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'o'-loo-le-kweesh 'o'l

Dictionary entry

'o'-loo-le-kweesh 'o'lnp • people [high language]

Lexicon record # 4364 | Source reference(s): YSRO475
Derivation: literally, "village dwellers" ('o'-loo-lekw "village")

Sentence examples (3)

  1. 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)

  2. 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)

  3. 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)