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leyolekws

Dictionary entry

leyolekws • n • snake, water-snake

Lexicon record # 1414 | Source reference: MM(ES60)
Semantic domain: snakes and slimy animals

Sentence example (1)

  1. Tue' 'o nuemeechyue hek'ws: leyolekws, hlmeyep'eer', hlkerrwers, hlkerrwers, hlkwerterkws .
    He found everything: gartersnakes, rattlesnakes, salamanders, salamanders, frogs.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)