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werhlery

Dictionary entry

werhlery • n • tail (of animal)

Lexicon record # 4002 | Source reference(s): R266 JE133

Other paradigm form

  • short form werhl

Short recordings (7) | Sentence examples (3)

  1. Ke'l cho kenuemee sonowo'm, 'emkee kwelekw ku'y 'ue-pahtuen kue k'e-smechoy kue k'e-nekomewet kee so 'ok'w, kue 'ue-werhl k'e-kesomewet kee so 'ok'w, 'emsee k'e-roowo's kwelekw nuemee k'e-yaahl kee 'ok'w.
    You do just as I do, and then the neck of your deerskin will be on your right, and its tail will be on your left, and your pipe will be right over your belly.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  2. Noohl now 'o nek' kue 'ue-ka' noohl 'o ga'm, Hl'os kue nepuy 'o kue werhlery.
    Then he took his blanket away and said, Pick up the salmon by its tail.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  3. Knewolek' 'ue-werhl
    (It has a) long tail.

    — Carrie Roberts, Yurok field notebook 1 (MRH1, 1950)