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

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Fight

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


Fill

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Didiniłveyh iy. AJ+ES Fill it up.  


Finally

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


Find

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


Finger

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-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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Qun' AJ+ES
Qun' ndiniłnax. HM+ED Put out the fire.  
 Xidingiłq'oyh. AJ Make a fire.  
Nixidingiłq'oyh. ES Make a fire. 
 


Fireplace

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


First

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

See "Ahead", "Front"

Fish

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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+ES I want some dried fish. 
 
Q'osriq AJ+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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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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Q'en' AJ+ES
Singonh q'en' tiłvatr. AJ+ES My mother will cook fish eggs.  
 


Fish fence

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


Fix

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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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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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