Yurok dictionary

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'weryken

Dictionary entry

'werykenn • fat part of fish between fins and gills

Lexicon record # 4109 | Source reference(s): R266
Semantic domain: fish and sea life

Sentence example (1)

  1. Noohl 'o ga'm kue 'ne-psech, Kue 'ue-'weryken kee nepek'.
    My father said, I will eat the part between the fins and the gills.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)