, slender, narrow
'ist'ik' honeysuckle (Lonicera californica)
'ist'ik'its-k'ine:lno' tattoo design element
'ista:ngq'eh-k'itiqowh fisher; pine marten (Martes pennanti)
'iwh'uch' I sneeze
'iwh'ul I'm chewing it
'iwh'ut I'm throwing, shaking, flopping (a cloth, blanket)
'iwhch'ah I'm wearing a hat, cap
'iwhchwa I bury it, cover it with dirt
'iwhchwe:n I smell it (some odor)
'iwhchwing' I'm going to shit, defecate
'iwhdił I'm eating small objects (such as berries) one by one (as I pick them)
'iwhdin I'm content, I like it where I am
'iwhdiya'n I'm growing old
'iwhge:s I'm scratching something (with fingers)
'iwhkis I strike something (with my fist), I knock at the door
'iwhkit I caught hold of it
'iwhlich I'm urinating, pissing
'iwhłiw I'm rubbing on (paint, grease, liniment, etc.), smearing something (with paint, etc.)
'iwhme'n I'm building (a house, fence, etc.)
'iwhna:t I'm licking it
'iwhq'ay I grind it, file it, rub it
'iwhqit I'm cutting, sawing it (log, stick, meat)
'iwhqos I am cracking it, crunching it (in my mouth)
'iwhsa:l I'm yawning, gabbling
'iwhsow I'm scratching it (with an implement)
'iwht'a'n I flinch, jerk away, duck, blink
'iwht'iwh I'm chiseling something
'iwht'ot I'm sucking it
'iwht'us I'm cutting it
'iwhts'is I'm shaking it (stick, tree, etc.)
'iwhtseh I'm breaking wind, farting
'iwhtsil I am pounding, driving, nailing something
'iwhtsis I see it
'iwhtsit I'm pounding, smashing, breaking it (with a rock, maul)
'iwhwa:s I'm whittling, scraping something
'iwhwis I'm drilling a hole
'iwhxa:wh I catch (fish) with a dip-net
'iwhye:wh I'm rubbing it in my hand (crushing it), I'm threshing seeds
'iwhyo' I like it
'iwhyo' I like it better
'iwhyo:l I'm blowing
'ixut (several objects) drop, fall
'o:dxe:t it has been bought
'o:k'iłn they (shells) might break!
'o:lts'it it is known, it has become known
'o:ltuq' it is counted
'o:lyohł I'm swearing at him
'o:ne:chwit I reached for it, went and got it
'o:niwhsin I keep it (knowledge, the facts of something) hidden, keep it secret
'o:whts'ilił-te I will know
'o:wit'a:ts' mida'ch that has been incised (like nahdiyaw) but not used as money
'o:yłchwit I pointed at it
'ohłdahs singe it!
'ongqots' it is brittle
'owhte I find it (easily)
'owhts'it I know it
'owhtuq' I am counting it
'owhwhe I'm reading (aloud)
'owhxe:t I'll buy it
'ude:q'it-na'qot umbrella
'ugeh ouch! it hurts!
'uliwh it has (such) a taste
'ulleh do it!
'uloh it's hot!
'ulush it's dirty! it's nasty! (exclamation of disgust)
'ułchwin it smells like something
'ułkyo:we all over
'ułkyow it is so big, as big as (something)
'ułtsa:ch'ing' far away, distant
'ułtsah that far, to that distance
'una'udo once again
'ung is it...?
'ungya' unexpectedly, surprisingly, seeing something suddenly, lo and behold!
'unłung they are so many
'unłung-xwe:-ding everywhere
'unt'eh clearly
'uná:ng' it isn't, it isn't certain, it's questionable
'usyah it's cold!
'ut-t'e:n married man
'áng' it is
...-ch'il'e:n (people) treat it like...
K'iwa'-mił white man
Ka:n corn
Ka:whe coffee
-a for
-a:-ming ahead of, in front of
-a:n penetrating, perforating
bahshe:l holly (berries)
bo:se common house cat
bo:se:-mixe' another term for clubs
-ch little, tiny, dear, in a small or gentle way
ch'a'ul dandelion; chewing gum (modern)
ch'a:q'ita:ke' Big Lagoon
ch'ah-ch'e:ng'e:tł' design equivalent to the Yurok "sharp tooth" design
ch'ah-ch'il'e:n ash (Fraxinus oregona)
ch'ahl frog, toad (Rana)
ch'ahla'qude' sunflower (Helianthus annus)
ch'ahli-ding Hop'ew (Klamath)
ch'ahlike:la:t'e' tadpole
ch'ahli-mila' Equivalent to the Yurok "foot" design
ch'ahli-we:sits' green moss in the river
ch'ahli-ya:n a type of fish hawk
ch'ah-wilchwe:n design equivalent to the Yurok waxpoo, and Karuk apxanko'ikoi, designs
ch'e'idinilye' they finish the religious dance
ch'e'ilła:t she runs out
ch'e'iłkyo:s they bring it (a grass skirt) out
ch'e'it'iky' they are strung out in a line
ch'e'ite' he always lay there
ch'e'ixis it flew [out]
ch'e'k'e'iłchwo:k she (doctor) brushes (the patient) out
ch'e'k'iningwhe' he finished digging
ch'e'k'inint'a'ts'-te he will cut it out
ch'e'liwh-ding Sahvurum
ch'e'nilay he took them (several objects) out
ch'e'niłme:n he made it swim out
ch'e'niłqe:t he put it out (poked his face out)
ch'e'niłtik he pinched it out (Fox's face)
ch'e'ninta:n he took it out (long, stick-like object)
ch'e'whinehłya:n he (or they) slaughtered my family, did away with my people
ch'e'xe'ine:wh he is through talking
ch'e'xone:ninyo:t they chased them out
ch'e'xoniłte:n they took him out
ch'e:- out of an enclosure, outside the house
ch'e:'ilqol it had crawled out
ch'e:'ilto'n he jumped out
ch'e:'indigit they ran down (after someone)
ch'e:'indiqo'-ding name of village near the mouth of Mill Creek
ch'e:'indiqot'ding-mima:nch'ing' White Deerskin danceground across the Trinity from ch'e:'indiqot'-ding
ch'e:'iwhwa:wh I get through speaking
ch'e:dimił-ding goal in stick game
ch'e:diqeh it shoves itself out
ch'e:k'e'ich'e' a wind blows out
ch'e:k'e'iqot a sharp pain is felt
ch'e:k'e'iyawh they (deer) always came out (to feed)
ch'e:k'indida' it came out
ch'e:k'ingxut' he had it covered over
ch'e:k'iwe'ił-ding on the bank near Sam Brown's house
ch'e:k'iyohwh (water) is running out
ch'e:l-ding Socktish Field
ch'e:lte:n it (sickness) has been taken out
ch'e:na'nime:tł' he had them thrown out
ch'e:na'ułwa:l they come back out of the Flower Dance (beating time with sticks)
ch'e:na'xoniłt'ow he took his shirt off
ch'e:na:'uldixit they again crowd out dancing
ch'e:na:dahwh-ding Dyer's Ranch
ch'e:na:k'inda'a:n it (spear) got loose
ch'e:na:ne:de:tł' we got out of it
ch'e:na:xo:ta:'a:n they all ran back out
ch'e:na:xonehłting I brought it (ice) out
ch'e:nawhda:wh I'm getting back out of it (e.g., boat, car)
ch'e:ne:de:tł' we (2) went outside, went to the toilet
ch'e:ne:xa:n I carried it out
ch'e:ng'a it comes out
ch'e:ng'e:tł' they extend out (of an enclosure)
ch'e:nila:t it floated out
ch'e:nileh-te they will dive out
ch'e:nima:s it rolled out
ch'e:ntł'e:t' (soft flabby material) bulges out, flops out (as when squeezed)
ch'e:nułye'ts' untie the knot!
ch'e:te:t'e' they are cooked out (someone's eyes, from staying awake)
ch'e:wehsle'n it started to flow out
ch'e:wha:wh I'm going outside, I'm going to the toilet
ch'e:wilin it (water) flows out (e.g., creek into river, mouth of river, faucet, hose)
ch'e:wilin-ding where the stream flows out (into the ocean - specifically Requa, the Yurok village at the mouth of the Klamath River); also applied to Orick at the mouth of Redwood Creek (Sapir and Golla 2001:1011, map D, item 3)
ch'e:wiwha:whił-te I shall go out
ch'e:xoliwhme' camping place mentioned in Sam Brown's story about an encounter with a grizzly bear (unknown location)
ch'e:xowhsit I'm waking him up
ch'e:ya'wiliwhil they take them out right along
ch'ich'it he died
ch'ichwiw he (adult) is crying
ch'ide'ilye'-ding Chilula seed gathering camp
ch'ide:-chwing household goods, cooking utensils (baskets, paddles, other implements used in cooking traditional foods)
ch'idilye they dance in a religious dance, a religious dance is held
ch'idilye religious dance, World Renewal ceremony
ch'idilye:-ch'iłchwe the man who prepares the danceground for the religious dances (ch'idilye), says the prayers, and otherwise looks after the details of the ceremony.
ch'idilye:-ding any danceground at which a religious dance is held
ch'idilye:-wint'e:-ding land of the immortals k'ixinay, located on the periphery of the world, beyond the sky
ch'idiłdow he's cutting pieces (off of meat), he's making a cut in it
ch'idiłne he plays (a musical instrument)
ch'idise:l he has a fever
ch'idiske:n he is stiff (in the joints)
ch'idiwichwil he shot (an arrow) again and again
ch'idiwilła:t he jumped off
ch'idiwilye'ił-te they will dance
ch'idiwiłtse:tł' he pounded (bark) off of it
ch'idiwiłwa:tł' she knocked it off
ch'idiwimich he pulled it off
ch'idiwinse:l he got feverish
ch'idiwiske:n he got stiff
ch'idiwists'e:n he got stiff
ch'idung' at first, to begin with
ch'ildime:n' the sharp end of something; sharp-pointed
ch'iloy' he ties it up, ropes (an animal)
ch'ilxun it is bitter, sour
ch'iłchwe he collects, gathers (wood, berries, etc.)
ch'iłday he has a pet
ch'iłidzehsdila' they quarrelled, were enemies, hated each other
ch'iłolwul they were throwing things at each other
ch'iłq'un-ding chief village of the Upper Redwood Creek (Whilkut) people
ch'iłta:n he had it (a fish trap) lying there
ch'iłte:l-ding name of a village located on South Fork
ch'iłtsit' untie it (by pulling out a knot)!
ch'iłtul he is tapping, patting his foot, stamping (esp. in Kick Dance)
ch'iłtuł Kick Dance, the way of dancing at a Kick Dance
ch'iłwa:l Flower Dance (girls' adolescence ceremony)
ch'iłwa:l they are beating time; a Flower Dance is being held
ch'ime:- pine, conifer
ch'imisqiyits small baby
ch'imulkyoh type of medicinal herb
ch'in he says, they say, it is said
ch'indimilé a goal!
ch'indin corpse, dead person, ghost
ch'indin-tahxw Hell, land of the dead
ch'indiqe:t they came down to it (in a canoe)
ch'indiqot' it (e.g. worm) wriggles out
ch'ine'iliwh they always brought them
ch'ine'it'ik' they string out in single file
ch'ine'ixa:wh they bring it out (the regalia)
ch'ine:lgit he became afraid
ch'inehłya:n he ate it up
-ch'ing' toward
-ch'ing'ah toward
ch'ing'awh take it (e.g. stone) out of something (e.g., a pocket), take it outside (of the house)
ch'ingquch toss it out (with stick)! make a goal (in the stick game)!
ch'iniloy' he led it
ch'iniłchwing' he is making it dirty
ch'iniwiłdo'n he straightened it out
ch'iniyiw he grows up
ch'inyohs pull it out! (string, sliver, stovepipe, etc.)
ch'isixung she lies back ready to have intercourse
ch'it scraps, trash
ch'ita:n he is eating (by himself)
ch'ite'idyo:s they all stretch
ch'ite'ixa:wh he carries it (a pipe) along in a vessel
ch'ite:dimut' she flapped her wings along
ch'ite:t'ot' he sucked it in
ch'ite:te:me:tł' he scatters them
ch'ite:te:yo:s he stretched it (a canoe)
ch'ite:wa:tł' he scattered them
ch'ite:we'ing'il he looked about as he went along
ch'ite:wehschwe:n he grew up
ch'ite:wid'ing'ił he looked (places)
ch'itehłchwa'n he squeezed it up
ch'itehłda:wh he ran off
ch'itehłkyo:s he took it (a blanket) along
ch'itehłme:n he made it swim
ch'itehłwhot' he slid it
ch'itehłwhot' he slid
ch'itehs'a:n he took it away, went off with it (e.g. stone)
ch'itehstun he takes it (long object) along
ch'itiłiw he's marking something, drawing a line
ch'itiłxos he is coughing
ch'itindil they're going off
ch'itiwilda:whil she runs along
ch'itiwina:whił he goes along
ch'ito:ch'iwh let him wear it!
ch'iwehswa:tł' he lies there (like a log that has been thrown down), dead or unconscious; he came to lie there drunk
ch'iwhiłts'is-xoliwh I'm shivering, shaking
ch'iwhisiwiłwehł he kills me
ch'iwhisqot he deviled me
ch'iwho:ning'its he took a shot at me
ch'iwho:wiłxilił-te she will ask me for it
ch'iwho:ya:łqoch' they poked at me
ch'iwhowh elderberry (bush), elder sticks (Sambucus)
ch'iwhsit I'm waking up
ch'iwhwhiw I'm spitting it out
ch'iwhxiwh let me haul it out of my house
ch'iwhxiy young person (especially young man), child
ch'iwidil they're going, walking along
ch'iwijijil he carries it along (e.g., a handful of some granular substance, such as seeds, salt)
ch'iwilehł-te he will become
ch'iwilq'a:l he is growing fatter and fatter
ch'iwilqol he is crawling along
ch'iwiltong'il he was dancing
ch'iwiłdits he got wrinkled
ch'iwiłkyo:sil he carries it along (e.g., a blanket, cloth, thin fabric)
ch'iwiłmowhil he's carrying it along (hanging)
ch'iwiłte' he fell over dead
ch'iwiłte:n he put it
ch'iwiłxil he is hauling it along
ch'iwingwha:l he caught fish (with a hook and line)
ch'iwingwhil he shouted
ch'iwingyay he went
ch'iwinje:w he died, passed away (polite term)
ch'iwixa:l he carries it along (e.g., a filled container, such as a bucket of water)
ch'iwoł he is scraping (deerhide, with a scraper)
ch'ixiwine:whil he talks
ch'ixo:ne'iłyo:l they wish him bad luck
ch'ixo:niłyo:l making bad medicine, witchcraft, poison
ch'ixo:ya:se'ixawh they always pay
ch'ixoch'e:t liar, one who lies
ch'ixoditehł'e'n he watched her along
ch'ixolchwe the man who prepares the danceground for the religious dances (ch'idilye)
ch'ixolchwe (story about) pre-human times, when the world was being prepared for human beings
ch'ixolchwe:-ding Kenek
ch'ixołchwe he fixes up (the danceground), prepares (the place)
ch'ixoniłte:n he brought her there
ch'ixowa:t-xoliwh he shakes, trembles
ch'ixowiłchwe:lił-te he will fix the dance place
ch'ixowiłte:l he was taking her
ch'ixowiłwe' he fought him, beat him up
ch'iya:di-min medicine for a wound
ch'iyah he's hurt, wounded
ch'iyłkit (cloud, fog, smoke) comes out (e.g., of chimney)
ch'iyninge:n she packed it out (burden-basket)
ch'iyo oh my! (exclamation indicating surprise, (mild) fear)
ch'iyo'ne someone teases, there is teasing
ch'o'da:y he is thin, poor
ch'o'winda' he got thinner
ch'o:'ot'us he cuts at it
ch'o:na:niwichwil a type of singing at the Kick Dance
ch'o:na:niwichwil they sing in howling fashion
ch'o:whe'ił-te they will call
ch'o:winehł-te she will think about it
ch'o:xoniłxits' she threw something at him
ch'onta'n he's holding on to it
chwa' beaver (Castor)
chwa'ay-me' former village near xonsah-ding
chwa:kin tiger-lily
chwa:xołwil it's dark, getting dark
chwe:ge:-yixolwhin meadowlark
chwe:qah robin redbreast (Turdus migratorius)
chwe:y yearling of elk; spotted hide of yearling elk (archaic term)
chweh crying, weeping
chweh-xosin orphan
chweh-xotile cry-baby
chwich wood, firewood
chwich-na:ning'a:-ding Kepel (Cappell)
chwiłch huckleberries (Vaccinium ovatum)
chwin'-da:- spoiling, to ruination
chwin'da:na:wh it spoils, goes bad, has become polluted
chwin'dung'awh spoil, ruin it (round object)!
chwin-ch'iliw he is dirty, gets dirty
-chwing of that class, kind, sort
chwing filth, dirt
chwing-me'do:wehsle' he got hungry
chwing-me:do:whle I am hungry
chwing-xo:whle:l I am bothering him, disturbing him, messing with him
chwini-ya'xowehsle:l they bothered them
chwola' five
chwola'diminłung fifty
chwulo:q'e' chinook salmon (Onchorhynchus tshawytscha)
chwun'-k'itiłma:s dung beetle
chwun'-yołtul towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus, Rufous-sided Towhee)
chwung' feces, excrement, shit
chwung'-na:xe words to a song sung by women at the beginning af the Flower Dance
chwung'-xa:'ul'a' name of a Chilula camp
da'a:ch'idyaw he ran away, fled
da'a:ch'ilaw he took it apart
da'a:nawh'ing I'm undoing it, untying it
da'a:nulleh undo it!
da'ayneh run away! flee!
da'e'iłte' he left it on something
da'e'iwhmil I throw it on top
da'e'iwhtiwh I (always) set it (a long object) on top
da'kya:w oriole (Icterus cucullatus, Hooded Oriole; I. galbula, Northern Oriole)
da'kya:w-nehwa:n yellow
da'n a while ago, already
da'ne long ago
da'usday he is fishing (with a net)
da'wida:l he was coming (out of the sweathouse)
da:-'ung I found it out
da:ch'ahdi-ya:n fish hawk (Pandion haliaetus, Osprey)
da:ch'aht sucker, suckerfish (Catostomus)
da:ch'aht-xa:yiłtiwh eagle (probably second name for ło:q'-ya:n)
da:chwingq'ay' a type of fern (Pleridium aquiliunum)
da:chwun'-ding name of a village located opposite niskin-ji-ding
da:jahl dog salmon (Oncorhynchus sp.)
da:la dollar
da:ydi where?
da:ywho'- somewhere
dah- on top
dah'iwh'a:wh I set it (e.g. stone) on top
dahch'a'awh he sets a (deer) snare
dah-ch'e'iłda' she sets it up
dahch'idiwiłkyo:s he has taken it (a blanket) away
dahch'idiwintse he pulled it (canoe) up onto land
dahch'iłiwidle:l they stand arm in arm
dahch'ine'itiwh she lies down on top of it
dahch'ine:łno' they stood them up (flints on a wall)
dahch'inehsday he sat down on top; (idiomatically) he went fishing with a net
dahch'itehłto'n he jumped (over something)
dahch'iwijijil they put them (acorns) up one after the other
dahch'iwile:l arrows
dahch'iwił'e:tł' he roofed, shingled a house
dahch'iwinge:n he put something (fire) on it
dahch'iwitil she was holding it up
dahchwin'-ding lower part of Matilton village
dahchwing' wild "currants"; scraggly (?) gooseberries (Ribes divarlatum (?))
dahde'ilya' they (animals) stand around
dahdi-ding more and more, increasingly
dahdimo't'-dime' Orick Hill
dahdimot' little bare hill; knobby rise; knoll
dahdiwehs'a'-te it (his face) will point to it (the wind)
dah-diwhtuł I step on (something)
dahdiwilte:n he has been carried off
dahdiwilxit' the river has risen, flooded
dahdiwiwhła:t I ran fast
dahjił storage platform in a living house
dahk'e'iłte:l they (always) spread a cover on it
dah-k'e'iłtsay' she dries it on top
dah-k'e'iqot one sticks them up (on wall)
dahk'idiwehsch'e' the wind blew
dahk'idiwinch'e' it blows lightly, a breeze blows
dahk'iliwh put your hand on something!
dahk'ilun-ding a place on New River opposite Quimby
dahk'iłkis he put his hand on something
dahk'iłqoch' he threw it onto something
dahk'iłtse:tł' he broke it (a bone) in two
dahk'is'a:n arrowhead(s), obsidian point(s)
dahk'ischwa'n plant growing on a tree, epiphyte (e.g. mistletoe)
dahk'islay arrowheads, obsidian points
dahk'islay a hand lies, hands lie on something
dahk'islay-kyoh mistletoe
dahk'isxa:n-q'it where the trail goes up Bald Hill
dahk'isxung (a tree is) standing on top
dahk'it'us he cuts it in two, cuts (e.g. finger) off
dahk'iwe'winta:n he built a fishing platform
dahk'iwe:wita:n fishing platform
dahk'iwingxa' something is standing
dahma:' dogwood (Cornus nuttalli)
dahmine' hanging moss, yellow tree lichen (Ramalina), used for dye
dahna'de:łwa:tł' he poured it
dahna'diwidgit they all ran back
dahna'diwił'a' he set another on it
dahna'diwiłde'tł'-te she'll fan it (bark) in a winnowing basket
dah-na'widmehł he was swimming along back on top (of the water)
dahna'wila he has put it (charcoal) on (the fire) again
dahna'xwe'iłtiwh they lay him out on it
dahna:diwidya:y it went back
dahna:diwilt'a:ts' two strips cut off of each side of the backbone of a salmon
dahna:diwing'a' it (an arrow) stuck up
dahna:k'idiwich'e'ił-te the wind will blow gently
dah-na:k'indiyun'-te they shall come back from above eating
dahna:k'ine'iwh'e:tł' I lay them crosswise
dahna:k'ixo:nchway he pawed the dirt
dahna:sa'a:n they (deer) are piled up
dahna:sita:n a long, stick-like object lies on top
dahna:tita'n they (boards) come to lie on top of something here and there
dahna:whdixits' I flew back down
dahna:xodiwing'a:n they ran back
dah-naywehskil (cloud, fog, smoke) hovers on top of something
dahnaywiłkilił-te fog will stay
dahne:lno' they are standing up on top
dahnintsah sit down above it! (idiomatically) go fishing with a net!
dahniwil'e:tł' ridge poles (or ridge pole) in a living house
dahno'diwinta'tł he stepped on it
dahno'ninde:tł' they sat (on a roof)
dahno:te:de'tł'-te they will fish
dahsil'e:tł' roofing, shingles
dahsila they lie on top
dahsiłte:n (it is) lying on something
dahsite:n it (e.g. animal) lay up (on a slope)
dahsitune:-q'it name of a resting place near Bald Hill
dahsixa:n a filled container lies on top somewhere
dahtł'o:l' wild grapes; grapevine
dahto:' dew, there is a dew
dahts'isde' fine particles of soot; soot used in tattooing
dahun'di-de' when (in the future)?
dahun'di-dung' when (in the past)? how long ago?
dahun'di-ye: where
dahungwhe'eh somewhere
dahungwho'- at some time; to some extent
dahwe:xa:n I set (a filled container) up
dahwehsdil they stayed on top
dahwehsla:l it floated
dahwehsle:l it swam around in one place
dahwid'a:n deer-snaring station, owned or claimed by a family
dahwidil they were floating on top
dahwidqot' it was tumbling
dahwila:l it was floating
dahwilahł-ding Eureka
dahwile:l it was floating on top
dahwilin they lie piled on top
dahwilin-ding name of a former village, near Supply Creek
dahwilła:t it jumped on
dahwilto'n it (dog) jumped (onto a house)
dahwinde:tł' they (birds) flew down, alighted
dahwing'ay it was sitting there
dahwixil floats on a gill net, seine
dahxo:ng'a:n they jumped (onto something)
dahxodiwehs'e'n one could see
dahya'diwing'a:n they took it away
dahya'k'ide'iłchwo:k they sweep them (acorn husks) away
dah-ya'k'iłtse:tł' someone threw it up (onto the roof)
dahya'k'iłwa'tł' they chopped it off
dahya'wing'ay he sits above; (idiomatically) he is fishing (with a net)
dahya:dze' frost, ice on trees
dahya:na'wehs'a' he sat up on it
dahya:ya'wing'e:tł' they are sitting up
dahyide'wiwh something always carries it off
dahyik'iłje:w driftwood
dahyik'iłjeh (driftwood) is piling up, has piled up
dahyik'ingya'n it has chewed it up
dahyiłkit (cloud, fog, smoke) hovers on top of something
daw no!
daw-sho' it's impossible!
daydi what? what thing?
daydi-mich'ing' why? because of what?
daydi-wung what for? why? for what reason?
daywhe'eh nothing
daywho' something
daywho'-xwa:'a:ne type of sucking doctor
de I see!
de here, this
-de' if, when (in the future)
de'de'ił'e:tł' she shoves them into the fire
de'de'iłqe:t he sticks it into the fire
de'diłeh he bakes (bread, cake, etc.)
de'diwi'awhił they put it in the fire
de'diwilła:t he ran into the fire
de'diwiłte:n he put it (animal) into the fire
de'diwime:tł' she threw them into the fire
de'iwhk'il I break it off
de'k'idiliwh he or she puts several things into the fire (specifically: he or she roasts something (e.g. eels) on coals)
de'mine:de'iyo:t he chases them into the fire
de'xodiłwa:tł' he threw him in the fire
de:- close past something, touching something
de:-di- into the fire
de:di-dé come to find out..., it turned out that...
de:ding'ahwh put it (e.g. stone) into the fire!
de:dintiwh put it (a long object) in the fire
de:di-qa:l sun
de:diwhq'a:s I am throwing it (round object) into the fire
de:diwiłiq' bread, baked goods
de:dixwo-yidahch'ing-wing'a'-mił when the sun has risen well above the mountains to the east, about 9 a.m.
de:dixwo-yinuqa-wing'a'-mił when the sun has risen to a point high in the sky to the south-southeast, around noon or a little before
de:k'idiwhlich I urinate into the fire
de:k'idiwidlay (eels) are roasted
de:-nohoł-yiduq northeast
de:-nohoł-yiduq-yide' north
de:-nohoł-yinuq-yiduq east, in an eastward direction from the center of Hoopa Valley
de:-nohq'it the sky; God, Heaven (metaphorically)
de:nohq'it-xotse:lin' (Christian) sacramental wine
de:sxa:n today
de:wiming' it has filled up
de:xits' I fell, dropped (off of something)
de:yłmit I tipped it over, inverted it
dehsmin it is full
dehxosin-mił after a very short time, soon
dich' valley quail (Lophortyx californicus, California Quail)
dich'e:ch' it is rough, pimply
dichwil tanned deerhide, leather, buckskin
dichwil it's dull, blunted (e.g., knife)
didzit it's short
digyung here (in this location), this place
dijit string of small white seashells, worn by women on ceremonial occasions
dila:n water dog, a small species of salamander
dilchwe:k ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
dilchweh-k'e'ildil-me' Horse Mountain
dilchwehs-ji-ding name of a village located at the mouth of Madden Creek
dilma' it is turning grey
dilma:y it is grey, tan
dilq'its' it is sparkling (as sparks in a fire)
dilqay whitish, greyish
dilqiwh forked-horn deer
diltsow summer deerhide
diltsow orange-colored, brown, the color of summer deerhide
dilwa:sh Tolowa Indians
dilwa:wh it (animal) makes a noise, "talks" (frog croaking, bird singing)
dilwhin it is blackish, dark-colored
dilxich fawn, yearling; hide of a young deer
dilxich white-spotted (as the hide of a fawn)
dilxich-dilma:y type of deerskin (grey deer)
dilxich-ky'a:tilchwiw spotted salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus)
dilxich-łiqay white deerskin
diłdije:w it is sticky (like tar, pitch, glue)
diłma:s roll it over!
diłming fill it up!
diłq'ung lean it up (against something)!
