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


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

See "Sorry"


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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.


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





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





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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



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





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





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





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






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

See "Cut"


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





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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.



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See "Afraid"


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





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





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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.



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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.



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





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




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See "Holler"



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