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Sad : Sad Vidhuxdiy gidhik HM+RD He's sad.   Ang'onh getiy vidhuxdiy gidhik. HM+RD That person over there is very sad. See "Sorry"

Salmon : Salmon Ggath HM+RD King salmon Ggath ghist'oth. Ggath ghist'otth. HM+RD I cut king salmon. NelaghHM+RD Dog salmon Nalay ED+HM Dog salmon Anvik word Nodithiq'izr HM+RD Red salmon lit. Fish meat which is red Lighan HM+RD Silver salmon lit. That which is fat Silvers look fatter than other salmon.

Salmonberry, cloudberry : Salmonberry, cloudberry Dandhi'on HM+RD sci. Rubus chamaemorus Dandhi'on xitr'athdatl. HM+RD We went for salmon berries.

Salt : Salt Dughiyiq, dughiyuq HM+RD Dughiyiq nda'. HM+RD Pass the salt.

Same : Same Niłq'a HM+RD Niłq'a dixidit'a. HM+RD They (people) look the same. Niłq'a didit'a. RD+HM They (things) look the same. Teqa niłq'a didit'ay ist'anh.HM+KH I have two of the same kind. Go deg che yuxudz dixet'a. HM+KH Same around here. Referring to the weather

Sand : Sand Thoyh HM+RD Thoyh qogg xelanh. HM+RD It's a sandy place.

Sand bar : Sand bar Dasr HM+KH Dasr qogg q'utr'ixinitlyet. HM+KH We ran around on the sand bar.

Sandbank : Sandbank Thoyh vith HM+RD Ado' thoyh vith xelanh. HM+RD There are sand banks down there.

Saturday : Saturday Yix tonxalyaxdi dranh HM+RD lit. House cleaning day

Saw : Saw Vaxa diggan-gidit'odh axa tritr diggandist'oth. HM+RD I'm sawing. lit. I'm cutting wood with a saw. See "Cut"

Saw : Saw Vaxa diggan-gidit'odh HM+RD lit. With it we cut something off Viq'ast'idh HM+KH Saw

Say : Say Di'ne. HM+RD She says. Ndadz di'ne? HM+RD What is she saying? Ndadz didighene'?HM+RD What did she say? Che yuxudz didene. HM+RD Say it all again.

Scared : See "Afraid"

School : School Gidinałdikdi JD+ED lit. The place things are written Gidinałdikdi q'u'isineyh. JD+ED I work at the school.

Scissors : Scissors Tidizr JD+ED Diva tidizr iłchet? ED Who took the scissors?

Scold, bawl out : Scold, bawl out Ałtitl. JD+ED She's scolding. Go idał yingonh yits'i ałtitl.JD+ED Right now his mother is scolding him. Q'idong yits'i ghałtetl. KH She already got scolded.

Scrape : Scrape Yidhux. JD+ED She's scraping it. Gidhith idhux. JD+ED He's scraping a skin. Nt'uxda' xiyitodhux.JD+ED They're going to scrape it later on.

Scraper : Scraper Vaxa gididhugh JD+ED lit. With it something is scraped Vaxa gididhugh idaghgi'an'. JD+ED I borrowed the scraper.

Scratch : Scratch Ditthe' itr'it. JD+ED He's scratching his head. Xiditthe' yixe'itr'et. JD+ED They're scratching their heads.

Scream : See "Holler"

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