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

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What

:
Gan HM+RD
Gan iy? HM+RD What? What is it?
Ndadz HM+KH What
Ndadz dingit'anh? HM+RD What are you doing?
Ndadz dixi'ne? HM+RD What are they saying?

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When

:
Ndada' HM+RD
Ndada' yi'odz tehoł? HM When are you coming over?  
 


Whenever

:
Ixindada' HM+RD
Ixindada' nixidizrenda'. HM+RD Whenever the weather gets good.  
 


Where

:
Ndagh AJ+ES Asking about an activity
Ndagh dhedo? HM+RD Where are you? Where are you staying?  
 
Xiday HM+RD Where Asking about non-human things
Xiday sigigizr? Xiday sigizr? ED+KH Where are my mitttens? 
 
Xidanh HM+RD Where Asking about humans
Xidanh singonh? HM+RD Where is my mother?  


Which one

:
Gan nagh HM+RD
Gan nagh q'at? HM+RD Which one do you want?  
 


Which way

:
Ndałts'idz HM+RD
Ndałts'idz tehoł? HM+RD Which way will you go?  
 


Whirlwind

:
Iłtr'evay HM+KH lit. It takes things into the air
Nod iłtr'evay naghitl-'an'. HM+KH Twice I saw a whirlwind.  
 


Whistle

:
Yetr duggutth. HM+KH He is whistling. lit. He is blowing breath.
Viyetr duggutth idistth'onh. HM+KH I heard his whistle.  


White

:
Luq'uł. HM+RD lit. It is white.
Yix xudhith luq'ul ist'anh. HM+RD I have a white tent.  
 


White person

:
Tetl'ot HM+RD lit. Headwaters Drifter, one who came down the river.
Q'iydong tetl'ot neqanh. HM+RD A white man came paddling yesterday.  
 
Gishagh HM White person From Yupik "kas'aq", 'white man' from Russian "kazak", 'Cossak'.
Gishagh xit'an HM+RD White person 
Sanhdong gishagh xit'an enedz neqanh. HM+RD Last summer a white man paddled from upriver.  


Whitefish

:
Łegg HM+KH Also the word for fish in general.
Tth'egho łegg nelaxda', dinghdongiy tast'oth. HM When whitefish are running, I'm going to cut spring fish.  
 


Who

:
Diva HM+RD
Diva anh? HM+RD Who is that?  
Diva go dhido? HM+RD Who is here?
Diva xidoy ndidhit. HM+RD Who is at the door?  
 


Whose

:
Diva ... iy? lit. Whose ... is this?
Diva giqałchin iy? HM+RD Whose boots are these?  
 


Why

:
Ndadz xo'in? HM+RD lit. Because of what?
Ndadz xo'in, "On," sidene? HM+RD Why are you telling me,"Come"?  
 


Wide

:
Diyuq. HM+RD lit. It is wide.
Getiy diyuq iy. HM+RD It is too wide.  
 


Widow

:
Vi'ot dixidiyogginh HM+RD lit. His wife, the one who died
Vi'ot dixidiyogginh tthuxdi dhido. HM+RD The widow lives alone.  
 


Wife

:
-'ot  
Vi'ot q'ongidiłqon' xineg. HM+RD His wife sews nicely.  
 


Wild, mischievious, crazy

:
Viye gididhet. HM+RD He's wild. lit. Inside he is wild.
A godanh getiy viye gididhet. Godanh getiy viye gididhet ED+KH This one is really mischievious.  
Vitthe ye gits'i nixinedhit. HM+RD+JD He's crazy. lit. In his head something bad has come.
Viyen q'atithidhit. HM+RD He's starting to get wild. 
Tthidangith viye gidighedhit.HM+RD Last night he was wild.  


Willow

:
Tritl HM+RD sci. Salix
Tritl xiditth'ixdi tux niso. HM+RD I went amongst thick willows.  
 


Win

:
Xugalyayh. HM+RD She is winning it.  
Den-gi xu'alyayh. HM+RD He is winning money.
Q'iydong xiłts'in' xuginigiyo. HM+RD I won last evening.  
 


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