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Hail : Yith ndlduq. JD+RD lit. Snow ball Yith ndlduq iłyoth. JD+RD It's hailing.

Hair of head : Tthex JD+RD Vitthegh getiy ngingath. JD+RD Her hair is long.

Half : See "Part"

Hammer : Ngi'egh gidiłning'. JD+RD He's outside hammering.

Hammer : Vaxa gidalning JD+RD lit. With it something is pounded Vaxa gidalning axa q'u'idineyh. JD+RD He's working with a hammer.

Hand : -lo'   Vilo' JD+RD His hand   Dilo' axa q'u'idineyh. JD+RD She is working with her hands. Niłq'odz dilo' axa q'u'idineyh. JD+RD She is working with both her hands.     Tl'ogh ts'in JD Left hand Left side     Niłne ts'in HM+ED Right hand Right side

Handle : Giting' JD+RD Viting' ngith xelanh. JD+RD It has a long handle.

Hang : Doghdelo. JD+RD It's hanging. Clothlike object, including fish, meat, coat, etc. Dinadeloy xoghdelo. JD+RD Clothes are hanging.     Doghdingiłcheth. JD+RD Hang it up.   Lighan doghdhiłcheth. JD+RD Silver salmon is hanging up.

Happen : Didiyoq. HM+ED It happened. Ndadz didiyoq? HM+ED What happened to him? Imk'i didiyoq. HM+ED He almost died. See "Die"

Happy : Xoneł JD+RD Viya xoneł. JD+RD He is happy.   Siya xoneł. RD I'm happy.     Sidigits'eyh. JD+RD I'm happy.   Sidingałts'eyh. RD Be happy.

Hard : To the touch Xiditth'inh. JD+RD It's hard. Ngan' ditth'inh. JD+RD The ground is hard. See "Freeze"

Hard : Difficult Vixetroth. RD It's hard to do.   Getiy vixetroth. RD It's too hard. Ididhix tux vixetroth. HM+KH Scraping skins is hard work.     Nodich'it iy. HM+ED It's hard to do.

Harness : Łeg dondelayh. JD+RD Harness up the dogs.

Harness : Łedinaloy. RD lit. Dogs, their clothes Łedinaloy nditlggingh. JD+RD I'm drying dog harness.

Hat : Ts'ix JD+RD Sits'igh ixudhitlnix. JD+RD I lost my hat.   Vits'igh getiy ngichox. JD+RD His hat is too big.

Haul : Ndilighik. JD+RD He is hauling.   Tritr ndilighik. JD+RD He's hauling wood. Soxo te yi'odz ni'ilighux. JD+RD He hauled water for me.   Soxo tritr dindilighit. RD He is hauling wood for me.

Have : Łek it'anh. RD He has a dog.   Łek ingit'anh, he? RD+JD Do you have a dog?     Gan ine' iy idiniso. JD+RD I don't have anything.

Head : Vitthe' RD Her/his head.   Sitthe' xinezraghtlningh. JD I bumped my head. Sitthe' xinedaghtlningh. RD I bumped my head.

Headband : Tthe nesrin HM Tthe nesrin neg axa dit'anh. JD+RD She is wearing a nice headband.

Heal : Ntithinek JD+RD It's starting to heal.   Silo' ntithinek. RD My hand is healing.

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