Dictionary entry
mur'ur'n • n • sawbill (merganser, Mergus merganser) • Variant murrn
Lexicon record # 1968 | Source reference(s):
FS(B208) YM377 YM90 FS(WB:FS27)
Semantic
domain: birds
Sentence examples (3)
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[Ch'ue'ch'eesh hes wee' k'ee murrn?] Weet kem murrn ne-puyeesh speee-go'-ro-new, in the spring. 'O lee', Kem ne-wo-paa' kee-chow 'oow 'er-ker-yer-nerw. 'O lee', 'eee, murrn. Kem ne-wo-chek' keech keew 'o he-goo'm.
[Is the river duck a ch'u'ch'ish?] It's different, he has a race with salmon, in the spring. He says, "You will see me, I'll be there waiting (floating) in a pool", the loon said. "I will see you when you are there."
— Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)