-diłwa different from; meeting and passing
dima:s it (e.g. log) is rolling over
dime:n thorn; diamonds (gems or suit in playing cards)
dime:n it is sharp
dime:n-nay'ay it (child) is hard to please, fussy
dimuch straw
dina' milkweed (Asclepius)
dina:n (steep) slope, anything sloped (e.g., the steep pitch of a roof)
dinch'e:k' a type of mushroom with a strong taste
dinch'e:k' it is hot-tasting, peppery, gingery
dinday bullet
dinday-michwo Indian Devil bird
dine something (animal, chicken, thing) makes a sound, squeals, cries, buzzes, crows
-ding at that place, at that time
dingq'och' sour clover
dingq'och' it is sour, salty
dingq'och'-mił-wilchwe:n sourdough
dining'xine:wh Hupa-speaking people, Hupa Indians
diniwh manzanita (Arctostaphyolos viscida)
diniwh-ding Mud Springs
diniwh-t'un'-tah-ding Chimariko village located at Taylor's Flat (Del Loma)
dink' four
dink'idiminłung forty
dink'i-tehs'ay four-pointer
-dinung facing...
diq'a:n it (e.g., board) leans against something
diq'a:n ridge
diq'a:n-me:ning'e:tł' cantalope, muskmelon
diq'a:n-tah-k'iya:wh-kyoh grosbeak, finch (Pheucticus melanocephalus, Black-headed Grosbeak)
dita:n nickel (coin)
dita:n it is thick
dits'e:q' it is gummy, sticky
-ditse' pointed toward, headed toward
ditsik unshelled acorns
ditsik-łe:na:ya'usow a dance performed with the ceremonial basket-quiver (na'wehch) during the Jump dance
diwa'niwinchwe'n he got selfish
diwa:n untanned deerhide (dried and ready for tanning)
diwa:whchwing' I'm selfish
diwe:ch'a:t I got sick
diwehs'a'-te it (mountain) will go across
diwhch'a:t I'm aching, I am sick
diwhchwit I'm going to shoot off (an arrow), let go (the arrow release)
diwhdiniwh I have sexual desire, I lust for women, have an erection
diwh-kyoh grouse (Dendragapus obscurus, Blue Grouse)
diwhkyoh-chweh-ding North Trinity Mountain
diwhłeh I make a line running off
diwhna:n I'm tipping it, sloping it, giving it a certain slope or pitch (e.g. boards on a roof)
diwhne I say something, make noise, speak
diwhqiwh I break (e.g., a tree limb) off at the fork
diwhqos I bite it off (something brittle, crunchy)
diwhtik I'm pinching it
diwhts'e:n I'm stiff in the joints
diwhxuts' I'm biting something
diwidimit it (e.g. canoe) has tipped over, capsized, gone belly-up
diwidwa:s strips of abalone shell sewn onto a woman's dance skirt
diwila:t it floated away
diwilda:l it was running along
diwilwhe'n it turned blackish
diwiłdijeh-te it will get sticky
diwinch'e:k' it has gotten hot-tasting, it has gone sour
diwindzit it got short
diwingq'och' it is getting sour
diwinta'n it got thick
diwints'e:q' it got gummy
diye yes
diysh-ta:ng'a:-ding name of village at Tish-Tang Point
diyshta:ng'a:-din-nilin Tish Tang a Tang Creek
diywho'-wung-xiniwidyewh conversation
do not
do: miq'eh na:d'a'i-heh do not mind it
do: no:xo:wehs'e'n it could not be seen that far
do:-'o:dla'n quitting
do:-'owha'n it (sickness) will not take place
do:'owhlung I'm stopping (doing something), I quit (working)
do:-...-dung' before..., until...
do:-...heh no ...-ing (ever)! don't ever ...!
do:-heh not at all
do:k'iwile old woman
do:lya:-chwing woman who has lost a child
do:lyaw widower
do:-ła:n-ts a few, not many, not much, just a little
do:m at some unexpected time
do:-me:ne:who'n I am not fit for it, up to it
do:-mide'xine:wh-mining late fall month; November
do:-na:lte' it's easy, "no sweat"
do:-niwhq'iw I do not behave well, he is mean, ready to fight (old-fashioned word)
do:-tah perhaps, maybe
do:we:se:le' I came not to have enough (money), went bankrupt
do:-widwhil-heh no shouting!
do:wilde'n loneliness
do:wile (he) is poor, weak
do:-wile:-xw feebleness, poverty
do:-witsit-widwa:t whole wheat flour
do:-xo'osday dead person (polite term)
do:xo'osdaytahch'ing'- wuna'way type of sucking doctor
do:-xohsle' it became none, it disappeared, it has gone, it was used up
do:-xoh-whiłtsis you always quarrel with me
do:-xoling it isn't possible, one can't, one shouldn't
do:-xowidqot-heh no poking him! (idiomatically) don't devil him!
dondol-kyoh a large ocean bird (perhaps a pelican)
dongq'a' before
dongq'a'-tsit wait a minute! hold on! first let's...
dongq'e'eh not yet
dun'-ts'isday fishing camp
dundi who?
dung' springtime (archaic term)
-dung' just past, when (in the past)
dungwhe'eh no one
dungwho' someone
dunłundi how many? how much?
dunłungwho' some number of, several
duxa:tł'e' salmonberries (Rubus spectabilis)
duxo:' somehow, in some way
duxo:-'a:'uniw he dies (commonest euphemism)
duxo:-'a:ch'idiyaw he died (commonest euphemism)
duxo:-'aht'ing it dies (commonest euphemism)
duxo:q'i-'a'dilaw doing something improper during a religious dance, such as joking or blaspheming
duxo:whe'eh some way
duxwe:di how? in what way?
duxwe:di-hit why?
duxwe:di-ma:n for what reason? why?
dó:ng' really, truly, indeed, for sure, it is so, honestly
-e' in
e:- towards, against
-e:n' even with each other, side-by-side, in parallel rows
-e:ne:q' behind, at the back of
-e:q' inside
-e:w under; hidden, secret (metaphorically)
-e:-xunding close to something
ga:chwung' raven
gehs-kyoh elk (Redwood dialect or archaic term)
-ginje' gristle, cartilage
gya' finding out, being revealed to be, lo!
gya'a:y it seems
gya'awh I wonder
hay the, that, the one who (is, does)
hay na'xołte' the helper who takes care of the doctor (k'ite:t'aw) during the Kick Dance
hay na:mitł'a'-ding after that time
haya:ł then, after that, and then
hayah there (in that location)
hayah-de' at that time (in the future)
hayah-dung' at that time (in the past)
hayah-mił then, after that, and then
hayahujit thereupon, and then
hayi-wung for that reason, that is why
hayi-xwe:-mił and so on, every now and then
hayixwo-ch'ondehsne' he paid attention
hayixwo-niwhsin I pay attention
he'ile:n spirit who rules Hell
he:yung hello
-heh despite, even if
hijit and, and then
hił together with
-hit at the time that..., while..., when..., during...
hun' river, specifically the Trinity River
hun'-q'eh-ch'idilye White Deerskin Dance, specifically the Boat Dance
hé look!
jahda too (much)
je'niłt'ow he pulled the cork out
je'wiłt'iwh he split it apart
je:- apart
je:dwa:tł' it opened
je:k'ił it (board, etc.) splits, cracks apart
je:lo' storage basket
je:lo'-ding Amaikiaram
je:lq'its' it is cracked open
je:lwa:tł' (it has been) split in half
je:na'uldixit they (dancers) separate again
je:na:k'iliwh part your hair (in the middle)!
je:na:yde:tł' we separated
je:nah up above, high up, upstairs
je:nahch'ing'-ch'ixine:wh he is praying (modern church prayers)
je:nahch'ing'-me'-ya'xine:wh church (modern, Christian)
je:nah-na:lah second name for kingbird
je:ng'k'ilay a widow who has let her hair grow out half-way, in a "dutch-cut"
je:ngyay it (log) opened
je:nis day
je:no:k snail
je:nok-mixontaw' snail shell
je:sil-ch'ił'a:n he makes a noise
je:sil-nowh'awh I make a noise, racket
je:sil-sa'a:n there is a noise, rumbling sound, racket
je:tiwhqot I poke them apart
je:winta'n it (a basket, long object) spread open
je:xo-ma'-ding shortribs
je:ya'ut'us they cut it in two
je:ya'wiłwul they split them in two
jeh pitch, tar
jeh-k'iya:ts'e' pitchwood
jehmil thin strips of pitchy fir
jeh-ya:n a large greyish-brown cricket, found in the mountains among the acorn groves
jikin chicken
jilqiwh something forked, pulled apart at the fork
jiłtsił split it, pound it apart (with a rock, maul)!
jime:l a type of lizard (Sceloporus, scaly lizard)
jime:li-mike' braided knot, used on the fringe of a woman's traditional apron (tsang)
-jin belonging to
jingkyo:wit-qa:l sun
jingkyow there is sunshine
jit just now
jiwa'a'awh she always cracks them (acorns)
jiwa:- splitting apart, cracking open
jiwa:k'isdixit' ripe nut
jiwa:k'iwhliwh I'm cracking acorns open
jiwhk'il I'm splitting it, tearing it in two
jiwhq'its' I crack it open
jiwhqiwh I pull it apart at the fork
jiwingwoł it's getting round
jiwingwoł it got round
jiwol ball, round object
jiwol round like a ball, spherical
jiwolch-na'k'iłtsil basketball
jiwolch-na'k'iłtul football
jiwolch-na'k'iłwul baseball
jo' here! take it!
jung muddy water
jung-nehwa:n brown
k'e'da'ay doctoring by sucking, sucking out pains
k'e'itł'o:wh she (always) made baskets
k'e'je:w he is gluing it to something
k'e'k'e'iłtsil he pounds it off
k'e'niwił'e:tł' he leaned them against it
k'e'niwiłt'iky' she tied it (a basket) to it (a tree)
k'e'q'ay he rubs against it
k'e'sindil they climb something
k'e'wiłna' she cooked something
k'e:ch'a:wh I tied a buckskin dress at the hip
k'e:da'ay-mił-ch'iłwe fishing club
k'e:dmił they flopped down
k'e:dze'-nehwa:n corn (cob)
k'e:k'ilye:ch' poison oak (Rhus diversiloba)
k'e:k'iłwuł chop it down! chop it off!
k'e:lkya' another term for abalone-shell dress
k'e:lna' cooking
k'e:na'xołqoch' he raised him and shoved him down
k'e:nił'a lean it against something!
k'e:niwh it is thundering
k'e:sde' lumps of acorn meal that are left over after pounding, coarse leavings (of acorns) after sifting
k'e:se:ge' I've become ill
k'e:silła:t you ran up on it
k'e:singqoch' you climbed up the tree
k'e:tsah-xowhsin I'm difficult, rebellious
k'e:tse:'ił'ul wooden headrest, used by men in the sweathouse
k'e:tsił'uł rest your head! put your head down on a headrest, pillow!
k'e:w-'iwh'awh I'm hiding it
k'e:witsa:s laziness
k'e:w-wung-wilme'n blind for hunting
k'e:xołya:n one who understands things
k'e:ya:ning'e:tł' they were leaning up
k'ehłtsa:n unmarried adolescent girl, female teenager
k'ehniwh thunder
k'ich'il' feathers
k'ich'ing' tipped over, turned to one side, upside down
k'ich'ing'-no:na:'indiy he rolled over
k'ich'ing'-nong'awh turn (round object) over!
k'ich'int disease, sickness
k'ich'int-tehsyay a disease, epidemic is going around
k'ich'o:dne' help, helping someone
k'ich'o:ya'ne' the two who help the lead singer in the White Deerskin Dance
k'ich'ong there is a sound like a rock falling into water, it plops
k'ich'owhne I'm helping someone, I'm a helper
k'ichwa grave
k'ida'di(ng)-nehsnoy the two fins close to the mouth of a salmon (at its neck)
k'ida:ma:ts'e' a wreath of myrtle twigs worn as a headdress
k'ida:se' burnt skin, leather, singed hair
k'ida:y' it blooms, it is in flower, a flower
k'ide:-kin' carved elk-horn spoon, used by men
k'ide:nilgit grizzly bear medicine
k'ide:s game with hair singed off
k'ide:ts'eh-ya:xołchwe he translates for them, explains it to them
k'idil bell
k'idił it rings (once)
k'idiłqits' he is crazy, a crazy person
k'idiłwis he drills for fire
k'idiłwisi'q'it Chilula gathering and hunting camp
k'idingk'il-e it (water) broke out (of the banks of the river)
k'idingwhe' he dug off
k'idits he's twisting, twining (string, rope)
k'idiwhla:n I'm growling, scolding somebody
k'idiwilq'a'n inner wall of a living house
k'idiwisch'e butterfly
k'idiwun-na:way she dances the doctor-training dance
k'idmut (water) is boiling
k'idnot it (fire) blazes
k'ido:łtso'n they (trees) were flipped
k'ido:niwh curse; hereditary disease
k'idol there is a loud, crashing sound (as of a log falling)
k'idongxwe Indian Devil, witch, sorcerer; "deviling", witchcraft poison which can be cured by an Indian doctor
k'ige'ch strawberries
k'ige:s Indian sunflower
k'igich it makes a crackling sound on being eaten (e.g. carrots or gristle)
k'ije:'ding-xa:ng'ay belly fin (of salmon)
k'ijiw'-na:me:-ding Chilula summer camp
k'ijiwe:xo-sita:n brisket (of deer)
k'ijiwolch ball, round object
k'ijut' there is a wet, floppy sound
k'ik'e:t' there is a creaking, squeaking sound (e.g., a squeaky door)
k'ikine' dead tree (especially a standing conifer)
k'ila:dosch'e' heavy bark of conifers
k'ila:jonde' hazel, hazelnuts (Corylus californica)
k'ilk'e:xe' Frog's other name in the story of Coyote and Frog
k'ilkya'n she became pregnant
k'ilo hail, hailstone, ice
k'ilwhot' a scar formed, it healed
k'ilxich spots
k'iłch'iwh peel it! strip it off!
k'iłch'ixa:nyay he fights
k'iłch'ixa:ywilay they commenced to fight
k'iłch'ixawh'awh I'm fighting
k'iłchwe she gives birth
k'iłdik'ikyoh-k'iwilt'a:ts' a type of robe mentioned in myths
k'iłdik'-kyoh large red-headed (pileated) woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
k'iłdol he makes it crash, makes a crashing sound
k'iłgide' rotten wood
k'iłiwhin black acorn meat
k'iłixun deer (general term), specifically blacktail deer (Odocoileus hemionus); venison
k'iłixun-łiqay white deerskin
k'iłixun-me:ne:q'-nint'ik' deer's backstrap
k'iłixun-tehk'iwilky'o:ts' "Indian dumplings" (boiled deer meat mixed with dough)
k'iłjil he is crazy, in a daze, out of his mind
k'iłkit sheriff, policeman
k'iłma' he is tanning a skin, hide
k'iłmowh he is snoring
k'iłmuq' it makes a popping noise, pops something
k'iłmuq'-kyoh swamp weed, aralia (Aralia californica)
k'ił-na:dil wolf (Canis lupus)
k'iłna:dil-k'iwungxoya:n mythical being
k'iłq'e:ts large grasshopper, smaller than locust
k'iłqos gooseberries (Ribes sp.)
k'iłte' he gets killed
k'iłtehł spread out a mat! spread a blanket! prepare a bed!
k'iłts'os Indian paintbrush (Castilleja wightii)
k'iłts'os-nehwa:n prongs (ceremonial headgear)
k'iłtsay' it is seasoned, dried
k'iłut' there is a slapping sound (of something hitting water), (fish) makes a flopping sound (with its tail)
k'iłwe evil spirits, little beings who live in the water and cause sickness
k'iłwe:-ch'e:'iłtiwh type of sucking doctor
k'iłwe:-ding Sa'ał
k'iłwe:-kyoh spider
k'iłwe:kyoh-mila' lupine (Lupinus)
k'iłwe:-mitits'e' dragonfly
k'iłwe:-q' foolishly, not seriously, in a funny, joking, bantering, frivolous way
k'iłwe:-whiwiłwe' I have a fever, I am sick with a disease that causes a high fever (e.g. pneumonia, typhoid)
k'iłxa:l freshly skinned (deer) hide, stretched out to dry (on drying frame)
k'ima:w medicine (general term, referring both to traditional Indian medicines and to modern pharmaceuticals)
k'ima:w-ch'iłchwe an herbal doctor, modern medical doctor; the person who recites the formula and prepares the medicine in the Brush Dance
k'ima:w-ch'ixo:ne he knows a medicine
k'ima:w-łiq'a:w wild larkspur
k'ima:w-mił-xe'e:k'iłyo:l he makes medicine
k'ima:w-xoniwhsin I know a medicine
k'imide' the belly part (in cutting fish)
k'imide'-ding Chenach
k'imił throw them down! sling them down!
k'imiłna:tul' braid used for fringes of apron (tsang)
k'imit'-nehwa:n watermelon
k'imut' something bursts, a gun goes off
k'ina' Yurok
k'ina'ch'ixixe:l' Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum)
k'ina'ch'ixixe:l'-nehwa:n tomato
k'ina'diday he is picking, gathering
k'ina'diday salal berries (Gaultheria shallon)
k'ina'q'i-na'ay Yurok style medicine used during Brush Dance
k'ina'-tahxw-hun' Klamath River
k'ina'-xontah-ding name of a Chilula village
k'ina:'-sonsol minnow
k'ina:dla:l dreaming, a dream
k'ina:k'iwhda I have my first menstruation
k'ina:kil slave, debt-slave
k'ina:whla:lil I'm dreaming along
k'inahłdunts'e:y'-dahk'iswin-ding places where Flower Dance sticks are taken and left after the dance is over
k'inahsni passing in front of someone
k'inawhla:l I'm dreaming (about something)
k'inchwiwh-q'it name of village near the mouth of Mill Creek
k'ine'wiłde'n he lit it up
k'ine:nde'n it lit up
k'inehsnoy a basket design
k'inehst'a:n tan oak, tan-bark oak (Quercus densiflora)
k'inehsya:n older people, adults, grown-up generation
k'ing'kya:w white oak, post oak (Quercus garryana)
k'ingyo:wh it fell to pieces
k'inilt'a:ts' cut up and dried venison, jerky
k'inilyiw cross-hatched basket design equivalent to the Yurok "slanting stripes" design
k'iniłt'ik' stretch it! string it out straight!
k'iniłt'us cut it up (e.g., venison, salmon) for drying!
k'iniłtsis put out the fire! blow it out!
k'ininde:n it shines (e.g. a light bulb, star, sun), there is a light
k'ining'ay poles running over the fire in a living house
k'iningya'n-e: (deer) come to feed
k'inint'ik' wild tea (bush)
k'iniq'eh-xw in a good way
k'initsis the fire is going out
k'iniwh what one hears about, news, events that are talked about
k'iniwh-'a:diwhchwe I listen, I hear the news
k'iniwhniw I'm choking on something
k'intehłts'it it (tree) fell
k'intiyo:di-ch pigmy owl (Glaucidium)
k'intiyo:t it chases, stalks (deer)
k'inunq' deer lick
k'inusni Karuk Indian
k'inusni-na'dil to dance in front of a line of dancers, a feature of the War Dance
k'iq'aylosch'e' the liver of an eel
k'iq'e:n he is twisting a hazel withe (to make it flexible)
k'iq'eh-na:diwul "blind", headdress made of wolf-skin worn around the head by dancers in the White Deerskin Dance
k'iq'it-dahdiwilin the two pieces on a salmon's back from neck to part opposite navel
k'iq'its' it cracks, pops, snaps, crackles
k'iqiwh lightning flashes, there is lightning
k'iqo:n there is the sound of dry hide crackling
k'iqojin lumps (on the body, as on a frog), bumps, unevenness (on the skin)
k'iqots' it is brittle, crunchy, crackling
k'iqude'-nehwa:n carrot
k'isa'n he beats his wife up, abuses his wife, he's a wife-beater
k'isa:y (there is) a rattling, rustling sound (as of dry leaves)
k'isdaw they (fish, eels) vanished, stopped being caught
k'isdilma'ts' we made a circle
k'isdiya:n someone who is old, old person, elder
k'isdiya:n-chwing widow
k'ise:ge'-me'liwh nurse
k'ise:qot a woven hood or head-net worn by important dancers in the religious dances
k'isehłdil I rang it
k'isehłlay I rested my hand someplace
k'isehłme:ch I boiled it
k'isehłmut' I have burst it
k'isehłsa:y I rattled something
k'isehłt'e'ts' I roasted, parched (seeds)
k'isehłwa:tł' I chopped something, threshed seeds
k'isehłxa:l I stretched a hide to dry
k'isinto'-k'iwa:t wooden dish on which meat was served
k'isiwhdile:y I'm freezing, chilled to the bone
k'islay a hand lies, hands lie somewhere
k'isol it is hollow, makes a hollow sound
k'ist'ay'-chwing jay, bluejay (Cyanocitta stelleri, Steller's jay)
k'ist'ay'-chwung' crow
k'ist'ay'-kyoh Clark crow (Nucifraga columbiana, Clark's Nutcracker)
k'ist'ay'-mili-ch small bird hawk (Accipiter cooperii, Cooper's Hawk)
k'iste:n bed
k'isxa:n a tree stands
k'it'a'ułchwe posts supporting the inner door of a living house
k'it'e' it's getting cooked, ripe
k'it'o:w paddle (for canoe)
k'it'un'-me' foot of Bald Hill
k'it'ung' leaf, leaves
k'it'ung' maple (Acer macrophyllum)
k'it'ung'-dingq'och' redwood sorrel (Oxalis oregana)
k'ita:ltsit shallow soaking pit in riverbank sand used for leaching acorns, "dirt pan"
k'itawhtsit I'm leaching acorns, soaking acorns to remove tannic acid (by pouring water over them)
k'ite'iwhdits I start twining, twisting
k'ite'iwhliwh I feel along
k'ite:dinot it started to blaze
k'ite:lqot' they (feathers) were bent in a row
k'ite:lwe:l pickets, stakes driven into the river, in a fish-dam
k'ite:sehłit I started a fire
k'ite:sehłniw I got an erection
k'ite:siłda:wh you are driving a car; you are spinning a top
k'ite:skyo:t I stole it
k'ite:t'aw sucking doctor, Indian doctor (general term)
k'ite:t'aw whing' mił k'e:diwid'ay sucking doctor's doctoring song
k'ite:wehskyo:t they were stolen
k'ite:whe' he started digging
k'ite:witse fence
k'ite:yo:wh (water) surged, ran along stormily
k'itehłk'il he prepared eels to dry (flattened them out)
k'itehłqoch' he threw a stick, spear
k'itehłtsa:s he whipped
k'itidlut' there is a ripping sound (as of an old rag)
k'itilkyo:t thief
k'itiłma'ts' put them in a circle! circle them around something!
k'itiłtsil pitcher (in baseball)
k'itiłtsił throw, toss (a rock)! pitch the ball! (in baseball)
k'itiłxiw tracer, tracker
k'itin a small tail
k'itintse build a fence!
