seelene
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Seel (“soul”), as in to "sort souls".
Verb
seelene
- (Uri) To play a children's game in which one throws sticks into three holes, representing Heaven, Hell and Purgatory.
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 24.