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kner-per-yerk

Dictionary entry

kner-per-yerk • n • leavings, remainder

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

Sentence examples (2)

  1. 'O ge-goyhl kue roo-wo's, Nee-mee chpaa ko' ne-pee'-mo'w ne-puy, me-weesh-tue' 'wo-'oh-pe-lehl kue ner-gery 'uek-ner-per-yerk.
    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 ge-goyhl, Ko 'o ne-pee'-mo'w ne-puy, me-weesh-tue' 'wo-'oh-pe-lehl kue 'uek-ner-per-yerk.
    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)