Dictionary entry
'oo-le-kwehl • n • people, world, the human world • Variant 'oo-le-kwohl
Lexicon record # 4401 | Source reference(s):
YSRO WG(WEM38)
Semantic
domain: people
Sentence examples (3)
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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)
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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)
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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)