Dictionary entry
Wehl-kwew • 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: Hehl-kue Serr, Hee-wow, Hop-'ew, Hop-'ew Puel 'WeRoy, Hop-'ew 'WeRoy, Prgeesh 'O Chye-guuekw', Pue-leek Serr-nery, Rek'-woy, Tmery 'WeRoy, Wech-pues, 'Yoch Le-gaay, 'O Ke-gep, 'O Kne-get, 'O Kwe-goh 'O Ket-'oh, 'O Men, 'O Men Hee-puer, 'O Men 'WeRoy, 'O Re-gos, 'O Sche-gep', 'R Hler-ger'
Sentence examples (6)
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Na-'a'-lee 'o'-lehl 'o Wehl-kwew tue' weet 'o me-ge-tohl kue roo-wo'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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Mo-see 'we-goyhl k'ee Rek'-woy 'em-see Wehl-kwew nee 'oo-le'-mo-nee kee-mee ne-pee'-mehl ne-puey; kwe-lekw kue pue-lekw wee' chpee 'o kwah-hley.
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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Cher-wer-seek' ko-ma choo-moyhl noohl 'o gee', Cho woh-pey-yem', kue nek 'nep-sech, so Wehl-kwew.
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 ne-gook-che-nohl 'em-kee weesh-tue' le'-mehl kue Shche-kwehl 'O Chaahl 'o tek 'er'-gerrk 'o Wehl-kwew.
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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Kwe-lekw 'o te-nem' 'oohl 'o Wehlw-kew hee-koch so Rek'-woy so woh-pey-yem', 'ohl-kue-mee weet 'ee-nee me-ro-gey' kee 'we-hloohl 'we'-yoh 'em-see 'ue-pa-'ah 'ohl-kue-mee keech wee' laa-yekw keech 'o chah-chew kee 'we-hlo-yek' 'yohl-koych' 'o pue-lekw.
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 pe-gerk mehl Wehl-kwew kue ske-wok-se-meen kue 'we-na-'a-wok' ha-see hee-noyks laay' 'em-see pa-'aa-hleeks nee-kee ma laay' 'o kue meer-wer-ner-nee; soo ha-see' paas wo-nue laay' kue keech ho laahoh-kue' kue laa-yekw, mee' kwah-hley 'oohl wo-nues kee 'we-laa-yek' 'o kue laa-yekw.
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)