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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'ee-shah.
    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. Kwe-see 'ap ne-wo'm wee-'eeet 'oyhl nue-mee chey murnter-'ery kep-che-neesh.
    And he saw lying there a tiny white fawn.

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

  4. murnter-'ery ch'ee-shah
    white dog

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

  5. pler-'ery murnter-'ery pue-see
    big white cat

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