Yurok dictionary

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chperr-nerysh

Dictionary entry

chperr-neryshvn • be deep (of liquids)

Lexicon record # 275 | Source reference(s): R194 JE4

Special meaning or use

  • Kues chperr-nerysh? How deep is the water?

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Keech chperr-nerysh.
    It's been gone a long time.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (UW-PP-18a-2) (UW-PP-18a-2, 1980)

  2. Kues chperr-nerysh?
    How deep is the water?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)

  3. Kues chperr-nerysh so ske-leek?
    How deep is it to the bottom?

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  4. Kues chperr-nerysh?
    How deep is it (water)?

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)