k'itiqowh (animal) scampers along
k'itiquch stick game, shinny
k'itise smart, ambitious, capable, superior
k'itiwh'aw I'm singing along, singing a song
k'itiwhqowh I am tumbling
k'itiwhtits' I'm walking with a cane
k'itiwhtł'owh I'm starting to weave a basket
k'itiwhwah I'm shaking something, sifting, winnowing (acorns, after pounding them into meal)
k'itiwhyohł I'm swearing, cursing, making bad medicine
k'itiyawh a herd (of deer) moves along grazing, eats as it moves along
k'itł'oy weaving; basketry
k'ito:q'it Paddle Mountain, opposite Orleans
k'its'a' there is a roar
k'its'e:y the youngest child in a family
k'its'uq' there is a sucking sound (like a bunch of eels put together)
k'itsa:-'iłqay bluejay
k'itsa:y large bird hawk, red hawk (Buteo jamaicensis, Red-tailed Hawk)
k'itsa:y-xotits'e' a cane used to keep rattlesnakes away; a stick which has had a medicine formula said over it
k'itse War Dance
k'itse:qe:ch'e'-nehwa:n squash, pumpkin
k'itsiwung'-tł'ohł headband worn by doctors, made of buckskin with yellowhammer feathers attached
k'ituqe' the middle part of an eel, when cut up for eating
k'ituq-na'way go-between, mediator, one who settles a dispute
k'itust leached acorn flour, before cooking
k'iwa'ahł he was still singing
k'iwa'ischwit he broke it off (a shoot from a plant)
k'iwa'nich a broken-off tree, snag
k'iwa:na:'iłtiwh he/she gives something back
k'iwa:t large rough-woven basketry pan, winnowing tray (approximately 2 feet across and 4 to 6 inches deep); any large pan
k'iwahday' type of medicinal herb
k'iwahday'ch a type of weed
k'iwha:n I'm eating
k'iwhchwiq' I'm stringing (dried fish, beads, etc.) on a line, skewering things on a pole
k'iwhde:s I'm singing off hair, I am cutting hair
k'iwhdik' I'm cracking acorns, I'm pecking at something
k'iwhk'ił I'm tearing (bird, fish) open (to clean it)
k'iwhkya:n I am pregnant
k'iwhliwh I am jealous
k'iwhłiw I'm painting something, spreading (paint), smearing something (with paint)
k'iwhme I pick, gather, collect them (fruit, berries, nuts, acorns, etc.)
k'iwhnay I cook something, prepare it for eating
k'iwhniwh I hear about something, I hear the news
k'iwhq'a:s I am driving stakes (with a rock)
k'iwhq'its I crack it, make it make a cracking noise
k'iwhse:ge' I am ill
k'iwht'oh I'm paddling (a canoe)
k'iwht'oq' I'm working flint
k'iwhtł'oy I'm weaving (a basket)
k'iwhts'ay I'm see-sawing
k'iwhts'os I'm sucking something (e.g.. water through lips, with a sucking noise)
k'iwhtsa:s I am lazy, unenthusiastic (about things in general)
k'iwhtsay' I'm drying something (deerhide, salmon), seasoning something (acorns, wood)
k'iwhtse I'm dancing the War Dance
k'iwhtsił I'm pounding it lightly, hammering it, hitting it (with a stone maul, rock)
k'iwhtsit I'm pounding acorns
k'iwhxa:wh I'm pulling a dip-net to shore
k'iwhxe'x navel fins (of a salmon)
k'iwhxis I fall down
k'iwich'a:wh waistband knot for woman's buckskin dress
k'iwich'e'il the wind blew along
k'iwidchwiq' things that have been strung on a line
k'iwidchwoq' they are strung on a line
k'iwide:s it had its hair singed off
k'iwidits Indian twine (made of iris), string, rope
k'iwidmut a short, barely audible fart, gasser (pops like acorns)
k'iwidmut' it burst
k'iwidnohł it is blazing
k'iwidq'e:n a twisted, softened hazel withe
k'iwidqot a basket
k'iwidwol shield of elk-skin; war-jacket, armor made of arrowwood strips (kintł'its') woven together
k'iwidwolch a sash of fringed buckskin, worn by Indian doctors
k'iwidya'n eating
k'iwileh-ding Sregon
k'iwilma' tanned hide (of deer, fisher, otter, etc.)
k'iwilme:ch boiled meat
k'iwiloy' Indian doctor's kit
k'iwilte:l mat, traditional Indian bed
k'iwilte:l it was paved
k'iwilts'o'ts' salmon bones; fish bone
k'iwiltsay' they (acorns) are getting dried (over a fire)
k'iwiłda'ułchwin crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos, Common Crow)
k'iwiłda'ułchwin-kyoh raven (Corvus corax)
k'iwiłtsa:y something dried, seasoned (hide, acorns)
k'iwimut' there was a bursting sound; a gun went off
k'iwina:liw male salmon; egg sucker
k'iwinch'o:n it plopped
k'iwindil it rang, made a ringing sound
k'iwindol it crashed
k'iwingqots' it snapped off, made a crackling sound
k'iwingxa' a tree came to stand, still stands
k'iwinjut' it flopped
k'iwink'e:t' it squeaked
k'iwinłut' there was a slapping sound
k'iwinsa:y it made a rattling sound
k'iwint'a'n leaves have come out, (tree) has come into leaf
k'iwinya'n acorn (general term)
k'iwinya'n-ma:'a' maggots that feed on acorns
k'iwinya'n-ya:n man, person, people, Indians
k'iwitł'o:n what has been woven, weaving, woven basket
k'iwitł'ohł she was weaving
k'iwitsit pounded acorns
k'iwiwhle:l I move my hand along
k'iwiyul what one eats (in general), food
k'iwiyul-mił-me:na'dinchwe:n medicine to make one want food, stimulate the appetite
k'iwiyung'il he eats time after time
k'iwo' "hooks", a crown of sea-lion tusks
k'iwo'-dahyiwilxa:l Easter lily
k'iwo'-me' the hook dancers in the Boat Dance
k'iwotł' there is a crunching sound (esp. of rocks)
k'iwowh-nesnoy "foam spot," a bad-luck place in the river
k'iwuna:yay'dil they are hunting
k'iwunay'iwhday I am hunting, pursuing something
k'iwunayda:-ch'itina:wh he goes hunting
k'iwunayda:-ya'tehsde:tł' they went hunting
k'iwun-ch'idne he prays, preaches
k'iwungxoya:n old man
k'ixa'king poles that the A-frame net sits in
k'ixa:q' A-frame lifting net, "trigger" net
k'ixa:q'ich small dip net
k'ixahle' drying frame
k'ixahs-wun-ts'isday hunting camp
k'ixich freckles, freckled
k'ixinay immortals, spirits, "angels."
k'ixolq'its' it is cracked back and forth
k'ixoniwh awareness, feeling (in the body)
k'ixowhnay I capture him, he is my captive
k'ixulo' a (deer's) hoof; deer-hoof rattle used by doctors (dried deer hooves, tied around a stick or bone)
k'ixus deer snare (set to catch deer)
k'ixut it collapses, drops (e.g. deadfall, house)
k'iya:ne:-q'eh a creek mentioned in Mary Marshall's description of the Gooseberry-place Brush Dance (location unknown)
k'iya:wh bird (general term)
k'iya:wh-me:da'ay scalps of redheaded woodpeckers, used for decoration
k'iya:wh-nayniłwul large speckled hawk (Falco mexicanus, Prairie Falcon)
k'iye again
k'iyintah Shasta Indians
k'iyo:y poisonous mushroom, poisonous plant, anything dangerous, strange or poisonous
k'iyohł scent
k'iyuch-łitsow bluebird (Sialia mexicana, Western Bluebird)
ke'-ne:s tree squirrel, grey squirrel (Ammospermophilus)
ke:nim eight
ke:nimdiminłung eighty
keh let me! let's!
kehłtsa:n-'isdiya:n unmarried woman, old maid
kila:gyah small woodpecker, California woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus, Acorn Woodpecker)
kila:gyah-ding Katipiara
kile:xich boy before puberty
kileh hello!
kilxawh ring-tail cat; civet (Bassariscus astutus)
kina:k'iwiłda'ul a girl becomes kinahłdung
kinahłdung a girl for whom a Flower Dance is held, a girl at puberty
kinahłdun-ts'e:y' a decorated split stick used as a rattle during the songs in the Flower Dance
kinch'e' box
king tree, timber (general term), stick
king łiqay deer-hoof rattle used by "tracers" (claivoyants)
king'a:gya:n (traditional) pipe for smoking tobacco
king'onq'ots pigeon berries (?) (Rhamnus sp., buckthorn, cascara)
king-k'idiłtsay' sapsucker, smallest woodpecker (Sphyrapicus varius, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker)
king-k'itoh burden basket with a "nest" of sticks, used for the temporary storage of acorns
king-qo:-ya:n woodworm
king-xołiwhin heavy forest
kin-jiwolch pole, rounded stick (esp. those used in the Jump Dance fence)
kinjiwolch-ne:s the cross-piece on the Jump Dance back-board
kin-na:lma:ts' storage cask
kin-na:way gambling, card game (traditional or modern)
kin-nawhle I'm gambling
kinsinto' the sweet sap of the sugar pine or maple; sugar
kinte:s'its I worked
kintł'its' a type of shrub with hard wood and fuzzy flowers (Holodiscus discolor)
kin-ts'iyo:ye the squeaky noise of two trees rubbing together in the wind
kinye:q'it hollow tree
kinyiq'i-kyoh-mingwah name of a Chilula village
kiwh an insulting gesture with the hand
kiyiq' hollow tree
ky'a'a'diq'ay he is training for power (at a tim)
ky'a'a:n there is a hole, it is empty, hollow
ky'a'a:n a hole, cave
ky'a:- away from
-ky'a:-ch'ing' away from
ky'a:da:ne:-kyoh big white and black spotted salamander
ky'a:dawhne I'm gathering, picking up (acorns, apples, round objects)
ky'a:tilchweh cry out!
ky'a:tilchwiw a type of salamander
ky'a:tiwilchwe:l (someting is) crying along
ky'o'didxit he is begging for something
ky'o'diłxit lawyer
ky'o'niłkis he threw a spear at it, speared at something
ky'o'niwinga:n he committed adultery with someone
ky'o'wingwha:l he hooked for it
ky'o:'ohłkis boxer
ky'o:diłts'o'ts'-ne' make a kissing noise!
ky'o:diwhye:wh I'm whistling (at someone, something)
ky'o:law-king' fishing pole
ky'o:leh let there be lots of fish!
ky'o:mo:t' bump or knobby place on the flesh
ky'o:mo:t' it bulges up (lump or knob on one's body, a hill, etc.)
ky'oh porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum); porcupine quills; headdress of porcupine quills, worn by women in the Jump Dance
ky'ołtuł kick! kick at something!
ky'owh'its I'm shooting at something
ky'owhdilung I don't believe it
ky'owhlaw I'm fishing (with hook and line, "white-man's style")
ky'owhłkis let me spear for fish!
ky'oywung it (dog) is growling at something
kya' skirt, dress (general term)
kyo:mo'ch-ding lumpy knoll on Bald Hill
-kyoh big...
kyułne swamp robin, timber robin, thrush (Ixoreus naevius, Varied Thrush)
kyungkyoh hailstorm
kyungxowhtiw I'm begging for food, I'm bumming
-la:n with the help of, helping
la:whe' buckeye (Aesculus califonica)
lah seaweed (Porphyra perforata, etc.)
-lah opposite, contrary to
lich urine
-ł with
ła' one
ła'a-ding sometimes, at times
ła'a-le:n a blanket
ła'ay-ding in one place, together, in one bunch
ła'ay-xw immediately, at once, right then; nothing but, only
ła'-dikin one hundred, one counting stick
ła'-k'itiyawh a herd of deer
ła'-me:nundiya:-dung' the year before
ła'-nite:l one dollar (refers to silver dollar coin)
ła'-tehs'ay spike, deer with single-pointed antler
ła'-yehch'iwinyay a set of ten dances in the Jump Dance
ła:n many, there is a lot
ła:n-łilt'ik' The Pleiades, "Seven Sisters" (constellation)
łah once, one time, one (instance of)
łah-ch'ing'-dina:n a type of decorative shell, like small scallops
łah-te:schwit a measurement from tip to tip of outspread arms; a "yard"
łah-xw merely, just, only, (in an) ordinary (way)
łahxw...sile'n just as if, as though
łahxw-hayah just for nothing, for no reason, as a joke
łe'diliw he kills something, he murders someone
łe:de'e:tł' a corner
łe:dsow a pile of things scraped together
łe:k'e'iwhxut' I sew them together
łe:k'iniwhye:ts' I'm tying them together (with a knot)
łe:k'iwhlaw I gather (firewood), collect (things), bring (people) together
łe:k'iwing'e:tł' said to be a variant of the ch'ah-ch'e:ng'e:tł' design (Goddard L&C, p.47)
łe:l-ding confluence, where two streams come together (specifically, where the Trinity and the South Fork join, near Salyer)
łe:lya' there is a draw, tie (in a fight, game)
łe:na'k'iniłme'n he built with rocks all around
łe:na'niłchwe:n she made (things) all around
łe:na'niłno' he stood (wood) up in a (vertical) bundle, he gathered things in sheaves
łe:na'niwilne:s they reached out and met together
łe:na'ut'iky' they circle clear around (joined together in a circle)
łe:na'xwe'iłtiwh they take her around
łe:na:'awhchwo:k I sweep them together
łe:na:k'e'iltsay' it (sand) dries together again
łe:na:k'e'iwhditł'o:wh I make several rounds of weaving
łe:na:k'ildiwhot' they (severed parts) grew back together
łe:na:l-ding Weitspus (part of present-day Weitchpec)
łe:na:łtehł full moon
łe:na:tł'o:n basket design, equivalent to the Yurok "elk" design
łe:na:wh neighbors, people living nearby; a village, rancheria
łe:na:wilay fire that has been built
łe:nawhge:s I'm raking things together in a pile
łe:nawhliwh I'm building a fire
łe:ne:tł'-te we'll come together, meet
łe:ningxe:n they came floating together
łe:nulya' there is an evening up, revenge
łe:nundiwa:tł' it shut
łe:wiling they (streams) flow together
łe:wiloy' they are tied together
łe:ya'ninyay (a group) came together, assembled
łe:yehch'iwingye:wh he jammed it (his face) in
łe:yehna:ldidow they drew back
łe:yme:tł' he rattled it
łehch-ma clay, grey-blue colored dirt
łehq'onch' salt
łehq'onch-yiditile goose (Anser sp.)
łeht'e:t'e' mud
łeht'e:t'e'-ch'iłchwe'-ding place upstream from Hostler Ranch village
łich'iwh sand, sandy dirt, dust
łich'iwh-'inahwh-ding name of a Chilula village
łich'iwh-ding name of a place featured in a story told by Oscar Brown
łige:y pine squirrel (Sciurus douglasi)
łin'tiloy' he cinches it up, tightens the cinch on a saddle
łinch'e' mare, bitch
łing' pet animal, dog, horse
łing'-wilda:l-q'it name of a resting place
łing'-wint'e'n she called him (her son)
łinte:sehłtik I squeezed it together
łintiwhtiwh I'm going to look for trouble; "I'll see about that!"
łiq'a:w hog
łiq'a:w it is fat
łiqay it is white
łiqay-wint'e plain white dentalia
łiqiwh it is forked, has prongs
łiqoch' it is hollow, empty, gaping
łisch' board, plank
łit smoke
łitso:wits penny
łitsow something is blue, green
łitsow-tehsyay pneumonia or pleurisy
łitsow-whinist'e'-yehk'inyo:xw diarrhea
łiwhin black paint, made with charcoal
łiwhin something is black
łiwhłoh I have boils
łiwhsow I'm scraping them together
łiwhxung I ejaculate
łiwuning alone, all by oneself
łixun it is sweet, good-tasting
łixun-niłchwin incense cedar (Libocedrus decurrens)
łiy bet, stakes, prize
ło' laugh, laughter
ło'-ch'iłchwe he laughs
ło'chwiwh seed flour (archaic term)
ło'kyoh sturgeon (Acipenser)
ło'kyoh-miqojine' basket design equivalent to the Yurok "sturgeon back" design
ło'n white-faced mouse (Peromyscus)
ło'n-łiqay white mouse
ło'-xotiwising'ił someone was laughing along the road
ło'-xowinse'n they laughed
ło'ya:wh creek trout (Salmon); any small fish
ło'ya:wh-yiditile duck (sp.)
ło:diłeh the throw (mud) at one another
ło:q' fish; salmon (Oncorrhynchus sp.)(general term)
ło:q' ma:tiliw the leader of the salmon
ło:q'-chwo "mockingbird" or "nightingale", chat (Icteria virens, Yellow-breasted Chat)
ło:q'i-nite:l shad (Dorosoma petenense)
ło:q'i-ya:n fish hawk (general term)
ło:q'-ma:'a' dog
ło:q'-ya:n bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
ło:q'-yiditile river otter (Lutra canadensis)
łoh scab, sore
łungxo-'a:k'idyah he had died
łungxo-'a:k'it'ing death takes place (polite term)
łungxo-'a:yk'e'iniw people die
ma'a'diniłchwit he started to run off
ma'a:n-ch'itehs'e'n window
ma'a:nch'itehs'in'-ding-na:ng'e:tł' curtains
-ma'n across from, opposite
ma'ts' half-hoop that holds the net in a dip net
ma:'a' louse, parasite
ma:-ch'iqa:l White Deerskin Dance leader, the person who leads the movement of the dance by carrying the fire from one danceground to another
ma:-de:diwh'awh I burn incense root (angelica) in the fire and pray (at a ceremony)
ma:jiwilay' a mountain in Bald Hill country, northeast of Redwood Creek
ma:-k'itsit the woman who leads the acorn pounders in the Acorn Feast
ma:k'iwhkit I feed it
ma:lyeh-xw fixing it
ma:-me:lkya' slip, underskirt
-ma:n on account of..., for (that) reason
ma:-na'way Dance Leader
-ma:n-ch'ing' across from, opposite
ma:ning'ay backbone of salmon with meat attached
ma:-no:na'ky'a'awh-ding name of a resting place
ma:-yehk'ixowilt'ow underwear
ma:-yehwita:tł' socks
ma:yo mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)
mahn party of warriors
mawh it stinks! phew!
mayo:te:l creatures mentioned in Emma Lewis' story of Yima:ntiw'winyay
me'-ch'e'na:wh outhouse, (inside) bathroom
me'-ch'e:'iłsits' he's skinning (an animal)
me'-ch'iłt'oh skin (the animal)! flay it!
me'-ch'ing' into, towards the inside of it
me'-ch'iwa:t small bucket or bowl for acorn flour
me'-ch'ixine:wh telephone
me'-chwich-ch'iłchwe large burden basket, used for carrying firewood
me'-de'diłiw frying pan; pan where you put bread to cook
me'de'ilwa:wh they talk about it
me'dil (traditional) canoe, (modern) boat
me'dil-ding Village of Matilton; Captain John's Ranch
me'dilxwe the people of the village of Matilton (Me'dilding) and more generally the people of the upstream half of Hoopa Valley
me'iłqe:t they shove it (a canoe) to shore
me'imowh he used to land on it
me'isde' a rock that stands in the ocean at the mouth of the Klamath, mentioned in a love medicine formula told by Emma Lewis
me'isdil-ding a danceground at the downstream end of Ts'ilunding, where the dancers camp before going up Bald Hill on the last day of the White Deerskin Dance
me'isdil-din-nilin Beaver Creek
me'isdi-situn-ding place mentioned in Sam Brown's description of a vision he had
me'ist pestle, used to pound acorns
me'ist-na:k'iditin type of dragonfly, bigger than k'iłwe:mitits'e'
me'-k'e:'iłnay kitchen stove
me'-k'idilxuts he feels good (after drinking), he's high
me'-k'iłwul seed-beating basket, thresher into which seeds are beaten
me'k'iłwul-na'we female man-eating monster who lurks about old camping places
me'-k'iłyo:l-na'yo:s slide trombone
me'-k'isinto'-ch'iłchwe stone dish for catching oil of cooking eels or fish
me'k'isloy' he feathered an arrow
me'k'isłit he burned up along the mountain
me'-k'ita:'ułtsit acorn leaching pit
me'k'ite:mo:wh blister, a blister (which) has formed
me'k'itimowh a blister is forming
me'k'itł'o:wh he ties something on to it
me'k'iwiłtiw he measured it
me'-ky'a:n dishes
me'-ky'o'diłye:wh a whistle (modern)
me'-na'a'diłwich rocking chair
me'-na'a'dinehł'e:n mirror
me'-na'dil perform (a dance step) inside a circle of dancers (a feature of the Brush Dance)
me'-na:k'iwilwe:l clip, magazine (with bullets)
me'nilay they landed their canoes
me'ninta:n he landed his canoe, brought his canoe in to shore
me'niwit'il he is proud of it, he talks proudly about it
me'-no'k'itul stirrup
me'-no:na'mil clothes basket
me'-no:nundiwa:tł' clock strikes the hour
me'nus'ay brush house; wind-break; lean-to
me'-sa'k'ixawh eating bowl, basket
me'-sa:lts'ots' a dipper which one sips from
me'silła:t he ran uphill
me'-siłiq' pie; anything dough-like or mud-like in a container
me'-ta'dina:n drinking glass
me'-tehna:na'k'iłdiw place for washing; washroom, bathroom; bathtub
me'-widwa:l clock
me'wint'a'n he got stuck to it
me'xoste:n he took her up the mountain
me'xowinya'n he got suspicious of it.
me'-yehk'iłyo:l a whistle (modern)
me'-yehk'iwta:n soapstone bowl of a pipe
me:'iłte:l it is wide enough for it
me:ch'ine:s dart; a type of lizard (Gerrhonotus, alligator lizard)
me:chwilchwo:k brush used to sweep acorn flour (older term)
me:da'ay something extends against it; a (canoe) is beached, pulled to shore (still partly in the river)
me:da'ay-me' widow who has not yet cut her hair
me:da'ay-ne:s Chinese person
me:da'ay-wilchwil boy at puberty
me:de:chwe'n I got hungry for it
me:dił'a light it!
me:dimił-ding goal line
me:diwhchwing I'm hungry for it, want it
me:diwhdin I want it, crave it, want to have or do it
me:do:we:se:le' I came to feel tired, unable (to complete the job)
me:dziwhlay I hate it
me:k'e'iwhmil I throw (water) against it
me:k'iłxut' cover it up! hide it by covering!
me:k'inehsq'its' it is shining, shimmering
me:k'ingxut' it is covered up, it has a cover on it
me:k'inowhye I imitate someone
me:k'int'e it is the length of it, it is as long as it
me:k'iwhtiw I'm singing (for a dance), singing a dance-song
me:k'iwiloy'-ding the part of the shaft of an arrow where it is feathered
me:k'iwiltiw a measure of something
me:k'iwiltiw it has been measured
me:l'-ta:n live oak (Quercus chrysolepis)
me:lah some of it, some of them
me:lxe' it is finished, ready
me:me tall fern (Woodwardia)
me:na'ułtul they dance to there
me:na'winch'a:n he shouted
me:na:chwilił-te it (water) will settle
me:na:wh it arrives at it; (idiomatically) it's getting to be time for it
me:na:whdiming I have swum back to shore
me:nawhdile I'm imitating it
me:ne:q'-tł'ohte:l water snake; striped salamander (Eutoenia)
me:niliw (fish) swims into a net, gets caught in a net
me:ning'ay it extends along against it, leans against it
me:niwhgit I'm afraid of it, I fear it
me:niwho:n it is good for it, it is fitting, required
me:niwil'a' it is leaned against something
me:niwinch'e "Indian celery," a kind of grass
me:nundila:t it floated back
me:nundiqe:t it (a canoe) arrived back to shore
me:q'-xił-sile'n a part of an eel, eaten when half-dry
me:-si- climbing up along it
me:siwha:wh I'm going up, climbing (a hill)
me:siwidlay tattoo design element
me:so:yse'n I wanted to do it
me:sowhsin I want to do it, I'm really interested in doing it
me:tsah-xosin a lot, really, very
me:tsah-xowinsin'-te it will be difficult
me:wi-na:sita:n headband, "roll."
