Arapaho Dialects, Volume 12, Issues 1-11 |
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anisü añsi Arapaho arrow assembly house bear doctor Big Creek brother's child brother's wife California called calpulli Central Sierra Miwok ceremony chief Chipmunk Chumash clan Coast Miwok County cousin Coyote cross-cousin cross-cousin marriage dance dance-house dancers daughter's child daughter's husband deer denotes dialect Durán Ellis Landing farewell-to-spring father's brother's son's father's father's brother's father's sister's Fawns female fire ghost-dancers Giant Gunther Island husband's father's Indian Kawaiisu killed kinship Kroeber land moiety Lizard Luiseño Maidu male man's brother's marriage marry meaning Mohave moiety mother's older mound Mountain Lion Northern Paiute older brother older sister Pomo Prairie Falcon prefix quail reciprocal River salmon seed shell Shoshonean sister's child sister's daughter sister's husband son's wife stem suffix terms of relationship Tezozomoc told Torquemada Tree squirrel tribe Tübatulabal Turkey vulture Valley verbs village vols water moiety Wintun woman woman's sister's word Yokuts younger brother Yurok Zúrita
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