Dictionary entry
'wes-kwehl • n • 1 body, flesh 2 family member
Lexicon record # 4077 | Source reference(s): R263 FS(B219)
Other paradigm forms
short form 'wes
locative 'wes-kwe-lohl
Special meaning or use
mehl he-wo-mee' wes-kwehl sun [literally, "that which warms the body"] YSU995 YSRO471 [astronomy and the sky]
Sentence examples (4)
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'O lem', " Kwe-lekw kue nek 'ne-wes-kwe-lohl kee mer'-wer-meryk'.
She said, "It will flow from my body.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Kue nek 'ne-wes-kwe-lohl kee mer'-wer-meryk'."
It will flow from my body."— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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'Ue-wes-kwe-lohl mer'-wer-meryk', tue' wee-tue' 'ue-pa-'aa-nah k'ee wek 'we-raa-yoy.
From her body issued the water of this river.— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Keech 'o me-ney-kwe-noo-me-lek' 'ne'-wes-kwehl.
People are afraid of my body.— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)