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'o'-loo-le-kweesh 'on

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'o'-loo-le-kweesh 'onnp • name of a female spirit, Sky Woman

Lexicon record # 4365 | Source reference(s): FS(B222) YSRO475
Semantic domain: people
Derivation: literally, "married into the village" ('o'-loo-lekw "village", no-se-pek' "marry into a family (said of a bride)")