me:wina:whil the time comes
me:winła'n it has become enough
me:-xonist'e'-xwe:niwh he was happy about it
me:xwe:yłtsa:s I slung him against it
me:ya'de'ił'e:tł' they join them onto it
me:ya'k'isitiwiwh they pack things up hill in several loads
me:ya'k'iwiłte:l they sang
me:ya:de'e:tł' they are sitting on it (canoes on the shore)
me:yłt'un I stuck it on to it
me:yłto'n I caused it (spit) to jump at it
mehł seine, gill net
mehsch'il'e:n blue-flag grass, iris (Iris)
mehsla:-xosin it is mean
mehsla:-xowidse'n someone comes to be mean
mehst'a'n it is sticking to it
mehstł'o:n (someone) tied it on to it, it is tied on to it
mich'a'ah its (river's) mouth, outlet
mich'e:k'e'xw-na:nint'ik' the string which loops back and forth on a baby's belly in the baby-basket
mich'e:k'e'-xwo-silay cinch (on a horse)
mich'ile'-ne:s rhododendron (Rhododendron californicum)
mich'ilxune' its bitterness
mich'ing'-ding because of it, resulting from it
mich'ing'-na'yo:s violin
mich'ing'-na:sa'a:n along with something
mich'ing'-nayniłt'ik' trigger (on a gun)
mich'iwhe' soot
mich'iwhe'ta:wh bluish dust on acorns (due to mold)
michwa:n'-tułta:n grey fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
michwe:xin'-q'eh-yixolwhin meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta, Western Meadowlark)
michwoq'-xole:n bull
mida'ch small dentalia shells, unincised and too small for use as money; used for decorative necklaces
mida'mil arrow socket
mida'-mił-ne:lno' sash with redheaded woodpecker scalps and beaks sewn on, worn by men at the Kick Dance
mida'-mina:xo:lwhin snowbird, junco (Junco hyemalis, Dark-eyed Junco)
mida'ninyay he came to the door (but didn't go in)
mida'-nite:l duck (general term)
mida'-tehmil gopher (Thomomys, pocket gopher)
mida:n'-sa'a:n timber owl (Strix occidentalis, Spotted Owl)
mida:-q'it on the edge of (the river); riverbank
mide' its (animal's) horn, antlers
mide'ina:wh he goes close past it
mide'-xole:n cow, cattle; (archaic: buck deer or elk)
mide:dna'n it's been touched
mide:na'k'ilay he touched it
midiwhnaw I touch it
miduq its slope
mije'e:din baby, child
mije'e:din-xwa:-na:'uste' she had a baby for him
mije:'xo-tse:lnehwa:n red breasted salamander; red-bellied newt (Taricha totosa)
mije:q'e' (slug's, snail's) slime; slimy discharge
mije:q'e'-xole:n slug
mije:w'-xole:n sugar pine (Pinus lambertina)
mije:w'xole:n-k'idiłq'its' nuthatch, titmouse (Sitta carolinensis, White-breasted Nuthatch; S. canadensis, Red-breasted Nuthatch; Parus inornatus, Plain Titmouse)
mijiw'-ne:s mule, donkey
mijiwult'ung' its fins
mik'ilxije'-xole:n big white and black spotted salamander
mik'iqots'e' elk (Cervus canadensis, Roosevelt elk)
mik'iqots'e'-ma:'a' blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus, Brewer's Blackbird)
mik'its'o:' its (fish's) milt
mike' its (animal's) tail; mouth of a river (metaphorically)
mike'-łitsow blue-tailed lizard
mike:l' its (fish's, eel's ) tail
mike:l'-ch'ing' the tail-end of something, the smallest part of something
mikin' the base of something; a handle
miky'a:nt'ik' it is hanging
mikyo:n'-niłchwin onions
mikyow' grizzly bear (Ursus horribilis)
mikyow'-mik'ima:w' grizzly bear medicine
mikyowe'-mila' basket design equivalent to the Yurok and Karok "striped" design
-mil thin covering or shell
milay' point (of an arrow); tip (of a tree); summit, top, peak (of a mountain)
mile:je' its remains
milich it drips, leaks
milide'-niłchwin tobacco (rare)
milimil flute
miloy (berries) are unripe, green
-mił when..., after...
mił sleepiness, sleep, drowsiness, dream
mił (starting off) from
mił-'a'k'ił'e:n pencil, pen
mił-ch'a'a'dimil long-toothed Indian comb of elk-horn
mił-ch'idilye regalia and other ceremonial valuables used primarily in the White Deerskin Dance and Jump Dances
mił-ch'iwol scraper (for hide)
mił-ch'ixosow (traditional) implement for scratching, made of elkhorn, polished or with a rim of abalone shell
mił-ch'ixotiłchwo:k broom
mił-ch'ohłwul axe
miłchwit push it!
mił-dahch'iwiyo:sil trigger string attached to the A-frame net
mił-dahk'idiłdil small sifting basket
mił-dahsiday A-frame lifting net, equivalent to k'ixa:q'
miłiye' it is worth it
mił-k'idiłdin love medicine
mił-k'idiłwis (traditional) wooden drill-like implement used to create a spark, fire drill; (modern) matches
mił-k'iłdik' darkish rock, about 8 inches long, used to crack acorns
mił-k'iłt'iwh chisel
mił-k'iłtsil hammer, maul
mił-k'iłwul thresher, used to thresh out wild oats into basket
mił-k'it'us a saw
mił-k'itiłkis fishing spear, especially the point
mił-k'itiquch stick with hook on end used in stick game
mił-k'itiwa:t small sifting basket
mił-k'itsit rock used to crack acorns
mił-ky'a:n set of teeth
mił-ky'o'owha:l fishhook
mił-ky'o:xe:t (modern) money
mił-łe:na'ge:s a rake
mił-łe:na:dsow brush for sweeping up (acorn flour)
mił-łe:na:tsow brush for sweeping up (acorn) flour
mił-me'k'iłtiw measuring stick (for mesh of a net)
mił-miq'i(t)xwona:na'ay an iron
mił-na'k'iłwul baseball bat
mił-na'k'itł'oy shuttle for making nets
mił-na'ntsa:s a whip
mił-na'xode:s scissors
mił-na:'udiqot crutches
mił-na:na'k'iłwha:l wooden hook, used to break limbs off trees
mił-na:na'niłtul spurs
mił-na:sa'a:n there is a tradition
mił-na:tul (animal's) paw
mił-nikyahxwo-ky'a:n medicine to "stretch your stomach" so that you will be able to eat a lot at a feast
mił-no:'ołwul dip net, plunge net
mił-no:'ondil a "heavy" or slow song at the Kick Dance
mił-sa'qot fork
miłsah-ch a little bit far
mił-tahch'ilo:s line to pull gill-net
mił-tahk'iłje:w large seine
mił-te:wina'k'iqot acorn paddle
mił-tehch'ijich modern spoon
mił-tehsch'e:-me' Upper Redwood Creek (Whilkut) village
miłto:y any basket large enough to cook in; (modern) pot, bucket
miłtsah-xosin rattlesnake
mił-wa'yo:s needle
mił-wun'dichwit towel
mił-xa'xa:wh garden spade; spades (suit in playing cards)
mił-xong'a'dił'e:n face or body paint made from soot mixed with marrow
mił-xong'a:na:diwilaw-k'ima:w' medicine to look nice, have nice things
mił-xontah-na:dya' medicine to make people be always glad to see you
mił-xosa'awh someone poisons him, poisoning happens
mił-xosa:d'a:n he had been poisoned
mił-xowiloy' belt
mił-yehch'ina:wh a "heavy" or slow song at the Brush Dance
mił-yehk'iłtul a "heavy" or slow song at the Brush Dance
mił-yik'iłt'ot nipple (on bottle)
mił-yiłkit (steel) trap
mima:ts'e' rim, edge of something (e.g. basket)
mimiłna:tul'-jiwol a second name for the bobcat
min'- house (archaic)
min'ch menstrual hut
min'-ch'e:ng'a:ding side pole running the length of a house, suppporting the roof
min'day' outside the house, outdoors
min'day'ch'ing'-xwa:'a:ne ta:n doctor
min'dayq' (on the) stone platform in front of a living house (xontah)
min'-sowoł the round exit door of a sweathouse
min'-t'ah the entrance passage into a living house
min'-tsida' smokehole in a living house
mina'k'idehłq'ay' he straddled it
mina'se'ina:wh she goes around it (the fire)
mina'wilda:l she ran around (the fire)
mina:' large seed, pit
mina:'-dahnehsnoy-ch big redwood salamander (Chondrotus)
mina:'e:din mole
mina:'-xwe raccoon (Procyon lotor)
mina:-k'isa'aw she sings (while) going around it
mina:k'isehłma:ts' I made a circle around it
mina:k'iwilt'ik' (string) is stretched around it, encircles it
mina:na:'isdiła:t she ran around it
mina:na:'isme:n he made it swim around (the world)
mina:na:k'ide:lq'ay' sitting with one leg on each side
mina:ng'ay sinkers on fish net
minah beforehand, ahead of time, in advance
minahsto (water) surrounds it, forms an island
minahsto:y island
minawhliwh I remember it, call it to mind, think of it
minawhniw I forget it
minchwiwh-mil yellowhammer, flicker (Colaptes auratus, Common Flicker)
minde'iłchwe (modern) tobacco, cigarette
mindich bobcat, lynx (Felis rufus)
mine:'e:din baby
mine:gits a little bit; (it is) cheap
mine:jit-dahna:k'e:t'a:ts' I cut it in half
mine:jit-ts'isye:n non-technical term for the center man in the Jump Dance
mine:jixomił afterwards, then (after a while)
mine:jixo-na'ne'iłtuł-ding place along the Boat Dance route, near the village of Miskut
mine:qits a little, slightly, easily
ming it (animal)
-ming in order to, so that
ming'-kine'ding at the back of a house
mingk'il'e:n menstruating woman, menstruation (direct term, used among women)
mingk'iwh'e:n I am menstruating, having my period
mingwah at the edge of it, bordering it, beside it, (lying) next to it
ming-wha:ne empty
mingwiwhyo:l I'm chasing along, driving (animals, e.g. horses, cattle, pigs)
minilohts hoot owl, smallest owl
minim'-mił-łe:diliw mountain lion, "panther" (Felis concolor)
minin flank (of mountain), hillside
minin'ding-ch'e:ng'ay (modern) cap, with bill, baseball cap
minin'ding-dahdiwing'ay (modern) cap, with bill, baseball cap
mining month (in names of months)
mining'-łiwhin Black person, Negro
mining'-me:q'e' screech owl (Otus asio)
mining'-q'it-nuk'iłut' turkey; turkey's wattles
mining'-tehs'ay pest, pesky person
mining-gije' (a fish's) head-gristle
miniwhloy' I'm tying you to it
minłun-dikin ten hundred, one thousand
minłundikin-miwah-na:ła'dikin one thousand one hundred
minłung ten
minłung it is sufficient, enough for it
minłung-miwah-na:ła' eleven
minłung-miwah-na:nahx twelve
minłung-miwah-na:ta:q' thirteen
mino:'awhding practice religious dance performed to the side of dance area
mino:k'e:łdik' I put a hole in it
mino:k'ischwa'n it (plant) is growing in a clump or bunch
mino:lwe:tł' it was midnight
mino:ya'k'ingt'a'ts'-te they are going to cut them open
minq' lake
minq'i-kyoh-ding Espar
minq'i-nikya:w-q'it Trinity Summit
mintiwh'its I'm pulling at it (with all my strength)
mintł'ohwh fasten your net!
miq'a'a'diłchwe a circle of rocks on top of a mountain, where Indian doctors train
miq'eh-me:na:k'iwiltiw a "light" or fast song at the Brush Dance
miq'eh-na:diwul-ding Requa
miq'i'esday (traditional) stump-like stool for men; (modern) chair
miq'i-ch'ing' flat with oaks
miq'ik'itł'oy' hazel sticks
miq'is half of it, one of a pair
miq'i-sile'n it has gotten late
miq'is-nint'ik' false Solomon's Seal (Smilacina sessilifolia)
miq'it dahch'iwinge:n she smoked (tobacco)
miq'it-ch'ich'iwh coat, jacket
miq'it-dahch'idiłtse horse
miq'it-dahky'a:n table (modern)
miq'it-dahna'de'ił'a'-ding Buck Buttes
miq'it-dahna:dił'a shoot it, hit it (with an arrow)!
miq'it-dahsa'a:n saddle
miq'it-dahwing'a' the sun has set behind the western hills, it is sunset
miq'it-k'e'sindil ladder
miq'it-k'ildil Serviceberry (Amelanchier), juneberry
miq'it-k'iłxa:l frame on which deerhides are stretched to dry before tanning
miq'it-k'iwiłiw butter
miq'it-k'ixut deadfall trap (for fisher)
miq'it-king-k'e:'iłwul drum used in stick game
miq'it-me:'iłwul drum
miq'it-na'k'ilmowh swing
miq'it-na:k'iłtsay' drying frame for gill net
miq'it-na:na:ndil ladder
miq'it-no:'ołwul platform on fish dam for dip-netting
miq'it-xokyun-xole:n he remembers it
miq'itxwo-na:nawh'ay I'm ironing (clothes)
miq'os-łitsow mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
miq'ost'ahdiminłung ninety
miq'os-t'aw nine
miqe:king'-xiłnehwa:n maidenhair fern (Adiantum)
mis cliff, bluff, riverbank
mis'a:n' remembering it, talk about it
misGe'gits they (things, children) are little
misa'wiłt'iky'-te he'll run it in its mouth
misa'wingxa:n he fed it
misa:k'iwil'e:tł' they were stuck in its mouth
misa:y small seeds
misah-k'itidlut' foreigner, someone who can't speak Hupa well
misah-me:q'-silay bridle
misah-niłchwin turkey vulture, buzzard (Cathartes aura)
misah-sa'a:n its gills
mis-dima'-me' Table Bluff
mise:na:ych'e' Lily Hostler's other name
misgilo medium-sized owl (Bubo virginianus, Great Horned Owl)
misinto' its sap, grease, juice
misinto'-xole:n summer run of steelhead
misjeh fog, mist, light haze
mis-me' name of a Chilula village
miso:se' its (plant's) shoots; its (bee's) stinger
misq'i-mima:nch'ing' Shenon Farm bar
misq'i-nilin Mill Creek
mis-q'it Village of Miskut
misq'it-ch'idilye a Jump Dance formerly held during the spring at Miskut (misq'it)
mis-xehsta:ng-q'it place upstream from the highway bridge
misxustun-ding a mountain north of the Klamath, mentioned in Emma Lewis' medicine formula to protect children (location unknown)
mit'ung'-łiqiwhich type of medicinal herb
mitah-'a:'ił'e:n baking powder
mitahxw-ch'iłchwe he hoes the garden, clears the garden of weeds
mitis-nuno:je:ye' forget it!
mitł'e:de' its (fish's) scales
mitł'ow' (a plant's) leaves, foliage
mits'in'-na:ng'e:tł' wasp
mits'isge:' its (e.g. duck's) fine feathers, down
mits'o:'-ch'iłtik milk cow
mitse:tł'owa'-xole:n horse (less common term)
miwa' its (animal's) fur, (bird's) down
miwe:whe' its (bird's, chicken's) egg
miwhkya' I'm wearing a dress
miwhliwh I'm looking after (something), watching it
miwhwul I'm drumming
miwhxe'x-xole:n doe
miwhxiw I'm finishing it
miwidwa:de' powder; the dust of something
miwowh its (e.g.. beer's) foam
miwowh-tina:wh beer
miwung ocean (archaic, used only in placenames and phrases)
miwung' half, part of something
mixa:ch'e' its (tree's) stump, clumped roots
mixa:ch'e'-xole:n angelica, sweet anise, incense root (Angelica sylvestris)
mixa:ch'e'-xole:n-q'it Captain John Mountain
mixa:-xa:k'iwidwhe gold
mixontaw'-xole:n woodrat (Neotoma)
mixulo' (deer's, pig's) cloven hoof
miy rain rock; powerful (tabooed) place or object (usually a rock) which must not be touched unless you want it to rain
miya:wh its (animal's) young
miyehch'o' eel's "backstrap" or "string"
miyeh-ts'isq'a'n he roasted it
miyeh-wilq'a'n roasting rack
miyeh-wilq'a'n-kin' roasting rack (for drying pitchwood)
miyeh-wunna'dil backup singers, singers who sing in the background for someone singing a melody
miyi-me' Rain Rock
miyi-me' name of a village located at Campbell's Ranch
miyi-mida:-q'it place along the river bank at miyi-me'
mowun-niwhon-ding Yurok village of Tsurai at Trinidad
mun'-kyoh-łtsow blowfly
mun'-ts'isge mosquito
mung' fly
n- towards
-na wait for
-na' particle sometimes found with interrogative pronouns; meaning unclear
na' look!
na'de'ilchwun'-ding Tule Ranch
na'de'ił'e:tł' he stands them up
na'dehsdiqot' he rolled around on the floor
na'dil they go around
na'dilchwa'n they are eating together, having a feast
na'ditł'e:t' he walks along with his body flopping
na'diwidyay he got back off (horse), dismounted
na'diwildito'n he jumped off
na'diwinchwit he let go of it
na'k'ide:s someone who cuts hair, barber
na'k'idilyay necklace of shells or beads
na'k'idiwilya' she put on a necklace
na'k'ilqich old term for coffee (refers to roasting of beans)
na'k'iłquch he is parching, roasting (seeds, corn, coffee, etc.)
na'k'iłtso'n he flips (stones, marbles)
na'k'itiwa'a:l she sings along
na'k'itł'oy he sets a gill net
na'k'itł'oy gill net, seine
na'k'iwiłdiw he washed something
na'ky'a'aw the "center man" in the line of Jump Dancers
na'ne'iliwh he brings them over (across the river)
na'ne'iłxiwh he moves them across (in canoe)
na'ne'ite'ch'-ding Hostler Point
na'ne:chway he threw dirt at it
na'ne:wehsdilay he won
na'niłkis he strikes at it
na'niłt'ik' he strung it across
na'ningyay he went (across)
na'ninyo:t he chased, hunted (quarry)
na'qot he pokes around, goes around with a pointed stick, pole
na'siłwe he butchers (one animal)
na'te'indil they go off back
na'te:ng'e'n he looked back
na'tehłde'idz-te they will run along (with a girl in the Flower Dance)
na'tindil they are going home
na'tiw he wins, he runs fastest
na'ułtul stamp-dancing
na'ułtul they are stamp-dancing (the basic dance step)
na'wa:n he breaks it up; he butchers (several animals)
na'we he packs it around, carries it around as a pack
na'wehch ceremonial basket-quiver, used only at the Jump Dance
na'whiwiłme' he bathed me
na'wida:l he is going back, returning home
na'widchwe:l he was crying along (on his way back)
na'widqot' he tumbled down from above
na'wiłxe:l he is on the track, tracks it along
na'wime:l she always bathes along
na'wing'il they (people) swam around, bathed
na'winłit he burned it
na'wint'aw he sinned, broke the rules
na'xohsme:tł' somebody threw them (people) around
na'xoniłiw he throws mud at someone
na:- here and there, about (non-directional motion)
na:- circular motion
na:- linear motion down from above
na:'[w]iłdime:n he made it swim back
na:'awhchwo:k I brush them off again
na:'e'iya' it always rains
na:'ul'a' it (regalia) customarily lies there
na:'uldito'n she danced back
na:'ulit-ding Karuk village at Camp Creek
na:'ułmohwhich small burden basket, like a purse or "suitcase"
na:'ułto'n a Jump Dance step
na:'ułto'n he dances jumping up and down (a general term for frenzied dancing in place, as in doctor-training dances)
na:'ułwis he is dodging around
na:'ułwuł he's shaking it side to side
na:'undiłah he runs back
na:'usła:t he ran around
na:'usma:s he rolled it around
na:'usna:t he tasted it
na:'usqe:t he paddled it around
na:'usxe' he hauled it around
na:'usxe' he tracked it around
na:'usxit' he touched it, felt it
na:ch'iłtsił (he was) moving as he sat
na:da'ay it (tree, pole, etc.) stands there, sticks out (of the ground)
na:dawhsa'n I'm getting weak
na:de'e'tł' they stand up
na:de'ił we're swimming around
na:de'tł' digger pine, bull pine (Pinus sabiniana); pine nuts
na:de'tł'-nehwa:n beans (modern)
na:de'tł'-tse'ch jack pine, small sugar pine
na:dehsdilyay we are standing
na:dije:w they (birds) flew together
na:diłwuł pour (the water)! spill (the things)!
na:dimil it's spilling out, dropping out (of basket)
na:dite:k'ił it breaks off
na:dite:yay it (ground) opened up
na:diwh'ay I'm standing it up (pole, post, etc.), planting a tree
na:diwilwa'tł' they were lying there scattered
na:diwilwa:tł' what has been poured, dumped
na:diwing'a' it stuck up
na:diwuł it swings around
na:dne:l children's play, playing
na:dohłya' stand up (you all)!
na:k'e'its to shoot at a mark
na:k'e:yun'-te they will grow
na:k'ida'ay there is a rainbow
na:k'ida'ay a rainbow
na:k'idilya put on a necklace!
na:k'ila:t a limb falls from a tree
na:k'iłqot' set a snare!
na:k'iłwehł store it away, pack it away!
na:k'indeh acorns drop to the ground
na:k'ine mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus)
na:k'inehłtse:tł' I threw (a rock) across
na:k'ining'ay something extends across, lies crosswise
na:k'iniwh'ay I lay it across (arm, leg, stick, board)
na:k'iniwilte:l bridge
na:k'iqot pain is felt, there is a stab of pain
na:k'iqot hog, pig
na:k'is'its they shot at a mark
na:k'ite'ida:ye' it starts blooming again
na:k'ite:se:we:n I packed my load back again
na:k'iwh'aw I'm singing (in general), I'm a singer
na:k'iwhla:wh I clean (dirt, sand) off of it
na:k'iwhle I feel around with my hand, move my hand around
na:k'iwhxut' I'm sewing it
na:k'iwidla:wh it has been cleaned off
na:k'iwilda:wh a top
na:k'iwilqot' snare, a slim stick stuck in the ground and bent over
na:k'iwilwe:l they are kept, stored away
na:k'iwilxut' it's been sewn
na:k'iwinch'e it is windy
na:k'ixa:ch it (e.g. hair) hangs loose, something is broken apart, disarticulated (e.g. a broken fish)
na:k'ixolq'its' basket design equivalent to the Yurok crooked or zigzag design
na:k'iyo:wh (water) washes back and forth, surges about
na:la:t it's floating around
na:leh (they are) diving around
na:lgya:s (it is) broken
na:lła:t it ran down (in the ground)
na:lma:ts' something coiled up, a hoop
na:lte' work, a job
na:lto'n jumping up and down style of dancing
-na:ł in the presence of, before one's eyes
na:ła' another, repeated, again
na:łtsa:y they are dried (e.g. clothes hung on line)
na:łtsił hit it (with a rock)!
na:ma:s it's rolling, turning (on an axis)
na:miq'eh following along behind, last
na:mis-dima:s a (toy) top
na:mus-xw in a circle, around
na:mut' it (bird, bat) flaps its wings, flies around
na:na'awhliwh I take them down again
na:na'chwit someone slides his hand down
na:na'de:łiw he drew a line across it
na:na'k'ide:lo:s he made it ready (a pack, load)
na:na'loy' she ties up her hair by winding a fur hair-tie (tsiq') around it
na:na'ning'a:n he won it back
na:na'udahwh it has come down
na:na'widił-te they will live again
na:na'widxits' he flew back down
na:na'wiłkyo:s he took it (blanket) down
na:na'wiłtin he has taken it down again
na:na'wing'a:n he had taken it down
na:na'wintun-te someone will bring it down
na:na:'awhxa:wh I take it (a filled container) down
na:na:'isdits-e: he turned around
na:na:'isdiwich he leaned down
na:na:'udqot' it (weaving) turns, bends up
na:na:'ułdinaw he turns it around
na:na:'usxoy' he vomited
na:na:da'ay small point, peak
na:na:dit'ah it (feather, leaf) falls, drops, wafts downward
na:na:diwul it was wiggling
na:na:dme'tł' they have been thrown down, lie scattered
na:na:dyay it (sun) had gone down
na:na:k'iwhjeh I'm going to pitch, tar something
na:na:ne'iwhtiwh I always pass it over
na:na:nya'-te you will live
na:na:sinyahwh turn around and go back!
na:na:tuł (somone) steps down
na:na:wiloy' he had his hair tied
na:na:wiloy' (woman's) tied-up hair
na:na:ya'xoniłxa' they found his tracks (across the river)
na:na:ya:yde'tł'-te we shall live forever
na:nawhdinaw I turn around (and go back)
na:ndiqot' you wriggle, scramble back
na:ne:lay I won (in gambling)
na:ne:l-ch doll
na:ne:łde:tł' I slung (rope) across
na:ne:widil'in'ił-te we will look at it
na:ng'a' a round object has come to lie there again, has come back to rest; idiomatically: the moon has gone through a complete cycle
na:ng'a' a (traditional) lunar month, a (modern) calendar month
na:ng'ay it extends downward, is hanging down
na:ng'e:tł' they extend down, hang downward (e.g., fruit on a tree, curtains)
na:-ni- linear motion across (a river, a road)
na:niłtsong' hit, bang against it!
na:niłtuł stamp down!
na:ningxut' curtain
na:nint'ik' it stretches across
na:ninyiwh move across (the river)!
na:niwhwul I'll hit it, drum on it (with a stick)
na:niwilxut' it (e.g. curtain) has been hung
na:niwiłiq' Mongolian spots
na:nohdigit (you all) come running back!
na:ntiwh lie down again! go (back) to bed!
na:ntun'-te it will come to lie again at that place; idomatically: a feast will happen
na:nyay rain
na:nyay it's raining; it's starting to rain
na:q' gravel
na:q'i(t)-ta:ng'a:ding gravel bar in river
na:q'it gravel bar, river bar
na:q'itah-k'iłixun jackrabbit
na:qiwh it (arm, face, etc.) twitches, it has a tic; it is twitching (e.g. tic on arm, face)
na:qowh (horse) runs around, gallops
na:sa'a:n-tuq resting place on the trail between Hostler Ranch village and Matilton village
na:sda'undeh a few days ago
na:sdo:ngxw-ky'a:n menstruating woman (polite term, used by women in front of men)
na:sdongxw alone, by oneself
na:sdongxwe menstruating woman (polite term, used by women in front of men)
na:sma:ts' round, circular, in a loop, hoop-shaped
-na:t around, all around (in a circle)
na:t'ah it floats about in the air, waves (like a flag), wafts about
na:t'aw flag
na:t'awe duck (older term, now archaic)
na:t'awe:-łiqay diving duck (Mergus (sp.), Merganser)
na:t'awe:-sowolts ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis, North American Ruddy Duck)
na:te'ildixit they start off back
na:te:ch'it the waning moon (when its going from full to new)
na:te:ditse it opened
na:te:sdiyay I went home
na:te:siwh'e'n I'm looking back
na:te:wh'ing'ił-te I shall always be looking back
na:te:witse it (door) is open
na:tiłtah unfold it (e.g., paper, canvas)! uncoil (a rope)!
