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Deg Xinag Ałixi Ni’elyoy
‘the local language is gathered together’


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Canoe

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Canoe Tr'eyh AJ+ES
Sitr'eyh ye ghisqał. AJ I paddle in my canoe.
Sitr'ey yet ghisqał. ES I paddle in my canoe.

Q'eyh vedoy KH+ED Birchbark canoe A traveling canoe
Q'eyh vedoy yet ghiqał. KHHe's paddling a birchbark canoe.
Q'eyh vedoy ye ghiqał.ED He's paddling a birchbark canoe.

Canyon

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Canyon Deloy dotux AJ+ES lit. Mountains between
Deloy dotux xit'ox gheyo. AJ+ES He hid in the canyon.




Car

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Car Ngin' qidz q'idughol AJ+ES, JD+RD lit. That which travels on the ground
Ngin' q'idz q'idughol yet q'utr'ithidatl. AJ+ES We went by car. lit. We went by inside car.




Cards

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Cards Galdi AJ+ES From Russian "karty", 'playing cards'.
Q'iydong galdi ditr'ighił'an'. AJ+ES We played cards yesterday.




Caribou

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Caribou Ghinoy AJ+ES
Ghinoy naghitl-'an'. AJ+ES I saw a caribou.




Carrot

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Carrot Nalyagh ded dithiqizr HM+ED lit. Vegetable skinny, red
Nalyagh ded dithiqizr yintlyax. HM+ED I'm growing carrots.




Carry

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Carry The end of this verb changes to classify the kind of object that is carried.
Soxo ghing'oł. HM+RD Carry it for me. A 3-dimensional object
Tr'ixineganh k'idz ghingiłtał. JD+LH Carry the baby. Person or animal
Ghingqoł.HM+KH Pack it. Liquid in container
Ghingiłchith. HM+KH Pack it. Fabric
Ghingiłteł. HM+KHPack it. A bundled object
Ghingilał.HM+KH Pack it. Plural objects
Long ghilał. AJ+ES He's carrying lots of things. Loose objects
Dits'id ghilał. AJ+ES She's carrying her blankets. Loose objects
Gon soxo ghingilał. AJ+ES Carry these for me. Loose objects

See the grammar section on "Classificatory verbs". See "Pack"

Catch, grab

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Catch, grab
Yałdzodl ingiłyił. KH+AJ Grab the ball.




Caterpillar

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Caterpillar Nilividz ggex ngilanh ts'i q'u'iditth'ax. AJ lit. Butterfly worm is still crawling around.





Caulk, chink

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Caulk, chink
Nixitth'ith. HM+ED He is caulking.
Sringitl axa nixitth'ith. HM+ED They're caulking with moss.



Cave in

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Cave in Xetlax HM+ED
Vith t'ogh getiy xetlax. HM+ED The bank is really caving in underneath.




Caw

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Caw
Diliggaq ES+AJ It is cawing.
Yixgitsiy ngi'egh diliggaq. AJ+ES Raven is cawing outside.



Ceiling

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Ceiling Ngidixi JD+ED lit. Up there
Ngidixi qunagh dhi'onh. HM+ED The light is on the ceiling.  
 
Duxts'in AJ+ES Ceiling  
Ngiduxts'in tlints'iyh getiy ngichox. AJThere's lots of soot on your ceiling.

See "Above"

Cemetery

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Cemetery Tthogiqay ES+AJ lit. Village of old ones
Ndagh at tthogiqay? ES+AJ Where is the cemetery?
Tthogiqay xits'i xitathdatl. AJ+ES They went to the cemetery.



Center

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Center Tth'exinedr AJ+ES
Gogide tth'exinedr. AJ+ES Here is the center.
Xiyh tth'exinedr AJ+ES Middle of the winter. One of the names for "December".


Chain

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Chain Dangan tl'eł AJ+ES lit. Iron rope
Dangan tl'eł nda'. AJ+ES Give me the chain.
Łek dangan tl'eł axa xithichith. AJ+ES The dog is tied with a chain.

Łek vaxa xithichith iy. AJ+ES Dog chain lit. With it the dog is tied


Chair

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Chair Viq'iditr'athdoy AJ+ES lit. That which we sit on
Go viq'iditr'athdoy xiq'idz didhedo. Viq'idz ditrathdoy xiq'i didhedo. AJ+ES Sit on this chair here.




Chamomile, pineapple weed

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Chamomile, pineapple weed Tthogiqay tthigidray LH+KH lit. Graveyard short haircut sci. Matricaria matricarioides
Tthogiqay tthigidray siyix xu'egh getiy longh. KH+LH There is lots of chamomile by my house.




Chap

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Chap
Sidon xiditsets. AJ My lips are chapped.




Chase

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Chase
Yenadhiyet iy. ES+AJ He started to chase it.
Choghlugguy dlen enadhiyet. AJ+ES The fox is chasing the mouse.



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