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


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Fight

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Fight
Tthidixi'oyh AJ+ES He's fighting.
Getiy tthidixi'oyh. AJ+ES He fights too much. Name for a person who fights.
Tthidixidhe'oy.ES Don't fight!
Niłyił tthidixixulał. AJ+ES They're fighting among themselves.


File

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File Dangan q'uts HM+ED
Dangan q'uts axa nigaghsq'onh. HM+ED I sharpened it with a file.




Fill

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Fill
Didiniłveyh iy. AJ+ES Fill it up.




Finally

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Finally Xidigał AJ+ES
Xidigał yi'odz ningiyo. AJ+ES Finally you showed up.




Find

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Find
Vigganxigiyo. AJ+ES I found it.
Yigganxelyo. AJ+ES He found it.



Finger

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Finger -logheg
Vilogheg AJ+ES His fingers
Silogheg idhist'ith. AJ+ES I cut my finger.
Silogheg izre.AJ+ES My fingers are cold.


Fire

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Fire Qun' AJ+ES
Qun' ndiniłnax. HM+ED Put out the fire.


Xidingiłq'oyh. AJ Make a fire.
Nixidingiłq'oyh. ESMake a fire.

Fireplace

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Fireplace Xididhuqun'di AJ+ES
Xididhuqun'di yix tth'exinedr xidhi'onh. AJ+ES The fireplace is in the middle of the house.




Fireweed

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Fireweed Tthediłtl'uxgi HM+ED sci. Epilobium augustifolium
Ginodzets tthediłtl'uxgi qadiłt'a. HM+ED Bumble bees live on fireweed.




First

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First
Xingitthe. AJ First  
Xingitthineyo. AJ He came first.  
 
Xuntthe. ES First  
Xuntthe neyo. ESHe came first.

See "Ahead", "Front"

Fish

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Fish Łegg HM+KH
Łegg isonh sogh q'adist'a. AJ+ES I like to eat fish.


Genoq'uth AJ+ES Dried 'flatfish'.
Genoq'uth q'at. AJ+ESI want some dried fish.
Q'osriqAJ+ES Fish, fermented heads and guts
Gila, q'osriq ngihonh. ES+AJ Here, eat fermented fish.
Ginelax, he'? AJ+ES Did the fish come yet? lit. Is it swimming upstream?

Fish camp

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Fish camp Sanh qay AJ+ES lit. Summer village
Sanh qay xits'i xitathdatl. AJ+ES They went to fish camp.




Fish eggs

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Fish eggs Q'en' AJ+ES
Singonh q'en' tiłvatr. AJ+ES My mother will cook fish eggs.




Fish fence

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Fish fence Vaxa nonghałtsey. AJ+ES lit. With it the river is fenced.
Agide nonxighałtseyh.Yeah, nonxighałtseyh. Agidet. Agidet. AJ+ES I see they're putting in the fish fence.




Fish rack

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Fish rack Tuxdrił AJ+ES
Tuxdrił q'idz xogh goghdelayh. ES She's hanging fish on the rack.
Tuxdrił q'idz dogh goghdelayh. AJ+ES She's hanging fish on the rack.



Fish trap

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Fish trap Tidhi'on. AJ+ES lit. It's in the water.
Sito' tidhi'on itltsenh. AJ+ES My father made a fish trap.




Fish wheel

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Fish wheel Gits'an-ghiliqil. AJ+ES lit. It turns in the current.
Gits'an-ghiliqil ts'antasiqanh. AJ I paddled to the fish wheel.
Gits'an-ghiliqil ts'antasiqał. ES I'll paddle to the fish wheel.



Fit

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Fit Viye ghałchux iy. AJ+ES lit. Same size
Loggisr vilo' ghałchux. HM+KH The gloves just fit his hands.




Fix

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Fix
Vogh nineneyh iy. AJ+ES You fix it.
Vogh non'isineyh. HM+ED I'm fixing it.
Vogh ntasnek iy. ES I'll fix it.
Vogh ntasneyh iy. AJ I'll fix it.


Flashlight

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Flashlight Q'udiluq'oy AJ+ES lit. That which shines
Q'udiluq'oy q'u'e'oyh. AJ+ES He's carrying a flashlight around.




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