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tergerwermek'

Dictionary entry

tergerwermek'vt e-class • I greet, I speak to, I talk to

Lexicon record # 3702 | Source reference(s): R259
Semantic domain: sounds and speaking

Other paradigm forms

  • passive 1sg tergerwermelek' R49

  • passive 1sg tergerwmeryek' LA138-016

  • passive 3sg tergerwermue' R49

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (4)

  1. Keech tergerwermeryek', keech tergerwermeryk'.
    She or he (an enemy) spoke to me.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-016) (LA138-016, 1980)

  2. Yo' neemee tergerwer'm kue pegerk.
    She did not talk to the man.

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

  3. To's tergerwermele'm?
    Were you spoken to?

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