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terh-kurn

Dictionary entry

terh-kurnn • fish head, salmon head • Variants terh-kuen terr-kuen tar-kuen

Lexicon record # 3729 | Source reference(s): R259 JE54 JE66 JE116
Semantic domain: fish and sea life

Other paradigm forms

  • short form terh, terr RS(ALK1940:2) R259

Special meaning or use

  • ne-puy 'wer-terh salmon head (taahl are forbidden to eat this) RS(ALK1940:2) [fish and sea life]

Short recordings (12) | Sentence examples (4)

  1. k'e-terh "your fish head" (spoken by Archie Thompson)

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  2. ne-puy 'we-terh "salmon head" (spoken by Jimmie James)

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  3. tar-kuen "fish head" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  4. terh "fish head, salmon head" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

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  5. terh wee-'eeet "this/that fish head" (spoken by Archie Thompson)

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  6. terh-kuen "fish head" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  7. terh-kurn "salmon head" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  8. terh-kurn "(fish) head" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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  9. 'ne-terh "my fish head" (spoken by Archie Thompson)

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  10. 'we-terh "his/her fish head" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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  11. 'we-terh "its fish head" (spoken by Jimmie James)

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  12. 'wer-terh-kurn "its (fish's) head" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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