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chuuehl

Dictionary entry

chuuehlexcl • well, goodbye • so be it • Variants chuehl chuue'

Lexicon record # 315 | Source reference(s): R195 YM26 R195 JE62
Semantic domain: greetings and polite expressions

Sentence examples (12)

  1. 'O le-gee', Chuue'hl.
    Then he was told, All right.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)

  2. Noohl 'o le's, Chuue'hl kee me-ne-chook'.
    Then she thought, Now I'll go away.

    — Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy (MM5, 1927)

  3. Chuehl, kee le'-moh.
    Well, let's go.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (TTW-A) (TTW-A, 1909)

  4. Chuehl, we'yk-'os k'a-'a'.
    Well, you had better quit writing.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (TTW-A) (TTW-A, 1909)

  5. Peesh weesh-tue' 'o le's, Chuuehl kee ye-gook' mehl wee'.
    So he thought, "Well, I will go for it."

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  6. Noohl 'o soo-nok's 'we-sek', " Chuehl tue' pech-kuek kem kee soo-to-lek' laahee-won."
    Then he thought, "All right, I'll go far upriver along the sky."

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  7. Peesh weesh-tue' 'o lem', " Chuuehl, wee' 'o kee soo-tol' 'o yo' kue mer'-wer-mery-ker-nee 'ue-pa-'aa-nah.
    So he said, "All right, she will go where the water comes from.

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  8. 'O lem', " Chuuehl wee' 'o chekch-'es."
    He said, "All right, sit here."

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  9. " Chuuehl, 'ohl-kue-mee kwe-lekw wee-tue' son' mo-see' kee 'uep-yekw-che-nee sook mo-cho kee mok'w 'we-ne-puyo-nah."
    "All right, because it won't be right if there are no salmon."

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  10. 'O lem', " Chuehl s'ue'-lo-gen'.
    He said, "All right, it has been opened.

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  11. Chuehl, ke'l so-no-wo'm, Woh-pe-kue-mew ?
    [Gambler:] "Well, where (?) are you, Wohpekumew?

    — Lame Billy, Gambling medicine formula (Ac, 1902)

  12. Chuuehl, to' kee nah-che-chek'.
    All right, I'll pay you.

    — Weitchpec Frank, Elicitation (WF1, 1902)