na:tini-xw Hoopa Valley (i.e., where the trails lead back)
na:tinixwe Hoopa Valley Indians
na:tintse open it (door, window)!
na:tiwhdiye:wh I'm breathing
na:tiwidqe:l they were coming along on canoes
na:tł'a' backwards
na:ts'eh it (baby, snake, eel) wiggles around, squirms
-na:tse ahead, first, preceding
na:tse:s arrow
na:wehsle'n it (water) fell
na:wehsma:ts' it was coiled
na:whay I'm going around, moving in no particular direction
na:whdita:n I brought it (a long object) back
na:whdiyay I went back
na:whiniłyiw it becomes me, suits me (e.g., dress, ornament)
na:whixinay' I got well again, recovered from an illness
na:whtong'ił-te I'm going to dance (jumping up and down)
na:widilił-te it shall be snow always
na:widits whirlwind
na:wilit it burned up, got burned
na:wiłkya' she put a dress on
na:wma:ts' it has become round
na:xay it (animal) is wounded
na:xe they are floating around (e.g. logs in pond)
na:xis it flies [around]
na:xiwhdinaw I'm moving about
na:xodiwh'e'n I watch him, take notice of him, keep my eyes on him
na:xodiwht'us I'm cutting him with a knife, slashing him
na:xoh'ung run around (you all)!
na:xolts'a' (water) soaks down into the ground
na:xolts'a' a variety of small bird
na:xoniłyohł I'm blowing at him
na:xoniwhdixe'-te I will track him down
na:xoniwhyo:t I'm chasing him around
na:xosch'e' type of clover
na:xote:se:sow I'm sweeping (with modern broom)
na:xowh'ay I invite him around (to different places, here and there)
na:xowhde:s I'm cutting off his hair
na:xowhtsa:n I found him
na:xowiloy' belt
na:y'a' I came to have it (round object), acquired it, got it, bought it, came to be carrying it around
na:ya'k'ine'a'aw they sing again
na:ya'tiwiyo:sil they were each drawing them through (knives through their mouths)
na:ya'wildiła:t she ran back up
na:ya'xone'iłiw they hit them with mud
na:ya'xotehłxa' they tracked him
na:ya:ne:de:tł' we had gone across
na:ywiłxahł-te night will pass
nahdiminłung twenty
nahdiminłung-miwah-na:ła' twenty-one
nahdiminłung-miwah-na:nahx twenty-two
nahdiminłung-miwah-na:ta:q' twenty-three
nahdiyaw money (general term)
nahdiyaw-mił-ch'iloy' small, harmless snake; "money snake"
nahł'awh they move around, browse, roam
nahłmil eddy in a stream
nahłmowh it is hanging, swinging from something
nahłtsis it is hanging (attached to a string or rope)
nahsdixich it is spotted
nahslin-ding Ishi Pishi
nahsma:ts' it is round, circular, looped around
-nahsni (passing) in front of
nahsqot' it (stick, etc.) is bent, crooked
nahst'ik' wild tea (vine)
nahx two
nahxa-le:n large (and valuable) blanket made from two (deer)hides sewn together; a 'double' blanket
nahx-dikin two hundred
nahxi-k'iq'os-na:diwul a mythical giant with two heads, on necks that swing around
nahxi-tehs'a two-pronged fish spear
nawh'ay I'm carrying (a round object) around; I have it (e.g. stone), own it
nawh'its I'm running around, I'm in motion
nawh'ut I'm waving, flopping (a cloth, blanket) around; I'm going to throw it (cloth-like object) down
nawhdiqe:ch' I am lame, limping
nawhdiqot' I wriggle, flop around
nawhdixe I'm loosely built
nawhdow I dodge something, jump out of sight sneakily, dart along the road
nawhjich I'm carrying (little pieces, like sand, sugar, berries) around
nawhkyo:s I'm carrying (a blanket) around
nawhle I'm carrying (rope, several objects) around
nawhlo:s I'm dragging it around
nawhłeh I'm making marks (all over), drawing lines in all directions
nawhme I'm swimming, bathing
nawhne:l I'm playing (a game, with toys, etc.)
nawhqits' I'm twisting it back and forth
nawhquch I'm tossing it around with a stick, pushing it here and there with a stick (usually with reference to the stick game, shinny)
nawht'ow I'm stirring something (with a paddle)
nawhte I keep, own (an animal)
nawhte' I'm working
nawhtin I'm carrying it (an empty basket, a long, stick-like object) around
nawhts'it I'm falling (from a height), dropping
nawhtse:l I'm warming it up, heating it
nawhxay I'm carrying (a filled container) around
nawhye:wh I'm resting
nawhying I'm moving (camp, residence) around
nay'wid'ing'il she looked
nayde'iłxit' someone feels along on it; (idiomatically) someone is affected by a hereditary ailment
nayk'isdił clock
nayłkit (cloud, fog, smoke) drifts around
naynehłdik' (woodpecker) pecked
naynehłtse:tł' the clock struck the hour
nayntehłdik' he (woodpecker) pecked
nayts'a'n there is a sound, something is audible (in the distance)
naywe:se:'e'n I'm looking all round
-ne' (you) must...
-ne'in used to (do, be), was ...-ing, former, deceased
ne:de:tł' we (2) came, arrived
-ne:jit in the middle, center of
-ne:jit while..., in the midst of ...ing
ne:lya:n it's been eaten up
ne:łxut' I have hung (the curtain)
ne:se:day I sat down
ne:we:no' they came to stand up there
ne:yay I came, arrived
nehe we, us
-nehs alongside of
nehsdite:ch' we lay down
nehsnoy they (mountains, a line of things) stand up there, project upward, stick up in peaks
nehwa:n it resembles, looks like (something)
-ng-xits' beside, close to
nich'ing'-yehna:ldiqoł it's your turn!
nich'owhte I feel stronger than you, I overpower you
nichwe'n it is bad, bad-looking, ugly, dirty
nichwin'-ch'ing' left (side), on the left
nichwing'-xw badly, in a bad way
nida:s it is heavy
nikilxay your brothers
nikyah-nich'o:ne he has respect for you
nikyah-xw in a big way, greatly, much; soundly (in sleeping)
nikyung-xoling watch out! take care!
nileh it had arrived there swimming
nilin creek, stream
nilin (water) flows
nilin-kin'-ding former village in Sugar Bowl
nilts'it it comes to someone as a gift or blessing, it befalls someone
nił'a:ch' they (animals) came
niłch'ing'-who:wh kingsnake (Lampropeltis sp.)
niłch'ing'-ya:'ulto'n to dance towards and past another dancer
niłchwin it stinks, smells bad, has a strong odor
niłchwin-dilma:y wormwood
niłchwing-k'iwilchwe:n sourdough
niłchwiniq'a'-ding Panamnik
niłchwit he pushed it
niłde'se'indil they meet each other
niłde:ya'se'ilto'n they meet each other dancing (from opposite directions)
niłdiłwa:-sile'n they traded, exchanged
niłdits a wrinkle
niłdits it is wrinkled
niłgit it's rotten, crumbly from rot (thing, not flesh)
niłje:n it is bright, shining
niłke:kyo:ts' purse for keeping dentalia
niłky'a:k'ildiwi-me' panther; also the name of the place where panther lives in a medicine formula for the birth of a first child (Goddard, Hupa Texts #33)
niłma:nch'ing'-me:da'ay a type of snake
niłq'it-dahsa'a:n basket design equivalent to the Yurok "flint" design
niłta:n it is soft, damp
niłtsa:y it is dry, dried up
niłtuq black oak (Quercus kelloggii, or Quercus californica)
niłtuq-lay' a place half-way up Bald Hill, where the concluding dances of the White Deerskin Dance are held
niłtuqu-tah-ding Chimariko village located at Don Juan
niłwa:yay'ilto'n they jump dance passing each other
niłwe' it is greasy, oily, shining
niłxit it (some object) is slippery, slick, smooth
niłxut' it (e.g. curtain) is hanging
nił-xwe:lik I told you
nime:tł' you bring them
nin' dirt, earth, ground
nin'-dahsa'a:n hill
nin'i-dahsa'un-ding Wahtek
nin'i-me' place identified in Emma Lewis' story of Yima:ntiw'winyay as the location of a final dance
nin'i-me:l-ding Meta
nin'i-wa:ky'a'un-ding Turip
nin'i-wiltso:l-miyeh Chilula camp belonging to noleh-ding
nin'-me'-xa'sindił-ding place along the Boat Dance route, on the bank between mis-q'it (Meskut) and ta'k'imił-ding
nin'-miwhtsił I'm squatting down
nin'-miwina:-ch'iste:n mythical being
nin'se'indil they dance bobbing up and down
nin'sindil a dance step featuring dancing up and down in place
nina'xoste:n he raised her up
nina:- rising up from lying down
nina:taw being unaware of what you are doing
ninch'ing' down to the ground
ninde:n it is rich, greasy, oily, shiny with grease
nindong' it is straight, stretched out in a line (string, trail, etc.)
ning you (singular)
ning'ay it extends along
ning'e:tł' they lie horizontal, crosswise
ningk'iwh'ul I am dressing meat, butchering (animal), cutting up (fish)
ningxa' good-looking, handsome, beautiful
ningxa't'e:n leader, boss, rich, important person; rich and important person
ningxits' it flew here
ningxonding in plain sight
ningxosge cherry, chokecherry (Prunus sp.)
ningxosting frost, ice on the ground
ningxosting it (water, ground) is frozen, there is ice
ningxosting-me'iłchwe refrigerator
ningxowinte:n it froze
ninis'a:n the world, surface of the earth, country, mountain, land
ninis'a:n-chwin'da:'ułtiwh he spoils the world, breaks the rules, does something sacrilegious
ninis'a:n-me'a:diniłchwit earthquake
ninis'a:n-me'-yitiliwh "pains" which are only shown in the Kick-Dance, not sucked out of people
ninis'a:n-me:na'iłtiw surveyor
ninis'a:n-mich'ing'-dinun-ts'isye:n name for a sucking doctor
ninis'a:n-nikya:w Big Hill (at the head of Hostler Creek)
nint'a:na'widyay he turned back, started back home
nint'ik' it stretches in a line, it (string, rope, etc.) extends out straight
nintiwh lie down!
ninyiwh move here!
niq'eh-wiwhdinung' I agree with you
nisah a long way, far
nisawh'awh I'm putting it (e.g., stone) into your mouth
nise:qot I poked you
nisking tall, straight conifer (esp. one without low branches, such as Douglas fir, yellow pine)
nisking-mina:k'iwiltsil nuthatch, titmouse (Sitta carolinensis, White-breasted Nuthatch; S. canadensis, Red-breasted Nuthatch; Parus inornatus, Plain Titmouse)
nisking-mina:t-ch'iwiltong'il sapsucker (Redwood dialect)
niskin-ji-ding name of a village located upstream from Willow Creek
nista:n log, fallen tree
nite:l it (thing) is wide, broad, spread flat
nite:sila:l-e: you go to sleep
nitł'its' it is hard, solid (like stone)
nitsa:s it is big around, large in diameter, thick (like a stick)
niwehs'e:tł' things have extended, run along somewhere
niwehsle'n it started to flow
niwh'awh I'm bringing it (e.g., stone)
niwh'e:n I'm looking at something
niwh'e:tł' I extend them along, lay them horizontally, crosswise (e.g. sticks, poles)
niwhchwił I am wet
niwhdin I'm in love with you
niwhgit I'm afraid, I fear, I'm a coward
niwhkya:w I'm big
niwhne:s I am tall, long
niwhnoy I stand (things) up in a line, make them stick up
niwho:n (it is) good, nice, pretty
niwhon-ch'ing' right (side), on the right
niwhong-xw well, healthy, in a good way
niwhqits' I am crooked, twisted
niwhtsa:t I'm (in the process of) sitting down
niwhwha:l I'm going
niwhwil I'm dozing off
niwhyiw I'm crippled, bent over
niwidlay they are brought
niwil dizziness, drunkenness
niwilgit it is dangerous
niwin'a'-te it (road) will be there
niwinchwe'n it got bad, spoiled
niwindin'-te it will get oily
niwindo'n it has gotten straight
niwingwhon'-te it will be good
nixo:se:le' I got lost
-no' (hidden) behind, out of sight
no'de'ilchwa'n they quit eating in company
no'diwilye'ił they have stopped dancing successive times
no'iłxuts' scrapings
no'iłxuts' he chewed it (sinew) up
no'k'e'iłqowh he used to throw it
no'k'e'iqot he stands it up
no'k'ingxa:n feast, picnic; specifically the Acorn Feast
no'k'ingxun-ding the Acorn Feast ground (at Ta'kimiłding)
no'k'iningya'n he finished eating
no'k'itiwh wedge
no'k'itiwh a small net
no'k'iwilta:tł'-ding any danceground at which the White Deerskin Dance is performed
no'k'ixa:wh a small net
no'ky'a'awh they (two players) are coming out to start the stick game
no'niłchwe:n someone made it (be a certain way) to that point
no'niłde'tł'-te she will drop it
no'niłq'a:s he threw it there
no'niłqe:t he shoved it down there
no'niłtsow he stuffed it in
no'ninga:s he whittled it down
no'ninge:n he put it down (fire)
no'tehłchwa'n he squeezed it to that point
no'wa'awhil they quit singing (repeatedly)
no'wilwa'tł' he was lying there dead
no'xo:'awhil they run back again
no'xoschwe'n they buried the corpse
no:- penetrating into something
no:- down to a position of rest, to a limit
no:'olit it quits burning
no:'ondil they sit down
no:'ondiqe:t he was shoved down there; (idiomatically) he starved to death
no:'ondiya'n he was left over
no:'oxiwh they (canoes) float to that place
no:de'ich'a:t it does not pain anymore
no:dintuł step there!
no:diwh'iwh I notice it
no:dmich (it is) broken off
no:dwa:s (it is) whittled
no:k'iliwh put your hand down!
no:k'indił-ding acorn picking lot
no:k'ine:yo:t dog
no:k'iningyo:wh they (dentalia) are scattered about
no:k'iniwhyoh I'm telling someone to stop (doing something), I'm warning them to cease
no:k'injich plant (seeds, potatoes, etc.)!
no:k'inyawh finish eating!
no:k'iwijich garden
no:l'qe:t fishtrap
no:lah the new moon comes, a month begins
no:ltsit' bow knot
no:lye:ts' common knot
no:na'indiqot' he reached it by jumping
no:na'k'iniłkis he put his hand down
no:na'ky'a'awh he leaves some behind (e.g., food)
no:na'unime:tł' he threw them back down
no:na'wiłditse (he) had a door shut
no:na'xoł'ay sucking doctoring
no:na'xoniłte:n he divorced her, she divorced him
no:na:'awhmut' I always pat it down
no:na:'awhsow I scratch it (sand) back down again (into a hole)
no:na:'idgit they came again
no:na:diyahts the snowfall is reaching down the mountain to that point (light snow, frost that is visible on the terrs)
no:na:dxisił-te it will always fall back down
no:na:k'inohłta'tł'-te: you (pl.) shall kick it back to there
no:na:ndije:w they got back
no:na:wh-tehsyay bride
no:na:wit'a:ts' it is cut down
no:na:wita:n door
no:na:witse door (modern door, or sliding door of traditional living house), gate
no:na:witse it (door) was shut
no:na:xoltsa:y it got dried up to that place (i.e., floodwaters receded)
no:na:xołtiwh overtake him!
no:na:ya'uldito'n they always jump back (to the same position)
no:na:ya'xo'awh they lay out a corpse
no:nayk'iwiłt'o:l it (fog) is always slipping back down to that point
no:ndik'il he split it that far
no:ne:yay I quit going
no:ng'a:-ding the farthest extent of something, as far as it reaches, the edge (of a river, the ocean)
no:nila:t it floated to there
no:nilyo:tł' it stopped swelling up
no:ningxits' he had fallen to the ground
no:nt'ik' it stretches to that point
no:nto' (water) reached its farthest extent, (flood water) crested
no:nults'it (wind) stops blowing
no:nundimil it fell back
no:nuntse close the door!; shut the door (after it has been opened)!
no:ta:ng'a:-ding place mentioned in Mary Marshall's description of the Gooseberry-place Brush Dance (location unknown)
no:wehsle'n it (money) was scattered to that point
no:whchwe:n I grew to a certain point, stopped growing
no:whidiłta'n I am used to it, I'm familiar with it
no:whła:t I ran to there
no:wilin-ding headwaters of Redwood Creek
no:wiling head of a creek, stream, river
no:wina:whił-te someone will go (this far)
no:witiwhił-te it (a long object) will always be left (standing there)
no:xo:ta'awh they all rush there
no:xonyawh stop the eclipse!
no:y' covered up, buried
no:ya'de'ilye' they quit dancing
no:ya'ultsil to dance about crouched down; to lean
no:ya'windil they sat down
no:ya'xwe'iłda' they cause her to sit down
no:ya:'ulxit' they moved their dance camp
no:ya:wilin they (acorns) were piled that far
no:yawh leaving things over
nohn you (plural), you all
noleh waterfall, dam, obstruction in a stream
noleh-ch'e:l-ding former village in the Trinity canyon
noleh-ding name of a Chilula village
nołye'ts' tie a knot!
nondiya'n what has been left over, leftovers (food, supplies, etc.)
nong'awh stop singing (a dance-song)!
nongxodine a roaring sound
nongyawh leave some over!
nosht'ah I don't believe it! It's a lie!
nowh'awh I put it down (round object)
nowh'ut I'm throwing (a cloth, blanket) down (spread out)
nowhjich I put them down (little pieces)
nowhkyo:s I put it down (blanket, cloth, etc.)
nowhliwh I put them down (several objects, rope)
nowhłiw I put it down (a dough-like or floppy object)
nowhtiwh I put him/her down (living being)
nowhtiwh I put it down (an empty basket, a long, stick-like object)
nowhwul I'm throwing it down; I'm throwing a dip-net
nowhxa:wh I put it down (a bucket, dipper, or other filled container)
noynił'e:tł' they stuck them down
noyniłkit (cloud, fog, smoke) settled, came down
noywiłkil (cloud, fog, smoke) is settling
nul'iwh it's dripping down, water comes down drop by drop
nuliwh put it on (clothing)
nulwing it is melting away
nulxich speckled, spotted
nulxich a spot
nuł'e'tł' hang them up!
nułchwe it increases, grows in size
nułma'ts' coil it! put it in a circle!
nułmowh monkey
nułqoł crawl around!
nułqot' bend it (e.g. stick, rod)!
nułtsis hang it up (on string, rope)!
nułtuł kick it around!
nułxut I'm knocking it down (something previously built, like a trap)
nunch'iwh wear it (coat, dress)!
nundil snow
nundil several things, particles fall to the ground; (idiomatically) it snows
nundila:t it floated back
nundiliw-e he returned swimming back there
nundil-wint'e:-q'it Mary Blaine Mountain
nundiqoch' he loped back
nungah shake it (thoroughly), shake it out!
nuniwhtsis-te goodbye, see you!
nunts'ing crag, mountain peak
nuntuł step around! move your feet around!
nuqit (coming) by land, (travelling) along the bank of the river (as opposed to travelling by boat)
-q' in such a way, like...
q'a:de' after a while
q'a:xis mock orange (wood), Syringa (Philadephus sp., or Prunus caroliniana ?); arrow shaft
q'a:xis-tah-ding name of the southernmost Chilula village
q'ay'- basket
q'ay'je:lwa:tł' burden baskets split in two
q'ay'jint open-work basket of hazel twigs, used for storing unshelled acorns
q'ay'k'isd-e:-ke' Yurok village of Pecwan
q'ay'k'ist hopper or mill basket
q'ay'nehs painted marks on the face or body
q'ay'-no:ng'a:-ding place mentioned in McCann's story of the Scabby Young Man (location unknown)
q'ay'te plate or platter of open-work basketry, sifting basket
q'ay'-te:l shallow pan or plate of open-work basketry, lined with ferns and used for serving food.
q'ay'te:l-miking'-xole:n open work basket with a handle, used to dip rocks out of the fire for cooking
q'ay'timił burden basket
q'ayliwh willow (Salix sp.)
q'ayliwh-tah-ding name of a Chilula village
q'e:- cutting off
q'e:ya'k'e'it'us they cut it off
-q'eh following, after, according to
-q'eh-dinung lined up behind, facing behind; agreeing with
q'ina' also, again, too
-q'it on
q'iwh alder (Alnus sp.)
q'iwh-ding Noble's Ranch
q'iwh-tehs'e'ni-q'it Pine Ridge
q'o:so:s hummingbird (Selasphorus sp.)
q'o:so:s-michwo moth
q'ong' fish eggs, roe
q'osta:n (modern) hat, cap
q'un-'isdiya:n unmarried man, bachelor
q'un-ch'iwilchwil adolescent boy, male teenager
q'unch'iwilchwil-'isdiya:n a man who has never married
q'ung recently, just now, new
q'ung'-kyoh-lay' name of a Chilula village
q'ut now, already, still
q'ut enough!
q'ut...-mił as soon as..., just when...
q'ut-dzi-mił pretty soon
q'ut-dó:ng'-xut it's time!
q'ut-xut that's the truth, that's really the way it is
qa:l it (animal) is going along; it (sound, weather, etc.) comes, travels, is on the move
qawh yew (Taxus)
qawh-kyoh-ch'ołqowh resting place at the Arrow Tree
qawh-kyoh-ding Fort Terwer
qawh-me' Brush Mountain
qehs hookbill salmon
qo worm, maggot
qo:-dziwol-ts a small white worm that is found in acorns
qo:-ne:s acorn worm
qo:-nehwa:n rice
qo:-qot' inchworm
qojita:ng'ayme' placename appearing in a story about two brothers, location not known according to a note to the text
qos camas (Camassia esculenta)
qultsahsn Indians from Weaverville
qułkyoht raspberries (Rubus)
qus bulb, root
qus-kyoh soaproot (Chloragalum pomeridianum)
qut the long tubular root of the willow, used in basketry
sa'a it is a long time
sa'a:n a round object (e.g. a stone, house, place something that can be held in the hand) lies there, is located there
sa'awiwh she puts it (fire) into her mouth
sa'k'ixa:wh he eats acorn soup, mush
sa'liwh edible grass (general term), clover; wild clover, wild sunflower, watercress, edible greens of any sort
sa'wilay she put it in her mouth
sa'wime:tł' he threw them into his mouth
sa'xa:wh he eats from a bowl, he eats with a spoon
sa'xa:wh acorn mush, acorn soup
sa:- into the mouth
sa:k'iding to his surprise, unexpectedly
sa:ts' common (black) bear (Ursus americanus)
sa:we'liwh name of Sam Brown's maternal grandmother
sahbiley'-t'e' baby blanket made from cottontail rabbit skins
sah-kyoh (larger?) mink
sahwinde'n they went off (to a distance), they left, departed (refers to a group only)
sawhjich I'm putting (e.g., seeds) into the (my) mouth, I'm eating seeds by the handful
sawhna:t I lick it in my mouth, I taste it
se:la:n I was born
se:law I am tired
se:t'ot' shell of small sea animal, used for decoration
sehł'a:n I have it, possess it, own it
sehłgya:s I broke it
sehłq'a'n I built a fire
sehłtik I pinched it; I milked (the cow)
sehłxa:n I have it (a filled container) lying there
sid'ut it (cloth, blanket) has been thrown flat
siday it (animal) stays there
sidite:ch' we (2) lie there
sike:ts' thin bark of deciduous trees, e.g. oak; shell (of a nut)
sike:ts'i-q'it Bloody Camp
sikilawh a type of cricket
sikin-chwing pine forest (archaic term)
sikinchwin-mitah-ding name of a Chilula village
silay several objects lie somewhere (e.g., dishes, shoes, rocks, sticks, bones, etc.); a rope (string, line, etc.) lies somewhere
sile'n it became
silis ground squirrel (Citellys beechey)
silkit (cloud, fog, smoke) lies there, hangs there
silq'a:s it (round object) lies there, having been thrown or dropped
siltsit' it is knotted
silwa:tł' it (e.g. stick) lies there, having been thrown or dropped
silxut' it (e.g. board, cloth) lies there flat, flattened out
siłiq' a dough-like, mud-like object lies somewhere
siłkyo:s it lies there (e.g., a blanket, cloth, thin fabric)
siłkyo:s-kya' ceremonial skirt ornamented with shells or beads, worn on special occasions
siłte:n it (animal) lies there dead
simiwe:Giy'ts I became little
simiwhGiy'ts I am little, small, young
sinsing "pain"; disease-causing entity that is believed to be sucked out by an Indian doctor
sintil sucker; bullhead
sisil-whe:na:wh I'm getting weak, exhausted, giving out from fatigue
sita:n a long, stick-like object lies somewhere
site:n it (e.g. animal) lies there
siwe:n it (pack, load) lies there
siwhda'ung I have it (e.g. stone) in my possession
siwhdiya:n I am old
siwhq'uts' I am cold
siwhse:l I am warm, hot
siwhwe I kill it (one animal)
siwhye:n I'm standing
sixa:n a filled container lies somewhere (e.g., a bucket of water, cup of coffee, lake, pond)
so:king' fir limb
sonsol empty, hollow
sulkyoh wild celery
sulxose:ge chipmunk (Eutamias)
suqe:-q'it name of a former village located in the Willow Creek valley
-t'a:w above, on the upper side of, uphill from
-t'ah away, apart, escaping from
t'e' blanket (general term for both traditional and modern blankets)
t'e'-diydiłkyo:s wren
t'e'-naywe tramp, hobo
t'e:w raw, uncooked, unripe
t'e:wing a novice Indian doctor, one who has not yet been fully "cooked" by the Kick Dance
t'ehxich young girl (before puberty)
t'ewh charcoal, coals
t'ewhłiwhin coal
t'un'-na:k'idil cottonwood (Populus sp.)
