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Chuelue

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Chueluepn • Bald Hills

Lexicon record # 310 | Source reference(s): R195 JE14
Semantic domain: place names

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Sentence examples (2)

  1. Chuelue 'o tene'm meweehl.
    In Bald Hills there are a lot of elk.

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    — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)

  2. [Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee neekwech?] 'Ee, 'o hlmeyowonee wee'. Chuelue mos ho lege'y 'oohl. Weet ho 'oole'm weet soo. Tue' neemee wee hoolege'y 'oohl keech 'o merkue' mocho keechee' laay 'oohl. Se'nee kwel neemee wo nep'. Mo newo'm 'oohl 'ee kee'ee', 'ohlkuemee tergerwermee' mehl kee'ee'. 'Ok'w soo terger'w neekwech.
    [Is the grizzly bear a hoore'mos?] Yes, he's mean. A person couldn't go through Bald Hills. They used to live there. A person couldn't go through, he'd get eaten up, if a person goes through there. Sometimes he wouldn't eat you, when he sees a person he'll run away, they talk to him and scare him away. There is a way to speak to a grizzly.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)