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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

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


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

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

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

Many

:
Dinałt'an RD How many people
Dinałt'an sraqay ingit'anh? RD+JD How 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

:
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

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


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

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


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+RD Messenger 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

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


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

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


Maybe

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


McGrath

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


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

:
Nelang KH+ED
Nelang niłtongit'oth. KH+ED Cut the meat up.  
 
Nelang ggingh KH+ED Dried meat  
Nelang ggingh uq'utr. KH He's chewing dried meat. 
 
Nelang t'ath AJ+ES Fried meat  


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

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


Meeting

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


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