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werhperyerh

Dictionary entry

werhperyerh • vn • cross a bridge • n • bridge

Lexicon record # 3987 | Source reference(s): JE23 R266

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (2)

  1. Skeleek nee 'oo' wee'eeet tue' kue cement kue ho werhperyerh 'o kem mee' 'ee keech mo'ok'w 'o yo' 'ohlkuemee kee lewolah mos cheetaa ko'l sook kohchewohl.
    It's down below, the cement that used to be a bridge, because it's not there anymore, because ... they couldn't catch anything at all.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)

  2. Nekah kue neeegoo'm ho kue 'o werhperyerh.
    We will go with you to the bridge there.

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