Dictionary entry
chyer'er'y • n • black bear (Ursus americanus) • Variants cheer'er'y cher'er'y
Lexicon record # 132 | Source reference(s):
WG(WEM263) R191 MM(ES58) JE16
Semantic
domain: larger carnivores
chyer'er'y 'ue-mohka' "a tree with long red berries"
chyer'er'y 'ue-pyah "bearberries"
Short recordings (11) | Sentence examples (16)
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Cheykenee, kolonee cheyke'n kue chyer'er'y.
Small, the bear looks small.
— Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)
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Cheyke'n kue chyer'er'y.
The bear is small. — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)
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'Ernerr' 'We-Roy 'o tene'm chyer'er'y.
There are a lot of bears at Blue Creek. — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)
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Srmertek' chyer'er'y.
I killed a bear. — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)
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Cher'er'y hes 'o'y heyomues hes?
Is this bear or is this skunk? — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 18: "I'm going to school." (GT3-18, 2003)
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Cher'ery.
Bear. — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 31: "Animals" (GT3-31, 2003)
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Lekws ho neee'nowok', 'o newook' chyer'er'y.
I saw a bear outside. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)
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Chpee kohchee ma naamewet' kue chyer'er'y kue nepuy.
The bear took one bite of the salmon. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)
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Nuemee pler'er'y kue chyer'er'y.
The bear is very big. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Bipersonal Verbs and Descriptive Verbs (JB-02-08b, 2001)
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Cheyke'n kue chyer'er'y.
The bear is small. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Bipersonal Verbs and Descriptive Verbs (JB-02-08b, 2001)
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Cheer'er'y markue'm kue keges.
A bear ate the dried surf fish. — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)
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Cher'er'y 'o te'l. 'O nuemee kee'm soo te'l.
Bear was sick. He was very badly sick.— Georgiana Trull, Bear and Hummingbird (GT1, 2003)
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Cher'er'y 'o 'erhkerhl', 'ohlkuemee hee', Cho' 'erhkerhler'm! Cher'ery 'o 'erhkerhl'.
Bear opened his mouth, because he was told, Open your mouth! Bear opened his mouth.— Georgiana Trull, Bear and Hummingbird (GT1, 2003)
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Keech 'o kwesee kue cher'er'y pe 'ue-kolsoo nohlpeyk', mee mos nohlpe'y tue weetee' mehl 'we-telek'.
So the Bear goes to the bathroom something like that, because he couldn't go to the bathroom and that's why he was sick.— Georgiana Trull, Bear and Hummingbird (GT1, 2003)
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ler'erger'ery chyer'er'y
black-colored bear— Carrie Roberts, Yurok field notebook 1 (MRH1, 1950)