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lerger'l

Dictionary entry

lerger'l • n • buzzard, vulture (turkey vulture, Cathartes aura) • Variant lergerhl

Lexicon record # 1460 | Source reference(s): WG(WEM263) MM(ES59) R217 JE25
Semantic domain: birds

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  1. Keech ko'l le'm kue lerger'l.
    The buzzards went someplace.

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    — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)

  2. Kweles keech lerger'l wee'.
    He turned into a turkey buzzard.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

  3. Weeshtue' so'n 'ekw. Keetkwo lego 'oolekwohl Lerger'l.
    This is exactly how it was. Buzzard was still a person.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)