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

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Sad

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

See "Sorry"

Salmon

:
Ggath HM+RD King salmon
Ggath ghist'oth. Ggath ghist'otth. HM+RD I cut king salmon.  
 
Nelagh HM+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

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


Salt

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


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

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


Sand bar

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


Sandbank

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


Saturday

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


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

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


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

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


Scissors

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


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

:
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

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


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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