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Sweep: - Xitset. HM+ED He is sweeping.
- Gits'in axa xitset. HM+ED He's sweeping with a bird wing.
Yix yixudz xighetset. HM+ED She swept the whole house.
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Sweet: - Liniyh HM+ED lit. Delicious
- Sigichay getiy liniyh. HM+ED My tea is delicious.
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- See "Candy"
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Sweets: - Dlit'ay niy KH+LH lit. Sweet bread
- Donna getiy dlit'ay niy q'adingit'a. KH+LH Donna really loves sweets.
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Swim: - Ghivał. HM+ED It is swimming.
- Noya' nginedz ghivał. HM+ED The beaver is swimming downstream.
Xin engan noghivał. HM+ED He's swimming across the river.
Q'u'ithivanh. HM+ED He was swimming around.
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Swing: - Ałts'imitl. HM+ED She is swinging.
- Mary gog k'idz iłts'imitl. Mary gog iłts'imitl. ED+HM Mary is swinging the little baby.
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Table: - Viq'igalnon HM+ED lit. On top of it we eat These speakers delete the final -dz from "viq'idz" 'on top of it'.
- Viq'idz galnon q'idz xinthitsitl. HM+ED The table is messy.
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Tail: - Gicha' HM+ED lit. Something's tail
- Noya' vicha' dit'its. HM+ED Beavers have flat tails.
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Take: - Yititlchet. ED She's taking it.
- Goga ditlchet. HM+ED He took the baby.
Ingiłchet. HM+ED Take it.
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Talk: - Xinayh. HM+ED She is talking.
- Getiy xinayh. HM He talks too much.
Deg xiq'i dinayił xinehayh. HM Talk Deg Xinag with us.
Deg xiq'i xinatr'ididlighuzr. HM Let's talk Deg Xinag. - Gan a yuxinay? HM What's he talking about?
Xithag ts'in'. HM+RD She doesn't talk. - Ngistl'idong xits'i xithag ts'in'. HM+RD Since she was small she didn't talk.
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Tall: - Ngith HM+ED
- Didlang gan ngith iy. HM What a tall spruce.
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- See "Long"
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Tamarack: - Tot'ighidh HM+ED lit. Water cottonwood sci. Larix laricina
- Tot'ighidh shinh qogg yineyax. HM+ED Tamarack grow on the flats.
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Taste: - Yiłniyh. HM+ED She is tasting it.
- Vanhgiq iłniyh. HM+ED She is tasting the ice cream.
Ganhdlit ngiłniyh. HM+ED Taste the cooked berries.
Ndadz dighałniyh? HM+ED How does it taste?
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Tea: - Chay HM+ED In Anvik, "chay" means just the tea leaves. In Shageluk "chay" is both the leaves and the brewed beverage.
- Ngoxo chay nidhitltsenh. HM+ED I made tea for you.
- Toł HM+ED Tea Hot liquid
- Soxo toł ningiłtse. HM+ED Make tea for me.
Toł q'at, he'? HM+ED Do you want tea? - Giliq'uy, deliq'oy HM+ED Labrador or mountain tea sci. Ledum palustre
- Soxo giliq'uy dingił'anh. HM+ED Get some labrador tea for me.
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Teach: - Xindigixidinił'an'. AJ She is teaching them.
- Sraqay andixidinił'an'. HM+ED She's teaching those children.
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Teacher: - Xandigixidinił'an HM lit. One who teaches them
- Xandigixidinił'an tolał. HM+ED She's going to be a teacher.
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Tease: - Idiydeleł. KH+ED She's teasing.
- Voghda' idiydeleł. KH His cousin is teasing him.
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- See "Joke"
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Telephone: - Viyiq tr'ixinay. KH lit. That which we talk into
- Viyiq tr'ixinay xandalning'. KH+ED The telephone is ringing.
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Tell stories: - Sinoghł xiłdhoyh. KH+ED Tell me a story.
- Yidong ghidhilin xidhoyh getiy ngingadh ixaghłdhuk. KH The elder told a very long story.
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Ten: - Niłq'osnal KH lit. Two sides, two hands
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Tent: - Yix xudhith LH+KH lit. Skin house
- Yix xudhith q'idong xindiłcheth. KH+ED The tent is already up.
Yix xudhith tr'itłse. KH+LH We're making a tent.
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