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

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Ivisoghluq gituxvel HM+RD lit. Spider net
Tuxveł tritr gho diłcheth. HM+RD A (spider) web is hanging on the tree.  
Ivisoghluq dituxvel xitux dinthitl'enh. HM+KH Spider made its web amongst the trees.  
 



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Toxdi nixinithdoł HM+RD lit. Three nights after Sunday



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Q'inodle qighitiq HM+RD lit. Between Sundays
Q'inodle tl'ogh HM+RD Next week lit. After Sunday
Q'inodle tl'ogh ngogh tr'itodił. HM+RD Next week somebody is coming to visit you. 
 



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Xełedz HM+RD
Xełedz dist'a. HM+RD I am well.
Xełedz dixet'a. HM+RD They are well.

See "Neat"


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Te dili'anhdi HM+RD lit. Water flowing place
Te dili'anhdi nadhiyo. HM+RD He went to the well.  
 



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Dong thedz HM+RD
Dong tthedz xidetr'iyh. HM+RD Wind is coming from the west.  
 



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Itlt'iq. Xitlt'iq. HM+RD It is wet.  
Ngi'egh getiy xitlt'iq. HM+RD It's really wet out.
Nidhitlt'iq. HM+RD I got wet.  
 



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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?

See "How"


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



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



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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?  



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



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



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



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



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



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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.  



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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.  
 



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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?  
 



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




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