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me-loo

Dictionary entry

me-loon • brush dance

Lexicon record # 1665 | Source reference(s): R221 JE24
Semantic domain: ceremonies and dances

Sentence example (1)

  1. Tue' weesh-tue' 'o soo goh-kue'm 'ue-me-loo kue 'ne-pey-chew Wo-'o-nor:
    That's how my deceased grandfather Wo'onor made his brush dance song:

    — Lowana Brantner, Wohpekumew's Prediction (LA16-9, 1951)