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kergerwers

Dictionary entry

kergerwers • n • wrist

Lexicon record # 1063 | Source references: JE151 YLCB99 R211
Semantic domain: body parts and the body

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Hl'os k'e-kergerwers mehl kue koleen k'e-chewes mee' kee shemee keychek.
    Hold your wrist with your other hand so that you do not get tired.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  2. Hl'os kue k'e-kergerwers mehl koleen k'e-chewes mee' kee semee keychek!
    Hold your wrist with your other hand so that it will not get tired!

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  3. Hl'os kue k'e-kergerwers mee' kee shemee keychek!
    Hold your wrist so that it will not get tired!

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)