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honey (affectionate term) | address for ones spouse
–jáaʼ / –jáa / –jáʼ g̱eeg̱í
–jáʼ
“Tree on it” | mast (of a boat)
uncle (maternal) | term for a maternal uncle is used for all males of a motherʼs clan who are in the same generation as the father
–kâk
niece; nephew (paternal) | term for a paternal niece/nephew is used for members of an opposite and related clan who are one generation down and are not the children of the speaker
–kâłkʼw
sibling-in-law; opposite clan member | the brothers of a maleʼs wife or the sisters of a femaleʼs husband
–kâni
head of - (a spear)
afterbirth; placenta
–kìgí
female's younger sister | male's younger brother | term is only used by females/males to refer to biological sisters/brothers and females/males of the same clan and generation who they (p) have a close relationship with
–kîkʼ
niece; nephew (maternal) | term for a maternal niece/nephew is used for members of a moiety and the same or related clan who are one generation down
–kêłkʼ
posterior dorsal fin | buoy to mark the end of it (net)
–kwéiyi
buoy to mark the end of it (net)
smaller; adolescent | a smaller than usual version of a noun
–kʼwátskʼu
–kʼátskʼu
tailbone, bottom of his/her spine | fish hopper (of seine net spanning a river)
–kʼóolʼ
fish hopper (of seine net spanning a river)
grandparent
–łîłkʼw
along the ridge of it (hill) | (on the) bow of (a boat) | bridge of their nose
–luká
(on the) bow of (a boat)
–luká
bridge of their nose
"Extending to-" | relative of-
–nashùwú
lineage, side | direction, area
–niyaanáx̱
direction; area
–niyànáxh
leaf; sprout | ancestor; forebear
–shàdí
Source, origin, background of; fundament(s), element(s), component(s) of; cause and effect of | clan, heredity, lineage
–shagóon
Ancestor(s) of the clan or nation of; background, heredity of
–shagûn / –shegûn
bow, prow (of boat)
otolith; (bone flake inside the head of a fish)