DCHP-3

kooleta(h)

[< Esk.; cf. Coronation Gulf qulitaq]
North
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a hooded outer garment of fur or other material.

See: atigi(def. 2),kuletuk(def. 1)

Quotations

1882
In cold or wintry weather, when out of doors, the native puts on another coat, called a koo'-lee-tar, which is made of skin with heavier fur, from the animal killed in the fall.
1922
I did secure for my own wear a much-worn kooletah (hooded coat) and an old pair of deerskin trousers. . . .
1939
These primitive people, dressed in sealskin and eider-duck kulitas, were very friendly.