Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

werhperyerksek' • vi e-class • I cross by a bridge

Lexicon record # 3988 | Source reference(s): R266

Special meaning or use

• Wrhperyerk's ley ruenchah S/he crosses a bridge JE36

Sentence examples (2)

1. Kwesee kohchee kem heekoch sr 'ue-werhperyersek' kwesee 'ap newee' ko'l nuemee wogee 'o key kolo ko'l sook nee nep'.
   Once as he was crossing over he saw something sitting right in the middle of it and apparently eating something.

   — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)

2. Kwesee kohchee kem heekoch so 'ue-werhperyerksek' kwesee 'ap new ko'l nuemee wogee 'o key kolo ko'l sook nee nep'.
   Once as he was crossing over he saw something sitting right in the middle of it and apparently eating something.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)