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me'loh

Dictionary entry

me'loh • n • in-law whose spouse has died but who remains with spouse's family • relative

Lexicon record # 1666 | Source references: FS(B207) R223
Semantic domain: kin terms

Sentence example (1)

  1. Kohchew kich 'o choomoyhl 'o neskwechok'w 'u-me'loh mehl ku Hiwow 'o tek 'o'lehl 'o Rek'woy nu 'we-chpega'r, To's wi 'no-'o'hl kich ki 'na-'ahspi'moh 'emki wit ki 'ne-soo 'e'gah?
    Six days passed and a relative of his came from the house at Hiwow in Requa, and asked, May we now drink at home, and eat as we usually do?

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