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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.
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Canyon: - Deloy dotux AJ+ES lit. Mountains between
- Deloy dotux xit'ox gheyo. AJ+ES He hid in the canyon.
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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.
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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.
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Caribou: - Ghinoy AJ+ES
- Ghinoy naghitl-'an'. AJ+ES I saw a caribou.
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Carrot: - Nalyagh ded dithiqizr HM+ED lit. Vegetable skinny, red
- Nalyagh ded dithiqizr yintlyax. HM+ED I'm growing carrots.
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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
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- See the grammar section on "Classificatory verbs". See "Pack"
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Catch, grab: - Yałdzodl ingiłyił. KH+AJ Grab the ball.
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Caterpillar: - Nilividz ggex ngilanh ts'i q'u'iditth'ax. AJ lit. Butterfly worm is still crawling around.
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Caulk, chink: - Nixitth'ith. HM+ED He is caulking.
- Sringitl axa nixitth'ith. HM+ED They're caulking with moss.
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Cave in: - Xetlax HM+ED
- Vith t'ogh getiy xetlax. HM+ED The bank is really caving in underneath.
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Caw: - Diliggaq ES+AJ It is cawing.
- Yixgitsiy ngi'egh diliggaq. AJ+ES Raven is cawing outside.
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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.
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- See "Above"
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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.
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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".
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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
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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.
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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.
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Chap: - Sidon xiditsets. AJ My lips are chapped.
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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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