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: Hehlkue Serr, Heewow, Hop'ew, Hop'ew Puel 'We-Roy, Hop'ew 'We-Roy, Prgeesh 'O Chyeguuekw', Pueleek Serrnery, Rek'woy, Tmery 'We-Roy, Wechpues, 'Yoch Legaay, 'O Kegep, 'O Kneget, 'O Kwegoh 'O Ket'oh, 'O Men, 'O Men Heepuer, 'O Men 'We-Roy, 'O Regos, 'O Schegep', 'R Hlerger'
Sentence examples (6)
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Na'a'lee 'o'lehl 'o Wehlkwew tue' weet 'o megetohl kue 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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Mosee 'w-egoyhl k'ee Rek'woy 'emsee Wehlkwew nee 'oole'monee keemee nepee'mehl nepuey; kwelekw kue puelekw wee' chpee '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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Cherwerseek' koma choomoyhl noohl 'o gee', Cho wohpeyem', kue 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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Kue wee 'o negookchenohl 'emkee weeshtue' le'mehl kue Shchekwehl 'O Chaahl 'o tek 'er'gerrk '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 tenem' 'oohl 'o Wehlwkew heekoch so Rek'woy so wohpeyem', 'ohlkuemee weet 'eenee merogey' kee 'we-hloohl 'we-'yoh 'emsee 'ue-pa'ah 'ohlkuemee keech wee' laayekw keech 'o chahchew kee 'we-hloyek' 'yohlkoych' 'o puelekw.
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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Kue pegerk mehl Wehlkwew kue skewoksemeen kue 'we-na'awok' hasee heenoyks laay' 'emsee pa'aahleeks neekee ma laay' 'o kue meerwernernee; soo hasee' paas wonue laay' kue keech ho laahohkue' kue laayekw, mee' kwahhley 'oohl wonues kee 'we-laayek' 'o kue 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)