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mer'-wer-merk'ws

Dictionary entry

mer'-wer-merk'ws • v imp e-class • the wind is in a particular direction

Lexicon record # 1916 | Source references: R225 JE149

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Kues serr-nerk'ws? Kues mer'-wer-merk'ws?
    How fast is the wind blowing? Which way is it blowing?

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-038) (LA138-038, 1980)

  2. Pue-leek mer'-wer-merk'ws.
    The wind is blowing from the west.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-038) (LA138-038, 1980)

  3. Kues mer'-wer-merk'ws?
    Which way is the wind?

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