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pueleek 'ue-mew

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pueleek 'ue-mewnp • north wind (on the coast)

Lexicon record # 5673 | Source reference(s): MRH:APS2:111
Derivation: literally, "downriver wind" (pueleek "down river", mew "blow in a particular direction (of wind)")

This term was recorded from Florence Shaughnessy, speaking at the coast, where pueleek refers to the direction north along the coast.