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'oolekwehl

Dictionary entry

'oolekwehl • n • people, world, the human world • Variant 'oolekwohl

Lexicon record # 4401 | Source reference(s): YSRO WG(WEM38)
Semantic domain: people

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Weeshtue' so'n 'ekw. Keetkwo lego 'oolekwohl Lerger'l.
    This is exactly how it was. Buzzard was still a person.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)

  2. Wehloweesh chee yohpecho'l k'ee 'oolekwehl.
    Ten times she went around the world of humans.

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)

  3. Tue kwelekw keech ma yohpechook' k'ee 'oolekwehl ekahlkueme
    I have gone around the world

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)