Dictionary entry
'erkeryernerw • vn • float in water
Lexicon record # 4421 | Source reference(s):
AS1
Derivation: morphological structure 'rkry-rnewkw-
Sentence example (1)
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[Ch'ue'ch'eesh hes wee' k'ee murrn?] Weet kem murrn nepuyeesh speeego'ronew, in the spring. 'O lee', Kem newopaa' keechow 'oow 'erkeryernerw. 'O lee', 'eee, murrn. Kem newochek' keech keew 'o hegoo'm.
[Is the river duck a ch'u'ch'ish?] It's different, he has a race with salmon, in the spring. He says, "You will see me, I'll be there waiting (floating) in a pool", the loon said. "I will see you when you are there."
— Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)