Yurok dictionary

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per-werw

Dictionary entry

per-werw • adv • south • n • town

Lexicon record # 2704 | Source reference(s): R240 YLCB67
Semantic domain: directions and locations

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Sentence example (1)

  1. Ha-see per-werw 'o so koo-'op' 'o kue ne-puy noohl 'o ga'm kue me-wee-mor, Ch'ue-me'y 'ne-te-wo-mehl keech 'ne-koh-che-wo-chek'.
    The old man stood to the south of the salmon and said, I am so glad that I have caught you.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)