Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

mer'lues • n • a small bony river fish, sucker fish

Lexicon record # 1888 | Source reference(s): R225 JE24 JE129
Semantic domain: fish and sea life

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (2)

1. Mer'lues.
   Bullhead.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 31: "Animals" (GT3-31, 2003)

2. Woop' 'o mer'lues chee nue me'wo'och!
   Sucker from way out in the middle (of the water), come and get caught!

   — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-01) (JB-01-01, 2001)