Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

mer-ner's-kwery • vn • pull the skin off a fish

Lexicon record # 1893 | Source reference(s): R224
Semantic domain: hunting and fishing

Sentence examples (3)

1. Mer-ner's-kwery.
   It (salmon skin) is cooked over the fire.

   — Glenn Moore, Sentences (JB-03-1) (JB-03-1, 2002)

2. Kue ne-puy 'ue'-wers hr mer-ner's-kwery 'ue-koo-see pe-mey kue 'we-luehl.
   Where they had pulled off the salmon skin their mouths were all grease.

   — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl" (GM1, 2004)

3. Kue ne-puy 'ue'-wers ho mer-ner's-kwery 'ue-koo-see pe-mey kue 'we-luehl.
   Where they had pulled off the salmon skin their mouths were all grease.

   — Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)