t'un'-nahsma:ts' redbud, Judas tree (Cercis occidentalis)
t'un'-niłwe' greasewood
t'un'sohch small (baby) suckerfish
t'un-chwing California laurel, pepperwood (Umbellularia californica)
t'unchwing-k'isxun-ding Wa'asey
t'unchwing-kyoh-ding a name applied to two distinct places on the Klamath River: Wohkel and Wohkero
t'unchwin-tah-ch'ing' Ertlerger (part of Weitchpec)
t'unq' fall (season)
t'unq'-ch'idilye older term for the (fall) Jump dance
t'unq'-no:'ondil acorn-gathering claim
t'unq'-ts'isday acorn camp
ta'e'iwhqot I poke them out of the fire
ta'k'imił-ding village of Hostler Ranch
ta'k'imił-di-yima:ni-yiduq resting place on the trail to Redwood Creek
ta'k'imiłxwe the people of the village of Hostler Ranch (Ta'kimiłding) and more generally the people of the downstream half of Hoopa Valley
ta'na:n water (to drink)
ta'na:n-łiwhin coffee
ta'na:n-me'-ch'e:wilin faucet
ta'na:n-na:niwe:sile'n Trinity River, as a power one should pray to
ta'na:n-xaywhiwh pump
ta'wilay they started off in their canoes
ta'wiłta:tł' they started the Boat Dance
ta'winta:n he started off in his canoe
ta:- water
ta:- into or through the water
ta:- dispersing into fine pieces
ta:'ułtul the Boat Dance, a segment of the White Deerskin Dance which is performed on canoes in the river
ta:'uxiwh they (canoes) float away
ta:dehch small bird hawk, sparrow hawk (Falco sparverius, American Kestrel)
ta:dinung drinking
ta:k'ine:nde'n it shone into the water
ta:k'iwe:ltsil-q'it name of a village located opposite the mouth of South Fork; part of łe:l-ding
ta:k'iwh'a:l I'm cutting (fish) up into pieces (for cooking)
ta:ke' Wiyot group at the mouth of Mad River; also the village there; according to Sapir and Golla (2001:1011; map D, item 33), the "Mad River, from Blue Lake to the mouth"
ta:ke'-ch'e:wilin-ding Wiyot village of Patawat
ta:kiwh sweathouse
ta:lqe:t fishing platform
ta:n forest spirits who look after game
ta:na'wilła:t she went through the water
ta:na'wiłqe:t he started back across the river (in a canoe)
ta:na'xost'a:ts' they cut him up to pieces
ta:na:k'iwe:sinch'e'-te you will blow out to sea (addressing the wind)
ta:na:yiwhdime' placename from a medicine formula for purification after handling a corpse (unknown location)
ta:naystse:tł' it pounded them to pieces
ta:nayxohsdow they cut him to pieces
ta:ng'a:-ding point of land, peninsula
ta:ng'ay it extends into the water (e.g., a pole sticking out from the bank, a point of land)
ta:ng'ay-me' Trinidad Head
ta:ng'ay-q'it name of a village located at Salyers; part of łe:l-ding
ta:ng'e:tł' they were sticking out (in the water)
ta:n-k'iwingxoya:n mythical being
ta:nune:łq'ahs-te I'll throw you back into the river
ta:n-xwa:'a:ne ta:n doctor
ta:q' three
ta:q'i-dikin three hundred
ta:q'idiminłung thirty
ta:q'i-tehs'ay three-pointer
ta:sił steam
ta:wehs'a' it will project into water
ta:wha:wh I'm wading in the water, wading across (creek)
ta:wilin-ding where a stream flows into the ocean
ta:wina'n drinking
ta:ya'imil they throw things into the river
ta:yde:tł' we (2) waded
ta:ysch'iwhe' soot from the boards above the sweathouse fire, used for making face-paint
ta:ysts'e:y' sweathouse firewood
-tah among, around (a place); too, as well, among the others, at times, either...or...
tah- out of the water, out of the fire
tah'ing'awh take it (e.g. stone) out of the water! take it out of the fire!
tahch'ilo:s he pulls (gill net) out of the water, he pulls a net-load of fish to shore
tahch'ina:wh he comes out of the water, fire; (the dancers) come out of the dance, quit dancing
tahch'iswe:n he carried it out (a salmon from the water)
tahda'a'a' she customarily bathes
tahdehsde'tł' they (fish) had come ashore
tahdehsla:t it (salmon, canoe) came ashore
tahdehsya someone walked out of a boat
tahdindil surffish, smelt
tahk'iwhjeh I'm going to seine, use a gill net
tahna'udmiwh he swims out of the water back to shore
tahna:'awhliwh I take them out of the fire
tahna:'ista:n she took it out of the water
tahna:'usdiyay he got out of a boat, disembarked
tahna:'uste:n he took it out of the fire again
tahna:se:wha:l I hooked it out of the water
tahna:xo:'awh they jumped out of the fire
tahnaysya'n it thawed
tahnayxohswa:tł' it threw him out of the water
tahse:nch'e' Emma Frank's other name
tahsyay the group went off, dispersed (each to his or her own place)
-tah-xw amongst, amidst (a group of people, an area)
tahya'undil they get out of the boats
tahyidiłkit Lake at the head of Horse Linto Creek
tawhdina:n I'm drinking
tawhk'ił I'm ripping, tearing it to pieces
tawhtik I'm squeezing it (e.g. apple)
tawhye:wh I rub it into a fine powder, crush it up fine
-te will... (future tense)
te'e'iwhq'a:s I throw them into the water
te'ił they swim along
te'itiwh it always floated
te'iwha:wh I am going into the water
te:digit it (flock, crowd, herd of animals) ran off
te:diky'o:ts' it stretched itself
te:diqe:t they (clouds) were sliding
te:lit it burned, started to burn
te:lma:s cigarette
te:lma:s-wilchwe:n a cylindrical buckskin headband stuffed with grass, with redheaded woodpecker scalps sewn on
te:łiq' it has started to rot
te:nch'e' there is a wind (coming up)
te:se:whiwh I sipped it, sucked it in
te:se:xits' I fell, tripped
te:sehłk'il I tore it
te:sehłma:s I rolled it along
te:sehłtsow I bent it over
te:siwh'e'n I'm looking, taking a look, looking on
te:tehłto'n it danced along stepwise
te:w in the water, underwater
te:wina:whing' larger mink (Mustela vison)
te:witł'o:n they are woven together
te:w-na:k'ixo'a:n bug, insect that walks around under water
te:w-nahłch'uq' bullfrog
te:y'e'n I have looked
teh- into the water
teh'iliw it dives into the water
teh'ił'awh they crawl in the water
teh'ing'awh put it (e.g. stone) into the water!
tehch'e'iliwh he puts it in the water
tehch'e'iłtiwh they put it (a baby) into the water
tehch'e'imil he throws them (roots) into the water
tehch'e'itiwh she puts it in the water
tehch'iliw diving duck
tehch'iwehst'iky' they (warriors) reached in a line to the water
tehch'iwidtsow he bent into the water
tehch'iwilłah-te he was about to run into the water
tehch'iwingqot she put it into the water
tehjung' small black water beetle, said to be poisonous
tehk'e'iyawh they (deer) go into the water
tehk'e:'its-te I will shoot (into the water)
tehk'iłky'ots' put dumplings into water!
teh-k'its'a mythical "lion"
tehk'iwehsch'e' it blew in the water
tehk'ixis kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon, Belted Kingfisher)
tehk'ixolxit mythical water monster, alligator
tehk'ixołqowh-kyoh pelican (Pelecanus)
tehla:n whale
tehł'in-te it will be enough
tehł-na'we quiver
tehłq'it ordinary dancers in the Jump Dance
tehłwe' it (grease, snow, ice) is melting, has started to melt
tehmil sack, woven from Indian twine
tehna'de'iłwul she pours it into the water
tehna'wila:t she floated back in the water
tehna:'une:l it plays in water
tehna:de'ilya' they (deer) stand in the water
tehna:diwing'a' it stood up in the water
tehna:l'iwh it dripped into the water
tehna:ldidow-te it (fog) will draw back
tehna:na'k'iwiłdiw he has washed, cleaned it (with water)
tehna:wehsle'n it flowed down into it (mush)
tehnehsnoy clams, mussels
tehno'diwinta'tł he stepped in the water
tehsch'e there is a wind blowing
tehsde:tł' it started to snow
tehsdiqeh-te: they (clouds) will come shoving themselves along
tehsjehch swallow (Hirundo rustica, Barn Swallow)
tehsjehji-mike' basket design apparently unique to the Hupa
tehsla:t it had floated away
tehwa:'ut-te I will throw it (a blanket) in water
tehwehłqoch'-te I'm going to hurl it (stick) in the water
tehwidliw diving
tehwidqot' it tumbled into the water
tehwilts'it they sank
tehwił'awhil they crawl (along in the water)
tehwingxits' it dropped into the water
tehxa:ch'e' freshwater crab, crawfish
tehxa:ch'ech scorpion
tehya'k'e'ichwa' they throw them into the water
tidil-ding Janes Creek
tidtsow it bends, is easily bent
tilohs drag it away! (e.g., wood, brush), lead it (e.g., horse) with a rope!
tiloy' get out of the way! give room! make way!
tilqoł crawl off! creep off!
tilte' it is strong
tilts'it it will always be
tilyoł it's swelling up
tił'awh (several animals) move off, set off walking
tiłky'ots' stretch it (e.g., rubber band, chewing gum)!
tiłmowh carry it along hanging (from your hand)!
tiłtah spread it out (e.g., something folded up, contents of a bag)!
tiłwich tip it over!
tiłxeh track it (animal)!
tiłxit slide it (bulky object)!
tim a bathing spot for menstruating women; any place you train for good luck or power
tima' there is a famine
tim-na'me menstruating woman
tin trail, road
ting very
ting'awh take it away!
ting'iwha:wh I'm getting lost, going astray, losing my way
ting'wilła:t he ran away
ting'xine:wh blasphemy; words or actions that are "against the rules", particularly during religious dances
ting'xine:wh he uses bad language, swears, speaks improperly, "speaks against the rules"
tingxiniwidye:wh tabooed speech, bad language, swearing; tabooed words ("swearing") that must not be used during religious dances
tingxo:ng'a:n they ran away
tingxołtiwh kidnap him! steal him away!
tin-łe:na:ning'a:-ding fork in a road or trail
tin-nahł'awh pack train
tin-ne:s the trail leading from the danceground at Hostler Ranch back to miq'ich'ing' (the upper bench with tan oaks)
tintahch'ing'-wha:'a:ne another term for tracing doctor
tintah-k'iłchwe unmarried mother, mother of an illegitimate child
tintah-k'iwungxoya:n "Bigfoot", forest giant in local folklore
tintah-ningxa't'e:n largest owl
tintah-xixe:x chickadee, bushtit (Parus gambeli, Mountain Chickadee; P. rufescens, Chestnut-backed Chickadee; and Psaltriparus minimus, Bushtit)
tinyiwh move off, away!
tinyohs pull it!
-tis over
tismil large (black or golden) eagle (Aquila chrysætos, Golden Eagle)
tit'aw-łiq'a:w mythical bird whose wings are said to scatter Indian money
tit'aw-łiqay mythical bird
tits' cane, walking stick, staff
-tiwa among, in the midst of
tiwh'awh I'll carry it (e.g. stone) along
tiwha:wh I'm going off
tiwhch'it I'm getting tired out, weak from exhaustion
tiwhch'it let me tire it out
tiwhchwe I'm lining them up, putting them in a line
tiwhchwing I am growing
tiwhchwit I'm measuring something (with my arm)
tiwhchwo:k I'm brushing things off, sweeping them up
tiwhdiqits' I'm twisted
tiwhle I'm pulling it, tugging at it (rope, pole, etc.)
tiwhliw I swim along (under water)
tiwhloy' I'm leading it (e.g. horse) with a rope
tiwhmiwh let me start swimming
tiwhqits' I'm twisting it, turning it
tiwhwis I lurch, duck, dodge
tiwhxiwh I'm going to haul it off
tiwich'ilił-te they'll be run down with weakness
tiwimah shore, beach
tiwiwhchwilił-te I shall pull them down with my hand
tiwiwhdilił-te I'll throw (snow, hail)
tixiwh they're floating off
tiya'winde:tł' they all got lost
-tł'a:n it the absence of, missing
tł'eh- crotch, pubis (archaic)
tł'iwh rattlesnake (Crotalus), snake (in general)
tł'iwh-minchwiwh design equivalent to Yurok and Karok designs also called "snake-nose"
tł'iwh-mixung' weasel (Mustela)
tł'iwhxa:n eel, lamprey (Lampetra tridentata)
tł'iwhxa:n-ma'a:disch a type of cricket
tł'iwhxa:n-mije:lo' small circular basketry trap for catching eels
tł'iwhxa:n-mił-tahch'iłtiw eel medicine
tł'iwhxa:n-mina:' hailstones
tł'o'-nehs-ding Quimby
tł'o:q' grassy place, prairie
tł'o:q'-da'kya:w kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis, Western Kingbird)
tł'o:q'i-ji-ding Serper
tł'o:q'-na:sa'un-ding place mentioned in McCann's medicine formula for going among rattlesnakes (location unknown)
tł'o:q'-nahł'awh another name for coyote (not common)
tł'oh grass (general term)
tł'ohch bunch grass; lawn grass
tł'ohday traditional grain and seed mixture (like modern granola)
tł'ohday' pinole, wild oats
tł'oh-diłdije:w tarweed
tł'oh-dime:n-ch Scouler's St. Johns wort (Hypericum formosum var. Scouleri)
tł'oh-dit'in sweet grass
tł'ohdun'te a type of weed
tł'oh-kya' skirt made of grass or maple bark ripped into fringes
tł'oh-kya'-t'e:n female man-eating monster who lurks about old camping places
tł'oh-kyo:w a place described by Goddard as a "mountain near the Eight-mile camp on the Redcap trail from Hupa to Orleans" (Hupa Texts, p. 300)
tł'ohł strap, packstrap, string
tł'ohł-ch'il'e:n hazel switches
tł'oh-ma'ch type of bunch grass
tł'ohma'ji-ding Red Cap Prairie
tł'oh-me:we cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus)
tł'oh-mitahxwe Shasta Indians, in particular the Shastas living on the Salmon River and on the upper part of the New River
tł'oh-q'a' type of bunch grass
tł'ohq'a'-kyowi-q'it Pony Butte
tł'ohq'a'-nehsnoy-q'it Sugar Pine Mountain
tł'ohsch'il'e:n hazel bush; hazel brush switches
tł'oh-tehł bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax)
tł'ohtse' cattail, tule, flat tule (Typha latifolia)
tł'ohwhung-q'it Bald Hill
tł'ow'-xontehł-ji-me' Hayfork, territory of the Hayfork Wintus
to any body of water, ocean
to:-dingq'och' salt water; ocean
to:me:q'onje' large river beetle
to:mine:-k'iya:whe' seagull (Larus sp.)
to:-miq'i-na:k'ixo'un water skipper
to:n'-dinun-ding name of a Chilula village
to:nah-ji-ding Former Yurok village of Lo'olego
to:nchwen'-xoda:ng'ay rapids
to:nehwa:n black obsidian, in particular the large, ceremonial blades of black obsidian carried by principal dancers in the White Deerskin Dance
to:-nichwe'n rough water; bad luck
to:-tehsyay flood, high water in the river
to:-wingkyah the water is getting, has gotten high (in the river), the flood waters are rising
to:xode:lding Captain John's other name
tohna:y fish, eels, general term for all edible water creatures
tohxotawe willow bushes growing along the river
toliwh type of clover
toliwh-q'it uphill from Hostler Ranch village
tołgit "black acorns", "Indian cheese"
tołgit-q'it place on bank, on the opposite side of the Trinity from łeht'e:t'e'-ch'iłchwe'-ding
tołts'a'ts'-ding name of a village at the mouth of Supply Creek
tołts'a'ts'-din-nilin Supply Creek
tonchwing-q'it Murek
tosił warm water, lukewarm water, water that has been heated on a fire
tosq'uts' spring (of cold water), cold water
ts'a'kya:w small blackish eel
ts'a'-xosin orphan, a pitiful person
ts'a:-dilqay hornet
ts'e:y brush, bush
ts'e:y-ding grave
ts'e:y-łitsow wild lilacs; myrtle; myrtle twigs (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus)
ts'e:y-me' graveyard
ts'e:y-mitah-xona:da'a' common jaybird (Aphelocoma coerulescens, Scrub Jay)
-ts'eh feel, taste, be perceived (so), be heard
ts'ehdiwitse' upside down
ts'ehdiyah I'm happy, glad, pleased
ts'iduq straight up
ts'iduqi-na'we ceremonial quiver, skin for carrying arrows
ts'ilun-ding Norton Field
ts'iłtin'-tł'ohł bowstring, made of twisted deer-sinew
ts'iłting' rifle, bow, weapon
ts'iłting'-yahslit-ding a good place for getting pine roots near Ta'kimiłding, mentioned in a description of how to gather and prepare roots for basketry
ts'iłtiya:ne:s soldier
ts'ima'-ch'ixowinse'n he became quiet
ts'ima'-xosin it's quiet, a quiet person
ts'imiłch'itsit a small maul
ts'in-sila:-ding name of a Chilula village
ts'in-tehł turtle
ts'isda:ts' he broke it off
ts'isnah bee (general term)
ts'it straight
ts'it'a'nye it is thin (like a leaf or paper)
ts'it'ung'yehts dime
ts'iwahsilay shelled acorns, acorn meat
ts'iwhla:n I'm playing (ballgame, tag, some physical sport)
ts'iwint'a'nye' it got thin
ts'o:lusge millipede, thousand-legged worm
ts'o:-mił-ch'iye:wh coltsfoot (medicinal herb)
ts'ohsda' bodily weakness
-ts'á:ng' (feel that) it might be...
tse rock, stone
tse'ehdzi- a little while
tse'iłmut' women's dice game
tse'me:q'-nint'ik' tassels of shells that hang from the fur hair-tying strings worn by women
tse:'is Campbell Field prairie
tse:'is-miyeh below Campbell Field prairie
tse:-dilqay grey hair; grey-haired person
tse:-ding name of a camping place located in the Willow Creek valley
tse:-k'iłje:n potato bug
tse:-k'ite:lmuts'-ding a circle of rocks on top of a mountain; a place where Indian Doctors train
tse:-k'iwotł'-ding a danceground on the river bar just to the west of Ts'ilunding, opposite the mouth of Beaver Creek; one of the main dancegrounds for the White Deerskin Dance
tse:-kin-ding a place on Maple Creek
tse:kyoh-xa:tine:-me' placename appearing in a medicine formula for war, location not known
tse:lin blood
tse:ling-min medicine for bleeding from a wound, passing blood
tse:lna:t' rocks used to cook acorn soup
tse:l-nehwa:n red obsidian, in particular the large, ceremonial blades of red obsidian carried by principal dancers in the White Deerskin Dance
tse:lnehwa:n it is red
tse:lo:ch'e' flat rocks on beach
tse:łch'e' knife, iron
tse:łch'e'-ding Wełkwew
tse:łch'e'i-q'it Hundred Acre Prairie
tse:łch'e'-mił white person
tse:łch'e'-miq'it-nahł'its train
tse:łch'e'-nilin Pine Creek
tse:-łe:dłiwh bricks
tse:-łitsow hard, blue stone; serpentine
tse:-me'-yehky'a'a:n cave
tse:-me:q' canyon
tse:-me:w-na:k'ixo:'a:n a type of lizard
tse:-mit'ah a danceground and camping place during the White Deerskin Dance; where the Boat Dance takes place
tse:-mit'ah-nilin'-q'eh Hostler Creek
tse:-miyeh Chimariko village located at the mouth of New River
tse:-na:l'a:-ding name of a village near xonsah-ding
tse:n-ding Chimariko village located at Burnt Ranch
tse:ning-q'it Ironside Mountain
tse:-no:ng'a:-ding Former Yurok village of Noshtsku'm
tse:-nunts'in-ding Katimin
tse:-nunts'ing Sugar Loaf
tse:-q'e:t' a small black bird, the size of a robin (apparently Cinclus mexicanus, Water Ouzel or Dipper)
tse:-q'i-chwun'-to:-me:ne:q' place mentioned in Emma Lewis' medicine formula for the birth of a first child (location unknown)
tse:-q'i-na'dił-ding Erner, at Blue Creek
tse:-q'it site at Mill Creek
tse:-q'i-ya:ng'ay ground squirrel (Citellus beechey)
tse:-sigya:s the bluff upstream from Willow Creek
tse:tidmil-q'it Telescope Peak
tse:wehsle'n it bled
tse:wiling it is bleeding
tse:wina:l-ding village of Senalton
tse:wun'unt'e edible plant (sp.) with big leaves
tse:wun-e:-me' place mentioned in Emma Lewis' medicine formula to protect children (location unknown)
tse:-xahł-te:l flat, round obsidian rock, resembling a ceremonial obsidian blade but circular (mentioned in myths)
tse:-xayts'a' a small pounding basin in bedrock, used for making medicine for luck and other purposes; bedrock mortar
tse:-xut' mortar rock, mill rock
tse:-yeh cave; hole dug along the river for catching fish
tse:yeh-ding place mentioned in the story of the Scabby Young Man, location unknown
tse:-yehk'ixa:wh place along the Boat Dance route, near the village of Miskut
tse:-yehk'ixa:wh-q'it name of a flat near Campbell Creek
tseh gas, flatulence, fart
tseh'iłxit slip the foreskin skin back on your penis!
tseh'intł'ohwh braid it!
tsehłqay quartz
tsehna:witł'o:n it is braided
tsehq'a:n Redwood Ridge
tsehwilxit foreskin
tsin'tehłkyo:t he ran for his life
tsing' star
tsing'-q'ah sperm, semen (vulgar term)
tsiq' hair tie
tsit first
tsiwung' head-hair
tsiyuntehsdilde:tł' we all ran for our lives
tso:k'ine daddy longlegs
tsumehstł'o:n woman
tsun-ding Omen
tsung apron, made of fringed deerhide and worn in front of the skirt (kya') by women
-tuq between
wa'k'e'iłtsil they rip a hole through it by pounding
wa'k'iningwhe' he dug through
wa'nto:t rotten-acorn stew, made from mouldy acorns left to soak in water for a week or more
wa'ułqe:t he shoves it through something
wa:- giving to, passing through
wa:k'inilit they (sticks) were burned through
wa:k'inintsehł it was heated through
wa:k'iwidqot it (ear) was punched through
wa:ky'a'a:n there is a hole through it, it is perforated
-wa:n from, from it (leaving it behind), concerning it, to it, about it (in phrases)
-wa:n close to
wa:n-di- off from on top of something, uncovering something
wa:ninyahwh go through it! go to it!
wa:nun'diwinde:tł' they all got back off of it
wa:nunde'iwhsow I scrape it off again
wa:nung'xiwine:whił-te someone talks about it
wa:y- missing or moving beyond something
wa:ya'niłq'a:s they knocked them out (bottoms from baskets)
-wah alongside of, (a short distance) away from, separated from
way'inahwh he passes off (the trail)
wayk'idiyawh (dog) gnaws on (a bone)
wayninde'iwh-e:-te you'll be able to see through it (fog)
waywing'a it (trail) forks off
we:- jaw (archaic)
we:dił let's go!
we:kya:w I am getting big
we:łow I got boils
we:ne:s I got taller, longer
we:q'uts' I got cold
we:qits' I got crooked, twisted
we:qo' I stooped down
we:se:l I got warm
we:tehł I became broad
we:wa:n I killed them
wehłch'ich' I have a boil
wehłchwil I got wet
wehsq'a:s it lay there
wehst'e it always was
wehstsun-te it will be seen
wha sun, moon
wha'a:winiw' my ways of doing things, my habits
wha'ut my wife
wha:'uło' I laugh
wha:dichwing my paternal aunt, father's sister
wha:sch'e' my niece (sister's daughter)
wha:t my older sister
wha:wh my nephew (sister's son)
wha:-wile I am satiated, my belly is full, I got enough to eat
wha:-wilxa'n I like the taste of it, it tastes good to me.
whe I, me, as for me
whe'k'iliwh he calls my bet
whe:da'ay my head
whe:da'ay-yehwinyay I heard it
whe:dinung-ding alongside of me, next to me
whe:dze' my penis, male genitals
whe:k'ine' I have a (small) share, I get just enough to get by
whe:lchwil I am growing (a crop)
whe:łkyoh it got to be my size, it fits me
whe:łkyow what fits me
whe:ne:q' my back; in back of me
whe:nisah far away from me
whe:nts'ing' my back, spine
whe:q' my (woman's) private parts, vagina
whe:ts'ine' my jaw, jawbone, chinbone
whe:we' (something's) bone marrow
whe:xolya:n I have sense
whe:xoya:n (animal) is suspicious of me, shies away from me
whe:y my possessions
which'e:k'e' my guts, intestines, soft belly
which'ich' my elbow
which'ich'inay' my prospective spouse, specifically my (woman's) sister's husband, after the death of my sister; my (man's) brother's wife, after the death of my brother; my husband's brother, after the death of my husband; my wife's sister, after the death of my wife
which'in my paternal grandmother, father's mother
which'indine' my deceased father
which'ing'-'iloy' play the stick game against me!
