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'Ernerr'

Dictionary entry

'Ernerr' • pn • a village at Blue Creek where it joins the Klamath

Lexicon record # 4429 | Source reference(s): YG:C46 JE220 YLCB79
Semantic domain: place names

Geographical story

  • YG237 • "Corpses are occasionally taken up-river in canoes. As long as the boat is below 'Ernrr' the head of the corpse is placed toward the stern. Above 'Ernrr' the head of the deceased is placed toward the up-stream end of the boat."

Short recording (1) | Sentence example (1)

  1. 'Ernerr' "north bank, Blue Creek, Morris Jake lived here" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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