wergers
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Yurok
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The term is superficially similar to Proto-Algonquian *wa·kwehsa (“fox”), but Goddard rejects the idea that the terms go back to Proto-Algic and describes the Yurok word as a regular derivative of the verb stem wersery- (“be thin”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wergers
References
[edit]- ^ Ives Goddard, Sapir's Comparative Method, in New Perspectives in Language, Culture, and Personality, page 199