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mewoletewek'

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mewoletewek' • vi e-class • I wipe my hands, I dry my hands (rubbing dry, not with towels)

Lexicon record # 1777 | Source reference(s): R222 MRH:APS2:87
Derivation: morphological structure mewol-etew-e-

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  1. Kue keech 'ue-wey 'w-oktketoy kue we'yon kue 'errwerh 'emehl mewolete'w.
    When the girl had finished cutting up the fish, she wiped her hands with the grass.

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