Dictionary entry
Wehlkwew • pn • a village across the river from Rek'woy
Lexicon record # 3821 | Source references: YG:A72 JE219
Semantic
domain: place names
Other places in the Rek'woy area: Hehlku Srr, Hiwow, Hop'ew, Hop'ew Pul 'We-Roy, Hop'ew 'We-Roy, Prgish 'O Chyeguuk'w, Pulik Srrnry, Rek'woy, Tmry 'We-Roy, Wechpus, 'Yoch Legaay, 'O Kegep, 'O Kneget, 'O Kwegoh 'O Ket'oh, 'O Men, 'O Men Hipur, 'O Men 'We-Roy, 'O Regos, 'O Schegep', 'R Hlrgr'
Sentence examples (6)
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Na'a'li 'o'lehl 'o Wehlkwew tu' wit 'o megetohl ku roowo's.
There were two houses at Wehlkwew and the pipes were kept in them.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Mosi 'w-egoyhl k'i Rek'woy 'emsi Wehlkwew ni 'oole'moni kimi nepi'mehl nepuy; kwelekw ku pulekw wi' chpi 'o kwahhley.
It was not meant that the inhabitants of Requa and Wehlkwew should not eat salmon; it was only forbidden at the mouth of the river.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Chrwrsik' koma choomoyhl noohl 'o gi', Cho wohpeye'm, ku nek 'ne-psech, so Wehlkwew.
Seven days before my father was told, Cross over to Wehlkwew.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Ku wi 'o negookchenohl 'emki wishtu' le'mehl ku Shchekwehl 'O Chaahl 'o tek 'r'grrk 'o Wehlkwew.
Those who usually sweated there then went to the sweathouse at Schekwehl 'O Chaahl in Wehlkwew.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kwelekw 'o tene'm 'oohl 'o Wehlwkew hikoch so Rek'woy so wohpeye'm, 'ohlkumi wit 'ini meroge'y ki 'we-hloohl 'we-'yoh 'emsi 'u-pa'ah 'ohlkumi kich wi' laayekw kich 'o chahchew ki 'we-hloyek' 'yohlkoych' 'o pulekw.
And then there were a lot of people who crossed over from Wehlkwew to Requa, as it was easier there for them to get their wood and their water now that the path was finished and it was difficult for wood to be fetched at the river mouth.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Ku pegrk mehl Wehlkwew ku skewoksemin ku 'we-na'awok' hasi hinoyks laa'y 'emsi pa'aahliks niki ma laa'y 'o ku mirwrnrni; soo hasi' paas wonu laa'y ku kich ho laahohku' ku laayekw, mi' kwahhley 'oohl wonus ki 'we-laayek' 'o ku laayekw.
A man from Wehlkwew who wanted to catch surf fish went inside of the path and then into the water at the high water line; so strictly was it intended that one should not pass over where the path had been made, because it was forbidden for anyone to walk on the path.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)