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


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M

Mad

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See "Angry"

Make

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Make
Giłtse RD+JD She's making something.
Xutl iłtse. RD He's making a sled.
Yigixe'oyh.RD They're making things.


Mammoth

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Mammoth Tso tl'ogh iy. HM+JD lit. Cache-like
Yidong tso tl'ogh iy deg q'u'ithidatl. HM+JD Long ago mammoths walked around here.




Man

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Man Dina ED+JD
Dina q'u'idineyh. RD+JD The man is working.  

See "Person", "Bachelor", "People"

Many

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Many
Dinałt'an RD How many people  
Dinałt'an sraqay ingit'anh? RD+JDHow many children do you have? 
 
Dinałt'ayRD+JD How many things  
Dinałt'ay łek ingit'anh? RD+JD How many dogs do you have?  
Dinałt'ay idhelanh? RD+JD How many did you get?

See "Much, very"

Map

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Map Ngan' q'idz gilegiq RD+JD lit. On the land paper
Ngan' q'idz vogho q'utr'ididal. RD+JD That by which we go around on the land.




March

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March Q'uliq'ay no'o RD+JD lit. Hawk moon





Marry

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Marry
Yitl'otohoł. JD+KH He's going to marry her. He's going to live with her.
Niłtl'onxivigighelo. RD+JD They got married.



Marten

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Marten Gitsighiy KH+ED
Gitsighiy getiy long daghł'an. KH+ED He caught lots of marten.




Mask

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Mask Giyema KH+ED
Giyema vina' detonh ts'i gixidaght'an'. KH+ED He's wearing a mask on his face while he's dancing.  
 
Giyema k'idz ntr'ił'in Messenger masks lit. Mask little flash of light
Giyema k'idz ntr'ił'in todił. HM+RDMessenger masks are going to go out. To invite them to a mask dance, one village sends messengers bearing small masks to another village .

See "Dance"

Match

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Match Deq'oy KH+ED
Deq'oy nda' vixanxatatlq'ol. KH+ED Give me matches so I can make a fire.




Mattress

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Mattress Tał KH+ED
Tał ngiyixi ntatlchith ts'in' enastał. KH+ED I'll put a mattress down on the floor and go to bed.




May

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May Vinginh tr'ey titr'ilay. Vinginh tr'eyh titr'ilay. KH+ED lit. The month we put boats in the water





Maybe

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Maybe Ndałon KH
Venhdida' tohoł ndałon. KH Maybe he'll go tomorrow.




McGrath

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McGrath Digenegh KH lit. Over on the Kuskokwim River
Digenegh q'udasidhit. Gidenegh q'udasidhit. KH+ED I traveled around McGrath.




Mean

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Mean
Vixiyo' tr'ot'ix HM+RD+JD He's mean. lit. His thought is bad.
Getiy vixiyo' tr'ot'ix. KH+ED He's really mean.



Meat

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Meat Nelang KH+ED
Nelang niłtongit'oth. KH+ED Cut the meat up.


Nelang ggingh KH+ED Dried meat
Nelang ggingh uq'utr. KHHe's chewing dried meat.
Nelang t'athAJ+ES Fried meat

Medicine

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Medicine Imo k'o KH+ED lit. Prevent sickness
Imo k'o axa dit'anh. KH He's using medicine.
Giliq'oy imo k'o xeyaghli'an'. ED+KH They used Hudson Bay tea as medicine.



Medicine person

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Medicine person Diyin ED
Qay diyin xighelong'. HM+ED There were lots of medicine men in that village.




Meeting

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Meeting Xinaxidilughusr. HM+JD lit. They talk about things.
Xinaxidilughusrdi nonxididatl. ED+KH They went to the meeting place.




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