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

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Cranky

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Vixiyo tr'ot'ix. HM+RD+JD She's cranky. lit. She's no good.
Yigginh getiy vixiyo tr'ot'ix. HM+RD+JD That person is really cranky.  


Crawl

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Ghidiggisr. HM+RD+JD She's crawling.  
Q'u'idiggasr. HM+RD+JD She's crawling around.
Gog ngin q'u'idiggasr.HM+RD+JD The baby is crawling around on the ground.  
 


Crazy

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See "Wild"

Creek

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Srixno' HM+RD+JD
Srixno' didelingh. HM+RD+JD The creek is swift.  
 


Crow

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See "Raven"

Crowberry

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Niłanht'asr HM+RD+JD lit. Black berry sci. Empetrum nigrum
Niłanht'asr yił niginastth'aq. HM+RD+JD I made it vanhgiq with crowberries.  
 


Crust on the snow

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Tthighileqogg HM+RD+JD
Tthighileqogg nixithitinh. HM+RD+JD It froze a crust on the snow.  
 


Cry

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Etrix. RD+JD She is crying.  
Tr'ixineganh getiy ghetrax. HM+RD+JD The baby cried an awful lot.  


Cup

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Vitazringitl HM+RD+JD lit. In it you drink liquid
Vitazringitl yet chay ghiszrisr. HM+RD+JD I drank tea in a cup.  
 


Cupboard

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Tth'ok viye dhidloy. KH+LH lit. Dishes are put in it
Tth'ok viye dhidloy q'oded ntr'iłchet. KH+LH We're getting a new cupboard.  
 


Currant

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Nondiniy HM+RD+JD Red currant  sci. Ribes triste
Nondiniy longh. HM+RD+JDLots of red currants. 
 
Gag vedaHM+RD+JD Black currant lit. Berry's cousin sci. Ribes hudsonianum
Gag veda xitr'athdatl. HM+RD+JD We went for black currants.  


Current

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Xelingh HM+JD lit. Swift water
Ado' deloy ghon' getiy xelingh. HM+RD+JD Down by the mountain it's really swift.  
 
Xelingh no' LH+KH Against the current  
Xelingh no' xixetroth. LH+KH It's hard to go against the current. 
 


Cut

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Git'oth. HM+RD+JD She is cutting something.  
Singonh łegg it'oth. HM+RD+JD My mother is cutting fish.
Vanhdong łegg ghist'oth.HM+RD+JD This morning I cut fish.  
Nighandltth'in niłtongit'oth. HM+RD+JD Cut the bread.  
Silo' dhist'ith. HM+RD+JD I cut my finger. 
 


Cutting board

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Viq'idz niłtogidit'odh HM+KH lit. Something is cut on it


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