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knerperyerk

Dictionary entry

knerperyerk • n • leavings, remainder

Lexicon record # 947 | Source reference(s): R208

Sentence examples (2)

  1. 'O gegoyhl kue roowo's, Neemee chpaa ko' nepee'mo'w nepuy, meweeshtue' 'wo-'ohpelehl kue nergery 'ue-knerperyerk.
    They were told, Soon you will eat salmon, because they were given what was left over by the assistant.

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

  2. 'O gegoyhl, Ko 'o nepee'mo'w nepuy, meweeshtue' 'wo-'ohpelehl kue 'ue-knerperyerk.
    They were told, You will eat salmon, because they were given the leftovers.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)