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werh-per-yerk-sek'

Dictionary entry

werh-per-yerk-sek' • vi e-class • I cross by a bridge

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

Special meaning or use

  • Wrhper-yerk's ley ruen-chah S/he crosses a bridge JE36

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Kwe-see koh-chee kem hee-koch sr 'ue-werh-per-yer-sek' kwe-see 'ap ne-wee' ko'l nue-mee wo-gee 'o key ko-lo 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. Kwe-see koh-chee kem hee-koch so 'ue-werh-per-yerk-sek' kwe-see 'ap new ko'l nue-mee wo-gee 'o key ko-lo 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)