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

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Storm

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Gatałtthet HM+ED lit. Really strong wind.
Gatałtthet xingo neyo. HM+ED He came during the storm.  
 


Story

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Xidhoyh HM+ED
Dinats'i xiłdhoyh. HM+ED She's telling us a story.

See "Tell"

Stove, steamboat

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Viye xididhiq'un HM+ED lit. In it there is fire.
Ngi'in viye xididhiq'un yet xintthan-gidela. HM+ED Put wood in the stove over there. In another house
 


Stranger

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Tr'i'iłtth'edin HM+ED lit. People we don't know
Tr'i'iłtth'edin nedatl. HM+ED Strangers have come.  
 


Strips

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Nałtrod LH+KH
Ggath nałtrod getiy ngizrenh. LH+KH King salmon strips are sure good.  
Nałtrod oyh axa ethtl'inh. LH+KH He laced snowshoes with babiche.  
 


Strong

:
Ngitl'itth. HM+ED He's strong.  
Dina getiy ngitl'itth. HM+ED The man is really strong.
Martin Buser vileg getiy yidetl'itth. ED Martin Buser's dogs are really strong.  
 


Stump

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Gichin HM+ED The stem of anything strong. Could be a stem of tobacco.
Gichin q'ididhisdo ts'i xiq'adist'a. HM+ED I like to sit on a stump.  
 


Stupid

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Gits'itadhit. HM+ED lit. He thinks badly.
Yigginh gits'itadhit. HM+ED That one is stupid.  
 


Suck

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Giłtth'eth. HM+KH She is sucking it.  
Gog dilochith iłtth'eth. HM+KH The baby is sucking its thumb.  


Suddenly

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Xunh xiyił HM+ED
Xunh xiyił ggagg k'idz net'uq. HM+ED Suddenly a bird flew up.  
 


Sugar

:
Shaxil HM+ED From Russian "sakhar"
Shaxil ngichux axa dist'anh. HM+ED I use lots of sugar.  
 


Summer

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Sanh HM+ED
Sanh nonxatidilningh. HM+ED It's becoming summer.  
 


Sun

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No'oy ED+HM
Vinixiłyiggi tux no'oy dithiq'isr. HM+ED Early in the morning the sun is red.  
 
Xigide'on'. HM+ED Sun is shining.  
Deg xigide'on'. HM+ED There's sunshine around here. 
 


Sun dog

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No'oy gisr ye didilnek. HM+ED lit. The sun has its mittens on. These are bright spots on either side of the sun. If there's one on the right it means it's going to be cold. The one on the left means it's going to be bad weather. Both mittens together mean it's going to be very cold, like -60.


Sunrise

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Xigighe'on'. HM+ED lit. The sun rose.
Q'idong xigighe'on' xiyił tr'inisdhit. HM+ED The sun was already up when I woke up.  
 


Surprise

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Tr'inasidhit. HM+ED I was surprised.  
Xivogh tr'inasidhit. HM+ED I was surprised at them.  


Survive

:
Gidaghisdhit. AJ I survived.  
Yuxudz xoghod gidaghisdhit. AJ Only for that reason I survived.
Gidaghedhit. AJ He survived.  
Getiy imo ghela'. Dred gidaghedhit. AJ He was very sick. He barely survived.  


Swallow

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Gitalnix. HM+ED He is swallowing it.  
Gag te' talnix. ED+HM She is swallowing juice.
Nelang tidlniq. HM+ED She swallowed some meat.  
 


Swallow

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Viting' ggudz HM+ED lit. Short beak
Viting' ggudz ginaggad ye'eheyh. HM+ED Swallows eat mosquitoes.  
 


Swamp

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Totriłqogg HM+ED
Totriłqogg q'udhisiyo. HM+ED I walked around in the swamp.  
 
Xułiłtux JD+JD Swamp lit. Sink among
Dichiyedimh xułiłtux yineyax. JD+JD Water hemlock grows in swamps. 
 


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