Yurok dictionary

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s'erk-ter-'ery

Dictionary entry

s'erk-ter-'ery • vn • be light brown (animals) • Variant s'er-ker-ter-'ery

Lexicon record # 3382 | Source reference(s): YLCB74 FJ(ALK9:24)
Semantic domain: colors

Sentence examples (3)

  1. S'rkter-'ery kue ch'ee-shah.
    The dog is brown.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 14: "Colors" (GT3-14, 2003)

  2. Kee s'erk-ter-'ery kue cher-'ery.
    Color the bear brown.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 18: "I'm going to school." (GT3-18, 2003)

  3. s'erk-ter-'ery ch'ee-shah
    brown dog

    — Carrie Roberts, Yurok field notebook 1 (MRH1, 1950)