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mer'wermerk'ws

Dictionary entry

mer'wermerk'ws • v imp e-class • the wind is in a particular direction

Lexicon record # 1916 | Source reference(s): R225 JE149

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Kues serrnerk'ws? Kues mer'wermerk'ws?
    How fast is the wind blowing? Which way is it blowing?

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-038) (LA138-038, 1980)

  2. Pueleek mer'wermerk'ws.
    The wind is blowing from the west.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-038) (LA138-038, 1980)

  3. Kues mer'wermerk'ws?
    Where's the wind blowing from?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)

  4. Kues mer'wermerk'ws?
    Which way is the wind?

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