Dictionary entry
yer-'er-ner' • n • abalone shell • haliotis • Variant yerr-ner'
Lexicon record # 4158 | Source reference(s):
RS(ALK1940:23) FS(B221) YM209 WG(WEM263)
Semantic
domain: fish and sea life
Other paradigm form
short form yer' RS(ALK1940:23)
Special meaning or use
pe-gerk 'wer-yer' large abalone shell [literally, "man's abalone shell"] RS(ALK1940:23) [fish and sea life]
Sentence example (1)
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Yerr-ner'.
Abalone shell.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 31: "Animals" (GT3-31, 2003)