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mer'ernek'

Dictionary entry

mer'ernek' • vt e-class • I overtake, I catch up to • Variant mer'errnek'

Lexicon record # 1922 | Source reference(s): R225 JE29 JE99 FS(LA138-024)

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (6)

  1. Nek mer'errnek'.
    I caught up with him.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-049) (LA138-049, 1980)

  2. Nes keech mer'errnek'.
    I'm catching up.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-058) (LA138-058, 1980)

  3. Mer'errnek'.
    I'm catching up (with somebody).

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-058) (LA138-058, 1980)

  4. Cho' mer'errne'm.
    You catch up with it.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-058) (LA138-058, 1980)

  5. Cho' mer'errne'm mee' weet kee neeege'yo'w.
    Catch up with him because you two are going together.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-058) (LA138-058, 1980)

  6. Keet mee wo mer'ernee' kue muelah.
    That horse cannot be overtaken.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)