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'oo-le-kwehl

Dictionary entry

'oo-le-kwehln • people, world, the human world • Variant 'oo-le-kwohl

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

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Weesh-tue' so'n 'ekw. Keet-kwo le-go 'oo-le-kwohl Ler-ger'l.
    This is exactly how it was. Buzzard was still a person.

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

  2. We-hlo-weesh chee yoh-pe-cho'l k'ee 'oo-le-kwehl.
    Ten times she went around the world of humans.

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

  3. Tue kwe-lekw keech ma yoh-pe-chook' k'ee 'oo-le-kwehl e-kahl-kue-me
    I have gone around the world

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