Dictionary entry
'o'-loo-le-kweesh 'o'l • np • people [high language]
Lexicon record # 4364 | Source reference(s):
YSRO475
Derivation: literally, "village dwellers" ('o'-loo-lekw "village")
Sentence examples (3)
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Kwe-lekw weesh keehl pyekw-che-nee so-no-wohl 'o'-loo-le-kweesh 'ol' kee 'woo-le'-mehl 'o 'wes-'o-nah mo-cho kee 'ok'w 'ue-pa-'aa-nah.
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 nee-mok'w nue mehl 'e-la mes-kwe-lek' 'o'-loo-le-kweesh '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 kwe-lekw keech ma yoh-pe-chook' k'ee 'o'-loo-le-kweesh 'o'l e-kaahl-ko-me
I have gone around men stepping (in the ground)— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)