Dictionary entry
'o'loolekweesh 'o'l • np • people [high language]
Lexicon record # 4364 | Source reference(s):
YSRO475
Derivation: literally, "village dwellers" ('o'loolekw "village")
Sentence examples (3)
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Kwelekw weesh keehl pyekwchenee sonowohl 'o'loolekweesh 'ol' kee 'w-oole'mehl 'o 'wes'onah mocho kee 'ok'w 'ue-pa'aanah.
It will be right for people for them to go about in the world if they have water."— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
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Keech neemok'w nue mehl 'ela meskwelek' 'o'loolekweesh 'o'l.
There is no village dweller who can make medicine for me.— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)
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Nek kwelekw keech ma yohpechook' k'ee 'o'loolekweesh 'o'l ekaahlkome
I have gone around men stepping (in the ground)— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)