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

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Woods

:
Xiyiq ghuhoł. JD+ED She is walking in the woods.  


Woodpecker

:
Xiłqol HM+RD
Xiłqol yitot'a xiłqoł tux, yitot'a dixatodhił. HM+RD When the woodpecker pecks early, it is going to be an early breakup.  
 


Work

:
Q'u'idineyh. ED+KH She is working.  
Gidinałdikdi q'u'idineyh. ED+KH He is working at the school.
Atthing Qay Xichux q'u'isineyh.ED+KH I work in downtown Anchorage. lit. Down there big village I work.
Ithe q'ungidineyh. KH+ED You should work.  


Worm, maggot

:
Ggex KH+ED
Yigentlyaxdi ggex ngith xelanh. ED+KH There are earthworms in my garden. Long worms
Ggex getiy longh, sanh yix. RD+JD There are lots of maggots in the smoke house.

See "Rice"

Write

:
Giniłdik. Diniłdik. ED+KH She is writing.  
Deg Xinag diniłdik. ED+KH She is writing Deg Xinag.
Ndadz dindldik? ED+KH How is it written?  
 


Wrong

:
Gits'i, he'? ED+KH Is that wrong?

See "Mistake"

Yarn

:
Diditl'ey KH+ED
Ngi'in Qay Xichux diditl'ey oqo xinaghitl-'an'. ED+KH Over there in Anchorage I was looking for some yarn.  
 


Year

:
Nixidighidhił. AJ+AJ lit. A year is going by. Time is passing.
Nixidighidhit ts'i AJ+AJ A year having gone by  
Go dadz xiq'i nixidiniłdhit. AJ That's how old I am.  
 
Oghda' HM+RD Next year  
Oghda' gidegh xitodił. HM+RD They're going away next year. 
 


Yeast

:
Viyił giniłjid KH+ED lit. With it something ferments
Viyił giniłjid yił nighandltth'in itltse. ED+KH I'm making bread with yeast.  
 


Yell

:
See "Holler"

Yes

:
E KH+ED


Yesterday

:
Q'iydong KH+ED
Q'iydong getiy nedhot ts'in' yiggighisdo'. ED+KH Yesterday I sat here for a really long time.  
 


Yet

:
Tth'e RD
Tth'e tsaghłdith'oy ts'in'. HM+RD It's not dark yet.  
Tth'e ithoy ts'in'. HM+ED+KH He didn't come yet.  
 
Tth'e iy HM+RD Not yet  
Ngitingil dinevinh, he'? Tth'e iy. HM+ED Is your pail full? Not yet. 
 


You

:
Nginh KH+ED
Nginh gila viyił dingit'anh. KH+ED You should go with her.  
 


Young

:
Idaghdhilinh KH+ED lit. Young person
Tr'an idaghdhilinh iłchet. ED+KH The old woman married a young man.  
 


Yup'ik, Eskimo

:
See "People"

Zipper

:
Niłqon nałyil. KH lit. They all interlock together.
Niłqon nałyil xi'itldzix. AJ+AJ The zipper is stuck.  
 


Copy

:
Viq'ato ditast'eł. HM I'll copy her.  
 
 
Siq'ato didhet'an. HM+KH Don't copy me. lit. Don't do after me.


Corpse

:
Gidhag HM+KH lit. Something's corpse
Xiday gidhag? HM+KH Where's the corpse?  
 


Cost

:
Ndadz vidiłgho hiy? AJ+ES How much does it cost?  
Getiy vidiłghoy ngichox. Getiy viłghoy ngichox. AJ+ES It really costs a lot.  


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