Dictionary entry
mer'wermery • n • head of a river or stream, source
Lexicon record # 1917 | Source reference(s):
R225 JE66
Derivation: morphological structure me'wom-ryk-
Sentence examples (10)
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Hehlkeek 'ue-mer'wermery.
Creek that comes from way back there, where it starts (like Blue Creek).
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 16: "Where are you coming from?" (GT3-16, 2003)
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Mer'wermery.
Headwaters. — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 16: "Where are you coming from?" (GT3-16, 2003)
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'O gee', Nee mok'w nepuy, mee' k'e-mer'wermery 'ue-me'y wo'oot 'ee neekee koosee 'ekone'm k'ee nepuy.
He was told, There is no salmon, because the daughter of the head of your river holds all the salmon by her.— Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)
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'O neskwechok'w ho mer'wermery, 'o 'ohpe'l kwelekw tokto'm kue nepuy.
He came to the head of the river, and there he was offered salmon in great quantities.— Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)
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Komchuemehl 'w-esek', Nekah wee' chpee 'ekonee' k'ee nepuy 'o k'ee mer'wermery.
They knew, The salmon is held by us alone at the head of the river.— Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)
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Tue' we'yk'oh, 'o ge'm, tue' 'eekee sho'n kee 'we-laaye'm so peeshkaahl k'ee nepuy, kee kwegomhle'm mee' kegesomewtehl so mer'wermery.
And now, he said, it shall come to pass that (the salmon) shall go down to the sea, and that they shall return, because they are homesick, to the head of the river.— Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)
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K'ee wek 'we-raayoy 'ue-mer'wermery cho noohl ho noowo'repe'm; cho 'ela ro'onepe'm.
Go right to the head of this river; run on there.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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K'ee kwen cho 'o tektonee m-ekwol kem 'emehl knoksee'm 'ue-peesh'on, 'enuemee wo'n ho mo'ok'w 'ue-peesh'on; 'esee noowo'r ho k'ee we'y 'ue-mer'wermery.
Wherever there was a fishing rock built it left some of its scales, right on until it had no scales left; and then it went on to the head of the river.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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K'ee mer'wermery tue' nee soneenee weeshtue' so'n nuemeechyue nep'.
Doing so where the river comes from he ate everything.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)
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Wek kwelekw kue kyekwen mer'wermery 'ue-mey' wo'ooteesh hohkuem' kwelekw 'ue-pa'aanah.
Here the daughter of the headwaters made their water.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)