Dictionary entry
chuerp'ery • vn • comb
Lexicon record # 320 | Source reference(s): R195
Sentence examples (4)
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Kwesee keech 'ela wey 'we-chuerp'ery kue negeneech, noohl weet 'ela myah noohl 'ap he'm, Kues cho soo newoyek'? To's keech mermeryerwerk'?
After the mouse got through combing, he jumped in front of the frog, and said, How do I look? Am I pretty now?— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Toad and The Mouse" (GM3, 2004)
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Kwesee keech 'ela wey 'we-chuerp'ery kue negeneech, noohl weet 'ela myah noohl 'ap ha'm, Kues cho soo newoyek'? Ney, to's keech mermeryerwerk'?
And when the mouse had finished combing her hair, she jumped up and said, How do I look? My dear, am I pretty now?— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)
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Noohl 'o ko chuerp'ery, noohl nepe'weeshneg 'ue-'wers 'emehl ma'epoyew kue 'we-'lep.
Then he combed his hair, and then his hair was tied up with an otterskin.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Cho chuerp'ery k'er-wer'yers we-'lep!
Comb your girl's hair!— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)