Dictionary entry
hlkerrwers • n • 1 lizard 2 salamander, water dog
Lexicon record # 1515 | Source reference(s):
R219 JE84 FS(WB:FS10)
Semantic
domain: snakes and slimy animals
Special meaning or use
pa'ah nee hlkerrwers salamander [literally, "water lizard"] FS(B205) FS(B210) [snakes and slimy animals]
Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (12)
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Hlkerrwers.
Salamander. (water dog)
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 31: "Animals" (GT3-31, 2003)
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[Nunepuy hes wee' k'ee hlkerrwers?] Paa', weet kwel neemee negepue' k'ee hlkerrwers.
[Is the lizard a nunepuy?] No, they don't eat the waterdog. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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[Tee'neesho wee' kue hlkerrwers?] Mehl tegenuemoksee' 'oohl k'ee hlkerrwers. Nuemeechue kee serrhlerp'.
[What is the lizard?] Waterdog can cast a spell on people. He can do different things. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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[Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee hlkerrwers?] Hlkerrwers tue' kegahselue'm 'oohl.
[Is the lizard a hoore'mos?] Waterdog is a stranger to people. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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[Leyes hes wee' k'ee hlkerrwers?] Paa'.
[Is the lizard a leyes?] No. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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[Tee'neesho wee' k'ee hlkerrwers?] Hlkerrwers kwel tegenuemonoksee'm 'oohl.
[What is the lizard?] Waterdog can cast a spell on a person. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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Tue' 'o nuemeechyue hek'ws: leyolekws, hlmeyep'ee'r, hlkerrwers, hlkerrwers, hlkwerterkws .
He found everything: gartersnakes, rattlesnakes, salamanders, salamanders, frogs.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)