Dictionary entry
mermeryerwok' • vi o-class • I am handsome, I am pretty, I am beautiful
Lexicon record # 1890 | Source reference(s): R224 JE234
Other paradigm form
3sg mermer'y R38
Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (7)
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Mermer'y kue pegerk.
The man is handsome.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 8: "Look! Observations" (GT3-08, 2003)
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Mermer'y kue meweemor.
The old man is good looking. — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 15: "Who Are Your Relations?" (GT3-15, 2003)
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Mermer'y.
He (a boy) is handsome. — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)
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Mermer'y k'ee mewah.
The boy is handsome. — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)
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Kue negeneech tue' kem wee' 'o gegok'w, kolo wee' neenee hak'ws 'w-esek', Kwelekw soo mermeryerwerk', Nek kem kue hlkyorkwek'.
The mouse was walking around there too, she was laughing around a bit, thinking, Well, I am good looking, I will go and watch too.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)
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Kwesee keech 'ela wey 'we-chuerp'ery kue negeneech, noohl weet 'ela myah noohl 'ap ha'm, Kues cho soo newoyek'? Ney, to's keech mermeryerwerk'?
And when the mouse had finished combing her hair, she jumped up and said, How do I look? My dear, am I pretty now?— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)
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Kwesee ye'm kue locho'm, Nek soo ke'l hese'm, Mermeryerwerk' .
Then the toad said, I think that you think "I'm pretty".— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)