Yurok dictionary

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skery-terk'-wer-lek'

Dictionary entry

skery-terk'-wer-lek' • vi e-class • I dress myself (of a woman)

Lexicon record # 3103 | Source reference(s): R248 JE44
Semantic domain: clothes and cloth objects
Derivation: morphological structure ...-ek'w-...

Sentence examples (3)

  1. 'Ochkaa skery-terk'-wer-lek'.
    I'm putting on a dress.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

  2. 'Ochkaa skery-terk'-wer-lem'.
    You're putting on a dress.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

  3. Skery-terk'-werl'.
    She put on a dress.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)