which'ing'ah something shielding me
which'ing'ah-na:lma:l my diaphragm
which'ing'-no'niłwich he tipped it towards me
which'itiłwul' my ribs
which'iyungxe' my deceased mother
which'ut' my afterbirth, placenta
whichwa:n'-dahyiwixa:l my intestines, colon
whichwe:xing' my anus, asshole
whichwiwe my maternal grandfather, mother's father
whichwo my maternal grandmother, mother's mother
whichwoq' my testicles
whichwut the side of my body
whida' my mouth, lips
whida'-ginje' my gums
whida'-ma:ts'e' my lips
whida'-me'-ch'ixe:ne:wh he answered me
whida:n'-sa'a:n I have a hoard; I am stingy
whida:-sits' my lips (including flesh around lips)
whida:w' my whiskers, beard
whide:naw I'm shot
whidehch my younger sister
whidisqay' my lungs
whije:'-ding (right) in front of me, facing me
whije:'e:nde'n I fainted
whije:'ginje' my breastbone (the cartilage above the pit of the stomach)
whije:'-mich'ing' my back, at the middle of my back (or chest)
whije:'sil-ch'itehs'a:n he got on my nerves, he began to bug me
whije:'sil-tehsyay I got tired of it, disgusted with it
whije:'-tilts'it I get scared, surprised, taken unawares
whije:'xw at my breast, in front of me
whije:y' my state of mind, way of thinking; heart, breast (metaphorical)
whije:y'-na:nt'un I am worried
whijiw' my ear
whijiw'-xiniwinye:wh you whispered
whijonjoł my kidneys
whik'ida:y' my flower
whik'isdiya'n my parent, parents; my elders
whik'iwiyul-me'-nolxit' my stomach
whik'iya:whe' my forehead, temple
whikil my younger brother
whiking'a:gya:n' my penis, male genitals
whikiwun I am asleep
whiky'a:ng'ay my arm
whiky'a:ng'ay-me:w my armpit
whiky'o'niwa:n my lover (not spouse)
whiky'o:ts'e' my sinew
whiky'ung'awh move it (e.g., stone) away from me! take it away from me!
whikya:ne my abdomen, belly, insides, guts; my mind, attention (abstract metaphor)
whikya:y my (woman's) daughter's child
whikyo:n' my odor, body odor
whikyulah-'a:k'idyah I got angry, mad
whikyun-k'iyah I'm having a miscarriage
whikyun-na:way I think, consider
whikyun-sa'a:n my heart
whikyun-tehsyay I thought (about something)
whikyun-tina:wh my feelings about something
whila' my hand, finger
whila'-ke'ts' my fingernails, claw
whila'-kin' my wrist
whila'-mimisGe'gitse' my fingers
whila'-mimisGiye'ts(-ding) my little finger
whila'-mimisGiye'tse'-mich'in'-na:da'ay my ring finger
whila'-mine:ji-na:da'ay my middle finger
whila'-minikya:w' my thumb
whila'minikya:w'-mich'ing'-na:da'ay my index finger
whila'-mituq-na:da'ay my middle finger
whila'-qot' my knuckles
whila'-yehk'iwilt'ow my glove(s)
whila:-tsing my brother-in-law (diminutive)
whilba wheel barrow
whilije'-me'-suxa:n my bladder
whilo:q'e' the calf of my leg
whilxung' my semen, ejaculation
whił-dinił'ay I know how to do it, I understand it
whiłilyo' my pal, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, sweetheart, lover
whiłing my companion, buddy, cousin, relative, older brother
whiłkyow it is my size
whił-na:dil my companion
whił-na:tehłdida:wh I'm going home by car
whił-qa:l my in-law
whiłt'oh it's stinging me
whiłtishch'e' my sister (man speaking); my brother (woman speaking)
whiłtuch' tattoo me!
whił-xowidligy I was told
whima'uchwing my paternal grandfather, father's father
whima:lyo' my friend, relative, kinsman
whime'-no:k'ilxide' my stomach
whime:ch'e'chwing my mother-in-law
whimił-ky'o'ołchwide' my index finger
whimit' my belly, stomach
whina'k'idilyay' my collarbone
whina:' my eye
whina:' mits'e:tł'e' discharge from my eyes
whina:'e:nde'n I became blind
whina:'-łe:łt'a'n I closed my eyes
whina:'-sehłqoch' I winked my eye
whina:'-tł'e:t'e' discharge from my eyes
whina:'ułdow he dodges me, acts furtively so as to escape from me
whina:-ch'iwinda' he waited for me
whina:de my forearms
whina:do:nse' my eyebrows
whina:ndiw' my acorn picking lot
whina:q'ito:' my tears
whina:-t'ung' my eyelashes
whinchiwh-k'ito:' my snot, mucus
whinchiwh-yehky'a'a:n my nostril
whinchwiwh my nose
whinchwiwh-kin'-ding the butt of my nose
whine:jit-'ułtsah half of me, half the distance around me
whing song (general term)
whingkine' the small of my back
whingq'a'y' my maternal aunt, mother's sister
whingwoch my older brother
whiniłwho'n it suits me, does me good
whiniłwil I'm drunk
whining' my face
whiningq'ich'ing' the roof of my mouth
whinist'e' my body
whinist'e' na:xowiniwhił-te I'll return happy
whinist'e'-me:q' my female genitals (euphemism), in my (woman's) private parts
whinist'e'-xoniwh I am happy
whiniwilte:n I was brought here
whino:ng'ay'ding alongside of me, near to where I am, next to me, in my neighborhood
whiq'ah my fat (on my body)
whiq'ay' my hip, thigh; the inside of my leg
whiq'e:y my brother-in-law
whiq'ehjiwa' my armpit, armpit hair
whiq'eh-k'iłchwit push my load up on my back! help me with my load!
whiq'i-ch'ixine:wh my lawyer
whiq'is next to me
whiq'it-wing'a' an item of regalia was put on by me, I wore (regalia)
whiq'os my neck
whiq'os-kin'-ding the base of my neck
whiq'os-q'eh the nape of my neck; my throat
whiq'us-t'a:w' my pubis, underbelly, crotch
whiqa:qe' my throat, tonsils, gullet
whiqe:ch'e' my hip, pelvis
whiqe:-jiwol' my ankle
whiqe:-kin' my lower leg
whiqot' my knee, joint
whiqunkin' my shoulders
whiquntuq my shoulder
whis' my uncle (mother's brother)
whis'a:n' my habits, feelings, way of thinking, reputation, spirit
whisa:nyay it (a song) came into my mouth
whisa:sta:n my tongue
whisah the inside of my mouth
whise:lwe:n he kills me
whise:tol' my cheeks
whisehłmut' he slapped me
whisit' my liver
whisits' my skin
whisowoł my throat, windpipe
whisowoł-yehwe:lay I put a necklace around my neck
whit'ah my pocket
whit'ahdiy' my chest, breast
whita' my father
whita:y my uncle (father's brother)
whitahna:wilay' my inheritance
white:dilt'e' my brother's child (son or daughter), my niece, my nephew
white:l' my spleen
white:ltsit' my hair cut
whitile I relish it, am fond of it, like to eat it
whitilte'e' my muscle, the strength of my (arm, body)
whitł'a' my buttocks, rear-end
whitł'a'-ch'ing' the lower part of my body, my bottom
whitł'a'-q'eh the space between my buttocks; my anus
whitł'a'-ts'ine' my hip, pelvis
whitł'eh-kin' my waist
whitł'eh-ts'int'a' my pubic bone
whitł'eh-wa' my pubic hair
whitł'isch'e' my gall
whits'e:l' my forearm, arm
whits'e:q' my navel, belly button
whits'e:q'it my umbilical cord
whi-ts'iduqi-ya:ng'ay my hip
whits'in'-diq'a:n my shin
whits'ine' my bone, leg
whits'ine'-winta'n I got killed
whits'int'a' my forehead
whits'o:' my (woman's) breasts, milk
whitse' my head
whitse:' my (man's) daughter
whitse:king' back of my head
whitse:łiq'e' my brain
whitse:-qe:ch'e' my skull
whitse:tł'iwa' my (esp. woman's) long head-hair
whitsestł'o:n' my braided hair (in na:na:wiloy' style)
whitsida' the top of my head, my crown
whitsing' my flesh, meat
whitso:l' my vagina, female genitals
whitso:y my (man's) daughter's child
whitutł' my flank, the side of my body
whiwa:-me'niłchwit he loaned me some money
whiwe my sister-in-law (woman speaking)
whiwe:ch'e' my sister-in-law (man speaking)
whiwe:da' my chin
whiwe:sits' my lips
whiwe:ts'ing' my jaw, jawbone, chinbone
whiwhday' (inside of) my throat
whiwhday'-no:k'inilts'it I hiccuped
whiwhday'-wing'a' I hiccuped
whiwhunch'e' my father-in-law
whiwina:wehsditiw I lost the race
whiwo' my teeth, tooth
whiwun-ch'ina:wh he is visiting me
whiwunda:n my son-in-law
whiwundinchwit wipe me off!
whiwung my female genitals (euphemism)
whiwung-'a:dixudya:n my enemy (i.e., he has shame for me, avoids me)
whiwung'awh give it to me!
whiwunjich give me (e.g., sugar)!
whiwun-na:na:lwin-te it will melt away from me
whiwun-na:niwehsdilay I lost (in gambling)
whiwun-nixohsle' I lost it
whixa:na'te:ng'e'n he looked for me
whixa:q'e' the frame of my body, my skeleton
whixe'-ke'ts' my toenail
whixe'-me:q' the inside, sole of my foot
whixe'-mimisGiye'tse' my toes
whixe'-mimisGiye'tse'-mich'in'-na:da'ay my fourth toe
whixe'-mine:ji-na:da'ay my third (middle) toe
whixe'-minikya:w' my big toe
whixe'minikya:w'-mich'ing'-na:da'ay my second toe (next to big toe)
whixe:-tul' my heel
whixinay' I'm alive, I'm surviving, I'm safe
whixonse:l' my sweat, my (Indian doctor's) power
whixung' my husband
whiya:ch'e' my (woman's) daughter
whiyawh'ut my daughter-in-law
whiye'ch' my breath, breathing
whiyehk'ilxide' my esophagus, throat
whiyehk'ilxit-q'eh my esophagus, throat
whiyul my son's child
who:whe' my name
whot' scar
whunchwing my mother
whung just, only, alone
whung I wonder
wichway dirt (is) piled on, buried
widgil they are running about
widqay' it turned white
widqe:l it (a boat) is going along
widtsit it got crushed
widtsow it turned blue, green
widwa'n it is moldy
widwa:t acorn flour; modern flour
widwhe'n it turned black
wila:l it (single object) is floating along
wilchwe:n step-relative
wilchwe:n it has been made
wilda:l (animal) is running along
wilil (fire) is burning
wilkit they were seized
wilkya:n pregnant woman
wiloy' a small grass bundle headdress tied at the back of the head with buckskin, strung around the head worn in the religious dances
wiloy' it is tied together
wiloy'-wa:ky'a'a:n hair dressed in a doughnut shape
wilq'a'n a fire is burning
wilts'il it passes on (through me)
wiltsa:n it's been seen
wiltuch' it has been tattooed
wiltuch' a tattoo
wilwhol it (e.g. snake) slides along
wilwił-ding evening
wilxa'n it got sweet
wiłchwe'n it started to stink
wiłdung' yesterday
wiłgit it is getting rotten
wiłje'n it got bright, shiny
wiłq'is one side, half of
wiłq'is-kiyiq' wild columbine (Aqurlegsa truucata)
wiłta'n it got soft
wiłtsa:y something (e.g. plant) that has dried up, desiccated
-wina around, passing around, half-way around
windahs it has gotten heavy
windeh window
wing'a' it has come to lie there
wingxa' a filled container comes to lie there; a lake or pond forms, takes shape
winła'n it became lots
winsa'a' it has been a long time
wint'e it always happens, it is always so
wint'e:t therefore
winte:ch' they (dogs) lay there
wintł'its' it got hard, hardened, solidified
winto' (water) has moved somewhere, has reached to somewhere
wiqowhil (animal) is running, trotting along
wits'e:l it (snake, worm) slides, wiggles along
wiwh'ul I'm carrying it along (e.g., a round object, something that can be held in the hand)
wiwhch'ił I'm weak
wiwhchwe:lił-te I will be making it
wiwhchwil I am growing, getting larger
wiwhle:l I swim along (under water)
wiwhle:l I'm carrying them along (several objects or rope, string, line)
wiwhłe:l I'm carrying a dough-like object along (e.g., a lump of dough, a piece of mud, a rotten apple)
wiwhq'unlił-te I will lean it up
wiwhqe:l I'm paddling a canoe, going along in a boat
wiwhtil I'm carrying (an empty basket) along
wiwhwe:l I am packing it along
wixił they (plural object or mass, e.g. logs) float along
wixisil it was falling
wults'a' (water) soaks through (something), leaks out
wun'da'awh thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
wun'de'ila:t he floats over it
wun'dilwa:wh they are talking, conversing about it
wun'k'idiwiłxut' he uncovered something
wuna'k'e'ił'e:tł' they hang them onto it
wun-ch'e'ite' he lies there (watching) for it
wun-ch'iniłte:n he brought it (a salmon) to her (an old woman)
wun-de'iling' it flows over
wundidsits' (skin) peels off
wundiłch'ut' peel off bark (from a tree or bush whose bark comes off easily)!
wundimil they (arrows) go through it
wundiwha:wh I'm getting off of it
wundiwhsits' I'm peeling (bark, skin) off, I'm skinning it
wung-'a:dixa:niwidyung' (people) get ashamed about it
wung'xine:wh he talks about it
wung-na:na:ya:ng'e:tł' they were hanging on to him
wung-whikyun-na:way I'm thinking about it
wung-xoje'-ch'o:nda' he has pity, pities someone
wung-xowidilik a story about something, an account of something
wun-na'dil they are busy with it, are occupied with it
wun-na'way he is busy with it, works on it, is occupied with it
wun-na:dya' it is gone around for, things are done
wun-na:ne'iwhtsa:t I always sit down beside it
wun-na:whdiyay I went back to it
wun-na:ya'xolyiw (people) gather things (food, basket materials, acorns, etc.)
wun-nahłtsis something is hanging to it
wun-no'xoniłt'in-te he is going to get him to do things
wun-no:k'e'iwhłiwh I reach for it
wun-nowht'aw I believe it
wun-tohdil you go with it (medicine)
wun-xole:n business, affairs
-xa in pursuit of
xa- in this way
xa' all right! okay!; quickly; that's it, goodbye (informal expression)
xa'a'de'ine' she kept saying that
xa'a'niwehst'e' she was that way
xa'a'uliw he handles it in that way
xa'a'uniw she always does so
xa'a'wilehł-te he will do that way
xa'a:ch'ilaw he did so to them
xa'a:k'itis it is over (others) to that extent
xa'a:na:ch'idyaw she did it that way
xa'a:tilte' (it is) that strong
xa'a:winehł-te it will be that way
xa'a:winiw it is done that way
xa'a:ya'ił'ing they did that
xa'a:ya:xowilaw they were fixed in that way
xa'a:yułchwo:n they are all so pretty
xa'ahł-ch'ide:n' he speaks so (in such a way) to him
xa'ahłdiwine' he is thus spoken to
xa'e:ng'e:tł' they will go (pass under)
xa'gya'ne' goodbye, farewell
xa'indil they (salmon) will pass
xa'inłine:dyo:t they chased each other
xa'k'iwhe he is digging a hole (e.g. well, post hole)
xa'k'iwheh-ji-ding Karuk village at Red Cap Creek
xa'niwinte' he looked for it
xa'ułkyow that much, to that extent
xa'ułtsah that long
xa'unłung there are that many
xa'unt'e it was like that
xa'usdil-me' Hooker's Ridge
xa'wa'awhił-te she will pick out the stones
xa'whinehsyo:t they drove me to the bank
xa'whiwh he is sucking it up
xa'widqot' she squirmed out
xa'wingquch he threw it out
xa'winsow he dug it up; scooped it out
xa'winta:n he dug it up
xa'yo:s he is pulling (a plant) up out of the ground
xa:- up out (of the ground)
xa:'islay she brought them up
xa:'usła:t he ran up
xa:'uswe:n she packed it up (a load to the house)
xa:diniw gopher (less common term)
xa:dits'i-mił every little while
xa:diwuł a plant sprouts, rises (out of the ground)
xa:dmil it flung itself up
xa:dwich it (tree) uprooted itself
xa:k'indimut it boiled up out of something
xa:k'ing'its it shot up
xa:k'inyo:wh it flowed up
xa:k'iwhxa:wh I'm shoveling (dirt) out
xa:k'iwich'e:lił-te the wind will blow out from the ground
xa:k'iwidwhe'-ding the area around Norton Field where there was extensive gold-mining activity
xa:k'iwinyay boil, skin eruption, something puffing up
xa:ky'a'a:n there is an open hole, pit in the ground
xa:l'a' things have grown up there
xa:lde:tł' it is dotted up (as in face-painting)
xa:lła:t it (salmon) jumped up
xa:lqot' it (a tree) was pulled out by bending to one side
xa:na'k'idiłtsit' he cuts off someone's hair, he barbers
xa:na'k'idiłtsit' barber
xa:na'whiste:n he took me up to it
xa:na'wilay he dug them up again
xa:na'wiłte:n he dug it out
xa:na'winchway he dug it up
xa:na:'usde:tł' they reached it (going back up)
xa:na:'uslo:s she dragged it up
xa:na:k'iwhdigit I'm belching up
xa:na:te:s'e'n I'm looking for it
xa:na:wh (pain) comes out (on one's body)
xa:na:ya'se'iłqe:t they shove (the boats) back up
xa:na:ya'widchwa:l they dug up along
xa:naysdikit (cloud, fog, smoke) rose back up
xa:nde'n it got close
xa:ngxe:n he came up (to the surface of the water)
xa:niwhse:l I'm sweating
xa:nt'ik' it (tree) is standing
xa:nte look for it, hunt for it (something you have not had before)
xa:se'iwhxa:wh I bring it up
xa:-si- uphill to the top
xa:sina:wh it (sun, moon, star) rises, peeps over the ridge.
xa:sing'awh take it (e.g., stone) uphill to the top (e.g., from the river to the house)!
xa:sinyahwh go up to the top (of the hill, riverbank)!
xa:t' still, continuing; same; right (there)
xa:t'aheh let it! let him, her! let them!
xa:t'in-e: it will be this way
xa:te:ma:s it (chunks of frost) rolled out of the ground
xa:wehs'a' it stuck up
xa:whidiwiltsit' I got my hair cut
xa:wila:t it floated up to the top
xa:xowilwa:tł' hero of myth, "Dug-from-the-Ground"; also a type of digging bug
xa:xowilwa:tł' a type of digging bug
xa:ya'wehs'a' he sits that way
xa:ya'wiłxa:y they shot it out
xa:yont pigeon (Columba fasciata, Band-tailed Pigeon)
xahłt'iwhge bird of some kind
xahs'a it (trail) comes up
xahschwe:n it grew up (to the sky)
xahslin riffle (in a stream)
xahslin-ding name of a village at the mouth of Horse Linto Creek
xahslin-din-nilin Horse Linto Creek
xahslin-taw "crane", heron (Ardea herodias, Great Blue Heron)
xahslintaw-nehwa:n man-eating crane-like bird that inhabits the head of Horse-Linto (xuhslinding) Creek
xahxe'eh shade, shadow
xay the roots of a conifer (esp. pine or spruce roots), used in basketry
xay winter; year
xayah fishing claim
xayah-me' canyon near Sugar Bowl
xayahme'-ło:q'-mił-tahch'iłtiw fish claim medicine
xay-ch'idilye Jump Dance
xaych'ing'-mina:k'iwilchwe:n things stored away for the winter; things put away for winter use
xay-na:dil winter run of steelhead
xayts'a' (modern) dish, bowl; (traditional) mush basket
xayts'a'-me'-silay cupboard
xe' foot
xe'e'ła:t one should run by
xe'e'wiłq'a:s he threw it away
xe'e'wingqoch' he loped away
xe'e'winyay he passed
xe'e:- away
xe'e:'ile'n they (small things) always lie there
xe'e:diwa:tł'-e it disappears (over a hill)
xe'e:k'e'iwhwhe' I dig down
xe'e:k'iwhmił I am throwing something (scraps, things) away
xe'e:na:'iłkis she pushed it away
xe'e:na:ldidow it drew back
xe'e:ngxits' they (acorns) fall away
xe'e:wilin they lay dropped
xe'e:wiliw it dove by
xe'e:wiłwa:tł' she threw it away
xe'e:wiłyo:l he blew it away
xe'e:ya:xowidme:tł' they had their hair cut (as a sign of mourning)
xe'e:yk'e:łtse:tł' I threw (a rock) away
xe'ewhxiwh I'm hauling it off
xe'q' saliva
xe:nta'n it has reached up to there
xe:q'ay' cradle, baby-basket
xehł pack load (in a basket)
xehłjuq' dried cedar or juniper berries
xehsta:n it (water, sand, a pile of anything) reached up to there
xił dark, murky color
-xin subsisting on, satisfied with
xina:y fresh
xinay friends!
xine:wh language, speech, talk, conversation
xine:wh-mixa:-k'iniwh'a'diłchwe judge (in modern courtroom)
xiniwinye:wh you talked
xis pus, discharge, infection
xiwhnay I move it back and forth, stir it, agitate it
xiwhnay I escape, reach safety, am safe
xiwingxes-te it will itch
xixe:s it itches
xixe:x children, kids
xixiy baby (boy)
xo'a:'unt'e honest, goodnatured
xo'ch true, real (thing); well, really, thoroughly; in a moderate, correct way
xo'-ch'itehs'e'n tracing doctor, clairvoyant, diagnosing doctor
xo'dzi-Koh carefully, thoroughly
xo'dzi-nehwa:n slowly, easily, gently
xo'ji-ch'ing' right (side), on the right
xo'ji-king traditional gambling sticks, "Indian cards"
xo'ji-kya' ceremonial abalone-shell dress
xo'ji-miłtsahch just so far, to a middling distance
xo'ji-xw more and more, more...than ever
xo'osday man (male)
xo:'a:'udyaw corpse (polite term)
xo:diwhxit I ask him (a question)
xo:ta'a:n they ran down
xo:wa'uł they're running along, a group or herd is running along
xo:yta'n I held on to him
xoch'in'-tse:t a small black beetle
xoda'iłq'a:s he began to throw them down
xoda'k'ing'its he shot it down
xoda'-q'eh-nung'a mind him!
xoda'whine:nyo:t they chased me down
xoda'wilay they went down (in canoes)
xoda'wilła:t she ran down the hill
xoda'wilwhot' he slid down
xoda:- down the slope, down to the river
xoda:dgit they had gone over (a ridge)
xoda:k'iłwa:tł' she dropped it down
xoda:k'iwehsch'e' the wind blew down
xoda:k'iwisow it's been scratched down
xoda:na'widxits he fell back (down the hill)
xoda:na:dqe:t the boat moved downstream
xoda:na:ya'xo:łxa' they tracked him down toward the river
xoda:nawh-ding west
xoda:nawhqeh I'm going downstream in a boat
xoda:nch'e: a wind blows down
xoda:ngxe:n they floated down
xoda:nyay it goes down to the foot of the hill, the sun sets, the sun has set
xoda:te:le'n it flowed downhill here and there
xoda:wha:wh I am going down (the hill, steps, to the river, etc.)
xoda:whmowh-te I will slide down
xoda:wiling outlet of a stream, river
xoda:ya'e'il they swim downstream
xoda:ya'k'e'iwiwh they pack things down
xoda:ya'k'itixa:wh they all went down with baskets of flour
xoda:ya:widil'e:tł'ił-te we will have them pointing down
xoda:yde:tł' we went down (the hill, etc.)
xode:k'isiwehsch'e' the wind had met him on its way
xode:siwha:wh I meet him, go to see him, encounter him
xode:wing'e:tł' they were dead
xodinung it (hill) is steep, sloping
xodistł'o:n white cedar (Thuja plicata, coast cedar), Port Orford cedar
xodita:n brushy place
xoditehłxuts' she felt it bite
xodnun-ding Otsepor (Bluff Creek)
xodnun-din-milay' Hopkins Butte
-xoh at, in...places
xoh- down to the bottom
xoh futilely, in vain, try (but fail)
xoh...-heh even if, no matter how
xohch'iwinyay he came down off a ridge; he went down the bank (to the river)
xohk'e:diminłung seventy
xohk'it seven
xohnahdił come back down, you guys!
xohwhyo:l I'm swearing at him
xohwilła:t he ran (down from Bald Hills)
xohwingxits' it fell (to the foot of the hill)
xohxo-ch'e:l-ding name of a village located at the mouth of Willow Creek
xohxo-ji-ding Ko'otep
xoje'sa'a:n he or she is cranky, mean
xoje:'-tilte' he is brave, a brave person
xoje:'-wung-na'udil they 'cake walked' (danced in with flints)
xoje:wung-ch'e'indil they have danced with them (flints)
xoje:wung-na'dil the obsidian bearers in White Deerskin Dance; the dance performed by the principal dancers in the White Deerskin Dance as they carry the ceremonial obsidian blades
xojiwe'-na:ng'e:tł' earrings
xok'e'iłxut' they cover her with it
xokiwiwung'il he sleeps a little at a time
xoky'a'niłte:n someone took it from him
xoky'a'umil someone throws it awawy from her
xoky'a:na'uliwh she takes off the dress again
xoky'a:na'ułkyo:s they take it (skirt) off of her again
xoky'a:ng'ay-yehwilt'ow sleeve
xokyun-chwin'da:nyay he is sick to his stomach
xol'e'n it is visible, in view
xola'-ch'a'awh he pays him
xola'-łe'k'iwiłmut' he clapped his hands
xola'-wid'a:n he has been paid
xola'-yehwilt'ow ring
-xola:n it is evident, there are signs that...
