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murnter'ery

Dictionary entry

murnter'ery • vn • be white (animals, birds)

Lexicon record # 1964 | Source reference(s): R226
Semantic domain: colors

Sentence examples (5)

  1. Murnter'ery ch'eeshah.
    White dog.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 14: "Colors" (GT3-14, 2003)

  2. Murnter'ery.
    White (animal).

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 14: "Colors" (GT3-14, 2003)

  3. Kwesee 'ap newo'm wee'eeet 'oyhl nuemee chey murnter'ery kepcheneesh.
    And he saw lying there a tiny white fawn.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  4. murnter'ery ch'eeshah
    white dog

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

  5. pler'ery murnter'ery puesee
    big white cat

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