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pel

Dictionary entry

pel • vn impersonal • there is fighting

Lexicon record # 2516 | Source reference(s): R237

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Tue' mo-cho keech 'o saa-we-lee'm, kee-puen 'o saa-we-lee'm, it says weet 'o pel, re-pee-cho'm kue 'uuek-soh.
    If they get cold, in winter they got cold, it says they fight, she spanks her kids.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Moon and His Wife (GT2, 2003)

  2. Kwe-see nee-kee 'ue-pel 'o wee-'eeet to' te-ma ko-ma che-goh-choh kue twe-goh.
    So the fight went on there and the coon vainly struggled for a long time.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)