xola:n-na:ste' I helped him (to do a job), I helped him out
xole:n it is plentiful, they are plentiful, there is a lot of (something)
xolisch quickly, fast; hurry up!
xoliwh it feels, it seems like
xolje:-xich civet cat; small spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis)
xoljeh skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
xoljehch civet cat; small spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis)
xoł-ch'idwinehł he kept saying
xoł-ch'idye'n the dance that an Indian doctor performs before sucking out a pain
xoł-ch'iyo:diwhne I tease him
xołchweh hire him!
xołchwil swampy place
xołchwił-tah-t'un'nahsma:ts' wild ginger (Asarum caudatum)
xoł-diniwił'a' he is training ("mental training")
xołdiyin sucking doctor (older term)
xołe:kin' her abdomen
xołidi-k'idiłchwe pheasant, ruffled grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
xołiqay the whiteness in the sky before daybreak
xołiqay'tina:wh-kehłtsa:n Dawn Maiden
xołiqoch' a gap between hills, a hollow between higher places
xołit there is a sudden sharp noise (like the report of a gun being fired, stomping feet)
xoł-nintiwh sleep with her!
xoł-no:nilit he finished sweating (in the sweathouse)
xoł-te:lit he had a sweat, sweated in a sweathouse; he prayed, made medicine, smoked himself for luck
xołtsa:y dry ground
xołtsay-taw water panther; "lion", mythical monster animal with a ruff of fur around its neck, like a lion's mane
xoł-wiwhdiye'n I danced the doctor-dance
xołxitich medium sized fast-sliding snake, non-poisonous
xoł-xitinaw the unborn child moves in her, she starts feeling she is going to give birth
xołyah I'm hurting, wounding him (with a stick, knife, etc.)
xon' ch'ite'iwiwh he packs the fire
xon'-na'k'e'ilaw she (customarily) gathers things back up
xon'-na'we Brush Dance (general term); fire-waving medicine
xon'-na:na:'uswe' ceremony in the Flower Dance that is performed when it rains during a girl's first menses
xon'-na:ya'awe' they wave the fire; they have a brush dance
xon'-no'ninge:n he lit the fire
xon'-ta'na:n whiskey, any distilled spirits
xon'ta'na:n-mił-wa'k'itłiwh (tending) bar
xon'-wun-nongwiwh light the fire!
xona:'-dehslin he is cockeyed
xona:'e:din he is blind, a blind person
xona:'iłding' blind him!
xona:'-na:wilchwe:n eye glasses
xona:'to'-na:wilin mourning songs
xona:'xwo-sa'a:n eye glasses
xona:di-na:ya'tehłdi'its the boy and girl who run along with the girl in the Flower Dance race
xona:-sinda wait for him!
xona:siwhlay I make fun of him, ridicule him
xona:siwhnik I'm putting my arm around him
xona:t'aw his spirit, soul (as opposed to body)
xona:t'aw-na'ay ta:n doctor
xonchiwh-dich'e:ch' Rough-Nose, another name for Panther in a story told by Mary Marshall
xonchwe'n there is lots of brush, it's a brushy place
xonchwiwh-wa:ng'ay nose plug, nose ornament
xonde:se:n'-te you will feel something for him
xone:sehłyiw I raised him
xong he, she, him, her
xong' fire
xong'-'a:diwh'e:n I fix myself up for a ceremony, put on face or body paint
xong'-ch'ing'-k'iniwhnoy I barbecue (fish, meat) by roasting it on spits around a fire
xong'-din ashes
xong'-min matches
xong'-mina:t-ch'itina:wh a dance held in the Big House to scare off sickness
xong'-na'a:de:law I dressed up, put on my regalia
xong'-na'a:dileh put on your regalia!
xong'-nehwa:n orange (color)
xong'-siwe:n the fire lies there
xong'xahwh-ding Merip
xongwhe give him a name! call him by name!
xongxong' a type of edible mushroom
xonin'-na:na'ule' looking right and left during Jump Dance
xonin'-q'e:ts locust
xonin'ts'e:k' cricket chirps, chirping cricket
xoning'-łintehłdow he frowned
xoning'-wiltuch' Indians from upstream
xoninsohch small, white-spotted mink (Mustela vison)
xonist'e'-ta:k'idehsne:ge' his body feels sore, dull; he is drowsy from lack of exercise
xonist'e'-xa'siliwh-ding Hooker Ridge
xonist'e'-ya:n someone who has killed a person, cannibal, killer
xoniwil'-na:way he is dizzy, half drunk
xono'xine:wh he overpowers him (with words), talks bad luck into him, wishes him to death
xonowh'aw I'm fooling him, deceiving him
xonsa:t it (water) is deep
xonsah-ding where the water is deep (old village site in Hoopa Valley)
xonse:l it (weather) is warm, hot, sunny; there is heat
xonsił summer
xonsił-ch'idilye White Deerskin Dance
xonsił-chwiw another name for the mourning dove
xontah house (modern); the wooden back-board for the Jump Dance
xontah-ma:-silay the foundation of a (modern) house
xontah-me:q'-mił-na:na'k'iqot mop
xontah-nikya:w the Sacred House, "church", at Ta'kimiłding (Hostler Ranch)
xontah-yayliwh bumblebee
xonte:lkyohme' bench back of Oscar Brown's place
xontehł flat, prairie
xontehł-ji-me' Hyampom
xontehł-me' name of a Chilula village
xontehł-me' Wintu village at Hayfork
xontehł-miwah name of a former village near Campbell Field prairie
xontehł-taw coyote
xontł'its' hard, solid ground
xonwho:n it (area, space) is clear; there is a clearing
xoq'eh-na'way the girl who accompanies the medicine maker (k'ima:w-ch'iłchwe) at the Brush Dance
xoq'it-'iwhdine I'm helping him
xoq'it-ch'iswa:l a Flower Dance is held for her
xoq'it-ch'ite:ng'e'n diagnose, an Indian doctor is "tracing" on someone (acting as diagnosing doctor)
xoq'it-dahsa'a:n headdress worn by men at the Kick Dance
xoq'oskin'ding-nowhchwit I choke him
xoq'os-mił-widloy' scarf
xos cough, cold in the head
xosa'k'iłtse:tł' they threw it into his mouth
xosa'k'ing'its he shot in his mouth
xosa'wiłgit she put a little dab (of medicine) in her (sister's) mouth
xosa:k' abalone (Haliotis), abalone shell
xosa:k'-kya' skirt with abalone shell pendants sewn on
xosa:ng'ay a short whistle made from the leg bone of a crane (xahslintaw-mits'ine'), used only by the obsidian bearers in the White Deerskin Dance
xosa:ng'ay-me'-ch'idiłne flute
xosa:sta:n-ts'iswa:l he makes a war-whoop
xosah-k'itidlut he can't talk plainly; he talks in a broken way
xosah-na:lit pepper
xosah-sa'a:n he has a song, a song comes to him
xoshdó:ng' it could be (but I really doubt it)! I really don't believe it!
xosin being (so), exhibiting (such and such) characteristics
xosits'-mil freshwater mussel (Mytilus californianus); mussel-shell or abalone-shell spoon used by women
xosta:n six
xosta:ndiminłung sixty
xot'ina:n-ding Wahsekw (Martin's Ferry)
xote:se:ts'e:k' I scratched him
xotiway-kyoh-q'it Mountain on Waterman Ridge
xotiway-q'it Pactah (part of Weitchpec)
xotł'inch'e' her co-wife
xots'ine-mił-ya'mil Oregon grape (Berberis nervosea)
xotse:tł'iwa'-ne:s Chinese person
xotuq-ch'e'ninyay for a woman to dance between two male partners; a feature of the Brush Dance
xowa'tiliwh he distributes them (e.g. regalia) to them
xowa'tiqot they poke things to them each one
xowa'uxa:wh they give her a basket
xowa:'iłda: she handed it (a baby) to her
xowa:dlay they were given to her
xowa:na:ch'ime:tł' he threw it (pipe) back to him
xowa:na:na:lwe:n medicine to remove hard feelings, for forgiveness
xowa:ningxits' it went through him or her (for example, an arrow)
xowa:ya'inta:n they gave it (a bow) to him
xowa:ya'tiłkyo:s he gives them (aprons) to each of them
xowah-na'k'ita'aw a "light" or fast song at the Kick Dance
-xowe:-ding located at, in...places
xowehskit-ne'in he was nearly caught
xowh it seems, it must be, it might be, I guess
xowh'ay I ask him (to do something)
xowhch'e:t I'm lying, I'm a liar
xowhła:n there are many people
xowhłe:n I have plenty (of something)
xowhniwh I am awake
xowhq'eh I'm going to copulate with her, I'm going to have intercourse with her
xowich'e:t a lie, falsehood, lying
xowidilik what has been told, a story, telling, account
xowilik telling (something to someone)
xowinłit-tehł there will be a sudden noise
xowinsa:t it got to be deep
xowinse'n it started
xowinse:l it got warm
xowinya'n it has gone wild
xowiwhda'uł I am carrying him about
xowiyeh up a steep slope; it (hill) is steep
xowo'-mił-tehna:k'iłdiw toothbrush
xowun'de'iłkyo:s they take it (a blanket) off of her
xowung-dahding'awh take it (e.g., stone) away from him, deprive him of it!
xowung-ky'a:xawhky'ow I'm envious of him
xowung-na:ya'de'itul they used to drag their feet over him
xowung-q'it village at Campbell Field; Kentuck Ranch; Danceground
xowuni-q'it name of the northernmost Chilula village
xowun-nahsdimit it turned over (like a boat)
xowun-no'niłqe:t he aimed at him
xowut-ch'ixowehsya'n he watched her
xowut-xowhya:n I'm carefully watching him, looking after him
xoxiwhnay I'm saving him, I saved him, cured him
xoxotinit creek above Eslick's mentioned in Emma Lewis' formula of the Rain Rock medicine
xoy vomit
xoya:n it (e.g. horse, bull) is wild, shy, suspicious of people
xoyeh-no'ningxa:n she served food to him, placed food in front of him
xudya:n something shameful
xulo:q'e' silverside salmon
xulto'n flea
xułwich uproot it!
xunding it is close, near by
xung' marked stick in Indian gambling (kin-na:way), ace in modern playing cards
xung'awh take it (e.g., stone) out of the ground! dig it up!
xung'-t'e:n married woman
xunis-ch'il'e:n dipper basket
xunis-chwing gossip
xunwheh cough it up!
xutł'e' night
xutł'e'-dung' (early) in the morning, daybreak
xutł'e'dung'-xa:sina:wh morning star
xutł'e'-ky'a:n flying squirrel (Scuiropterus)
xutł'e'-na:mut' bat
xutł'e'-wha moon
xuxa:nt'e it is light (in weight), not heavy
-xw in such a way, in such a manner, being so, while doing so
-xw at, around, in that direction
xwa:-'a:neh a doctor's power, that speaks through her
xwa:-wehsle' he got satiated, he got enough to eat, his belly got filled
-xwe the people of...
xwe'diliw they're attacking them, coming to challenge them to a fight
xwe:da'ay-na:da'ay he's listening
xwe:da'ay-niłje:n he is bald
xwe:da'ay-tsehna:witł'o:n her braided hair (wrapped back of ear with a buckskin tie)
xwe:de'iłoy' hair-plugs (used in fighting)
xwe:de'tł'-sa'a:n ear plug
xwe:lwe:tł' he spent the night
xwe:na:se'ildiqo:l it kept crawling on her
xwe:na:xowilya'n he came back to his senses (after being unconscious, crazy)
xwe:na:ya:lwilil they camped along
xwe:tilchwe'n they (pebbles) grow on to her here and there
xwe:xowht'e:n I look like him/her
xwe:ya:k'e'it'e' it gets cooked for them
xwe:ył-q'it Redwood Ridge, Redwood Creek
xwe:yłq'it-xwe the Redwood Indians, Chilula
xwe:ysxa:n he passed the night
ya' louse (specifically head louse), parasite
ya'de:lts'e' they stayed there (for a while)
ya'dehłts'e they are staying there
ya'ixis they fell over
ya'k'idwul he see-sawed
ya'k'inyo:s he raised (his bow) and pulled (the string)
ya'k'ita'aw the three singers in the White Deerskin Dance, one main singer and two helpers
ya'k'itiquch they toss it along (with a stick), they are playing the stick game, shinny
ya'nahwh he goes up
ya'ne:'iwiwh they pack it there
ya'niłqe:t-e: they got there (in a canoe)
ya'te'iliwh they take them along
ya'te'iłqe:t they shove them (boats) along
ya'te:qot they started on their way with it poked (an enemy's head on a stick)
ya'ułqay white louse
ya'unch'ing coming in this direction from across
ya'wehs'a' he sat down
ya'widqot' he tumbled, wiggled up
ya'wiłq'a:s he tossed (a ball) up
ya'wiłqoch' he hurled it up in the air
ya'wiłwhot' he slid it up, opened the window
ya'wima:s he rolled over
ya'wime:tł' he took them up
ya'winchwit he raised his hand
ya'wingquch he threw it
ya'winsow he scooped, scraped it up
ya'wixa:whił-te he will take it up (a basekt)
ya'xite:na' they escaped
ya'xohsme:tł' he whipped him
ya'xostsa:s he whipped him
ya'xotehłte:n they took him
ya'xwe'iłtong' it causes her to jump up
ya:- into pieces
ya:- up into the air, skyward
ya:'ułkili-q'it Lake at the head of Horse Linto Creek
ya:'usq'ong' lice eggs
ya:dimil "tossel" used in stick game
ya:diwich it tipped over
ya:dmil-e: they fell back
ya:k'idnot it blazes up (in the air), flames up, flashes
ya:k'iliwh raise your hand!
ya:k'iwehsch'e' a wind blew upward
ya:k'iwhk'ił I'm tearing it to pieces, ripping it up
ya:k'iwilk'il fringes (on a bark dress)
ya:k'iwilt'a:ts' something cut up into strips, fringes (as in buckskin)
ya:k'iyohwh it breaks to pieces, flying in all directions
ya:łde:wiming'il they (canoes) filled
ya:na'awh he "raises up" a song, sings the melody of a dance-song
ya:na'k'isdimil she smashed it
ya:na'k'iwiłtsilił-te they may split (logs)
ya:na'wehs'e:tł' they sat down again
ya:na'wił'e:tł'il they hold them up
ya:na:dqeh she shoved herself up
ya:ng'e:tł' they (animals) are sitting
ya:se:wa:n I broke it to pieces
ya:sehłtse:tł' I have pounded it
ya:ta'a'-e: it (a baby) commenced to sit up
ya:te:se:ya:-te I'll go off along
ya:wh'ay I am sitting
ya:whliwhil I was still picking them up as I went along
ya:widxisil they (clouds) flew up
ya:wiloy' it was tied up
ya:xo:'awh the Jump Dance style of dancing
ya:xo:'awh they (a group, line of dancers) jump up and down in the Jump Dance style of dancing
ya:xo:whła'n they became many
ya:xowilwa:tł' he gets beaten up (with a club)
ya:ya'wa'awhil they pick them up one by one, as they go along
ya:yk'iwida:ye'ił they (flowers) keep blooming
ya:yxits' I flew up into the air
yahdzi-me' place mentioned in a formula for bathing at Rain Rock (location unknown)
yawh'awh I pick it up, raise it up (round object)
yawhjich I pick them up (little pieces)
yawhjił I'm slipping, losing my footing
yawhkyo:s I pick it up (blanket, cloth, etc.)
yawhliwh I pick them up (several objects, rope)
yawhłiw I pick it up (a dough-like or floppy object)
yawhtiwh I pick it up (an empty basket, a long, stick-like object)
yawhtiwh I pick him/her up (living being)
yawhtong' I'm jumping (up)
yawhwul I'm chopping it, beating it (with an axe, club, etc.)
yawhxa:wh I pick it up (a bucket, dipper, or other filled container)
yaywiłdichwe:n they have made it for themselves
yaywiłkit (cloud, fog, smoke) rose, went up into the air
ye in view, evidently
ye instead, in a different way
ye'ilts'it it always falls in
ye'iyohł she blew it (incense) in
ye'ohdigit run in! (talking to a group)
ye'ts' wart
ye:w that, there (far off)
-yeh under, at the foot of
yeh- in, into (an enclosure)
yeh'idjeh they are crowding themselves in, flocking in
yeh'ił'ah they move into (an enclosure)
yeh'iłt'oh slip it in (cork into bottle, arm into sleeve, etc.)! put it in where it fits!
yeh'ing'awh put it (e.g. stone) inside!
yeh'iwhde'iwh I'm looking in (to see what's inside)
yehch'e'ixa:wh she always brought it (a filled container) in
yehch'itul shoes (general term)
yehch'iwhine:nyo:t they drove me into it
yehch'iwiłje:w he crowded them in
yehch'iwiłq'a:s he threw them in
yehch'iwiłqe:t he shoved (a stick) in; he landed the canoe
yehch'iwiłte:n he put it (a living thing) in
yehch'iwina:whil he has come in
yehch'iwinge:n he brought them in (acorns)
yehch'iwingxits'-te someone will fall into it
yehch'iwinta:n he put it in
yehe exclamation of angry surprise
yehk'e:łwis-te I'm going to drill a hole in it
yehk'iłqot' put the net on to the frame!
yehk'iłt'oh put on, slip on (pants, socks, shirt, anything that fits tightly)!
yehk'iłtul they file into the dance (Brush Dance, Flower Dance)
yehk'iłyo:l trumpet, cornet
yehk'imil she is dipping out (water) into (containers)
yehk'ine:nde'n light came in
yehk'ingqot he stuck it in
yehk'inyo:wh (water) pours in (e.g., through a hole)
yehk'iwehsch'e' the wind blew in
yehk'iwilda' an older term for the bowl in a pipe (indicating that it was considered to be "alive")
yehk'iwilqot' (it is) circular, bent in
yehk'ixowilt'ow overalls, pants
yehky'a'a:n there is a hole in it, there is a den, cave
yehky'a'a:n den, animal's cave, hole
yehna'k'iliji-wha:' late winter month; March
yehna'tehłtse:tł' he bumped it into something
yehna'wilay he put several objects back in (specifically: he loaded the gun, put bullets in)
yehna'wilo:s she dragged it in
yehna'wiłme:n he made it swim in
yehna'winła:t he ran back in
yehna'xo:łwa:tł' he threw him in
yehna'xołkya' (s)he put a dress on her
yehna:dchwa'n it squeezed itself back in
yehna:dla:t it floated in again
yehna:l'e:tł' they were stuck in
yehna:ldito'n he jumped back into it
yehna:lqe:t eagle feathers stuck into headbands
yehna:wilin they flow into it (the river)
yehna:xowh'ay I'm inviting him in
yehna:xowilt'ow someone is dressed (in something)
yehnawhma:s I'm turning it (a bolt) on its threads
yehnawhtul I'm putting on my shoes
yehnindilin they are scattered in (the river)
yehwe:de:tł' we (2) went in
yehwe:yay I came in
yehwehs'a' it was in
yehwhidiwilxuts' it (e.g. insect) bit into me
yehwidqe:t (a canoe) landed
yehwidqot' it fell in
yehwile:lił-te it will always go into the stream
yehwilin-ding name of a village
yehwilt'ow it is corked
yehwilxit' flint knife for cutting fish or roots
yehxo:ng'a:n they ran in
yehxolt'o:w shirt
yehxołda' put him inside! fetch him in!
yehya'k'iwiqol they poke them in
yehya'ułxiwh they haul it over (in boats)
yehya'wilaw they have put them in
yehya'wił'e:tł' they stuck them in
yehya'winsow they scoop them in
yehyiwiłkił (cloud, fog, smoke) rolls in
yehyiwiłkit it (smoke) floated in
yi'e small
yida(h)-xo-mingwah placename from the story of the Scabby Young Man (unknown location)
yida:ch'in-dinun-ding Weitchpec Butte (Burrill Peak)
yida:ch'in-k'itidmut' Lewis woodpecker (Asyndesmus lewis)
yida:ch'in-ninyay Yurok
yida:ch'in-te'il sea lion (Zalophus californianus), seal
yidahch'in Karuk, Konomihu, Shasta or other Indians on the Klamath and Salmon Rivers
yidahch'in-tse:q'iya:ng'ay silver-grey fox
yidah-ding lower part of Hostler Ranch village
yide' downstream
yide'-dining'xine:wh Tolowa Indians, Smith River Indians
yide'-dinung-xine:wh Tolowa Indians, Smith River Indians
yide'e:n'ch'ing' on the downstream side
yide'-q'it-ch'ing' ch'ixine:wh-q'it placename from Emma Lewis's formula for the birth of a first child (unknown location)
yide'-xa'usdił-ding Bald Mountain
yide'xoma' name of a house mentioned in a story about an encounter with a grizzly bear
yide:xone'iyiw ceremonial restrictions have ended
yide:xoniwiyehł she is through with it (menstruation)
yiduq up away from the stream, uphill
yiduqa-dimit (animal, person) with its belly up, (glass, etc.) with its open end up, (hand) with palm up
yiduqa-to:-me' the ocean to the east of the world
yiduqa-to:-no:ng'a:-ding the ocean to the east of the world
yiduq-dahwinłuł a second name for the jay, bluejay
yiduqe:-q'ay'-na:'ulid-ding Karuk village at Happy Camp
yiduqe:-xodnun-ding Inam
yiduqi-łe:na:l-ding the forks of New River, above Denny
yiduqi-nilin New River
yiduq-łe:da'a:-ding at the corner of the house
yiduq-nung'awh turn (round object) over! turn it upright!
yik'iqa:n-ding Chimariko village located at Big Creek
yik'iqung it (dog) barks in deer-hunting
yik'iwidts'osil they (dentalia) were sucking
yik'iwingqa:n it barked, started to bark
yiłchwe work, what one does (old-fashioned word)
yiłxa it is dawning, day is breaking
yima:n across, across the stream
yima:n'ch'ing' on the other side (of the stream), on the opposite side
yima:n'dil white man, white people
yima:n'dil-mikine' modern playing cards
yima:n-e:-k'iwingxoya:n the culture hero, protagonist featured in many creation stories
yima:ne:k'iwingxoya:n-xoyehch'itul' ladyslipper (Cypripedium fasciculatum)
yima:n-sile'n-ding springtime
yima:n-tiw'winyay the culture hero, protagonist featured in many creation stories
yima:n-yehch'iwhiwiłxe:n he ferried me across the river
yinahch'in Chimariko, Upper Trinity River or South Fork people
yinahch'in-ta:ng'ay-q'it place mentioned in a love medicine formula
yineh in the ground, under the surface of the ground, underground
yineh-taw Indian potato
yiniłkit fog (is) reaching (to the house)
yiniwa'awhil they keep on bringing them (songs) one at a time
yiniwilgilil it kept getting afraid of (something)
yiniw-na:k'idmo:t' mole (Scapanus)
yiniw-na:lto'n a mythical bird with spikey wings
yiniw-na:way bullsnake, gopher snake (Pituophis melanoleucus)
yino:da'ay it was sticking to it
yinuq upstream
yinuqa-no:ta:tł'a: Big Lagoon
yinuqi-no:mitse'-ding name of a Chilula village
yinuqi-ts'isday Acorn Provider, an old man spirit who is the "boss" of all food
yinuqi-yiduq upstream-uphill (i.e., moving in an upstream direction while going away from the stream)
yise:n'ch'ing' on the downhill side, on the streamward side
yisxun-de' tomorrow
yisxun-yisxa:n the day after tomorrow
yitiłkit it (smoke, fog, cloud) moves off
yitiłtsil play catch
yitiłtsil baseball
yits'e:k' it (animal, bird) catches, grabs something (in its claws)
yitse'n downhill, down towards the stream
yitse'n-e:-q'i-ch'ing Chilula acorn gathering camp
yitse'ni-ning'ay-q'it name of a Chilula village
yitse'ni-wa'a:l the sun gets lower and lower in the sky, moves progressively westward
yitse'ni-wing'a' the sun has moved to the western side of the sky, it is afternoon
yitse'ni-xohch'indił-ding Blue Lake
yiw- best, out-performing others
yiwi-dimit (glass, etc.) inverted, with its open end down, (animal, person) with its belly down, (hand) with palm down; inverted, with its open end down
yiwidin- finally
yiwidin-de' finally
yiwiding-hit finally, after some time
yiwiłkił (cloud, fog, smoke) moves along
yiwiso:l it scratches, scrapes as it moves along
yiwun-na:'usmit he turned it (e.g. basket, boat) over
yo'n on the far side of the fire pit (in an Indian house)
yo'ohłkyohs bring it (a cloth, blanket) in! (talking to a group)
yo:diwidxilił-te they will ask for it
yo:-niwiłtso'n it (sky, weather) cleared up
yo:w that, there (close by)
yuk'iwidmil it throbs, twitches
yulch'uq' (frog) hops, jumps
yułwuł throw it (stick) up in the air!
yungwiwh pack it! carry it as a pack!
yunłeh rot!
yunt'us cut it up!
yuntuł take a step! step up!
k'iłiwh • small round cake made from ground grass seeds (archaic term) • noun • Semantic domain: food