Sahtuot’ine Dictionary Deline Kǝdǝ Dialect of the North Slavey Language

Table of Contents –

Towns –

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Fish-Łu

Insects – Tehtsa

u -

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people-Dene

place Names-

Occukw – laeda

– raɂa

– - Go

Colours –Edeni e raɂa

Furnishings & Utensils –

FOOD & COOKING- kaa ht

Time & Seasons-Dzene Sa

Weather –

Snow & Ice- Zha

Body KWarts-

Cleaning products – B

Education –

Emotions & Attitudes-

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Hunting, Fishing, Trakwkw - , Łu , Ehdzo ɂ

Land & Water- u

Location & Direction- ɂ ɂ

Measurements & shakwes – ɂ

Miscellaneous- -

- ba

Music-Sh

u -

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Reglion- Dene Gha Y

- u

S -

Sky –

Toiletries & Cosmetics –

Tools – S

Transportation- D

Trees & plants- T u

Credit page

Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following individuals who contributed their

knowledge

;

Frank Elemie Arsenne Ayha

Betty Takazo Sr. Jane Modeste

Theresa Baton Edith Mackenzo

Marie Therese Mackenzo Albertine Ayha

Victor Dolphus Alina Takazo

William Sewi

Jane Neyelle

Christine Cleary

Augustine Kenny

Elsie Rink

John Tetso

Gina Bayha

edited by Jane Modeste and Fibbie Tatti

Edited by Albertine Ayha and Alina Takazo

2012

Towns – ah

English

Aklavik

Arctic Red River

Colville Lake

Deline

Dettah ɂ

Edmonton

Fort Good Hope

Fort Mcpherson u

Fort Providence

Fort Simpson Ł

Fort Smith bacha

Hay River

Inuvik

Lac La Marte

Norman Wells

Rae Lakes

Rae/Edzo

Snare Lake h

Snowdrift Ł

Trout Lake

Tulita Tul

Wrigley Kw

Yellowknife

–

English

Antlers – horns

Arctic hare Gahcho

Small black bear

Bear Sah

Bear cub Sahyaa

Black bear Sahrezene

Brown bear sahrehbae

Grizzley bear Sahcho

Beaver

Beaver (female)

Beaver (male)

Beaver (less than one yr. old) aa

Beaver (two yrs. Old) u

Beaver (three yrs. Old) ɂ h

Beaver (mature)

Beaver castor

Beaver dam ɂ

Beaver lodge

Bird

Caribou

Caribou (barrenland)

Caribou (woodland-Sahtu region)

Caribou (female cow) da

Caribou (young cow) Deyaretsele

Caribou (cow with no calf) Dezhare-

Caribou (pregnant) Eya

Caribou (cow with calf)

Caribou calf Tsia

Caribou mature male Bedzio

Caribou –young bull rego

Caribou – bluenose

Cat daya

Claw -

Cow Ejire

Coyote

Cross fox

ga tsele

ɂ

Den( animal) ɂ ɂ

Dog

Dog (male)

Dog (female)

Dog (last one team) eda

Dog (leader in team) eda

Fish Łu

Bat

Fox

Frog

Giant

Troll( giant)

Hoof –

Husky

Horse cho

Lynx da

Martin

Mink

Moose

Moose (cow) Deyare

Moose (cow with no calf) Erezha

Moose (cow with calf)

Moose (cow with two calves)

Moose calf

Moose (two –three year old)

Moose (bull-second largest)

Moose (three-four year old bullmoose)

Moose (large bull)

Mouse

Goat-sheep doh

Mountain Lion

Lemming-shrew u

Chipmunk

Mountain marmot whistler

Muskox

Muskrat e

Otter (female)

Otter (male)

Otter (less than one year old)

Pig u

polar Bear

Porcupine

Ground hog Tsele

Rabbit Gah

Sheep (Ram)

Sheep-Goat Doh

Serpent u

Squirrel

Flying squirrel

Trout Sahba

Weasel n

Wolf ga

Wolverine gha

Birds And Fowls- Ch

English Sekede

Arctic tern

Beak ɂ

Belted kingfisher

Bird

Bittern

Boreal owl

Brant

Bufflehead

Chicken Dih

Cliff swallow

Common goldeneye Check w Leroy

Common merganser Kwole

Raven

Duck u

Eagle

Feather Choh

Goose (Canada) Xah

Goose (Greater white fronted)

Goose (Snow) Gogar

Gray jay (Whiskey Jack) ɂ

Grebe ( horned)

Grebe (red headed) tsele

Green winged teal Tutsele

Grouse (Ruffed)

Grouse (Sharp Tail) Ɂeht le

Grouse (Spruce)

Woodkwecker

Hawk Tatsia

Herring gull/ seagull Be e

Lesser scaup

Loon

Loon (Arctic)

loon ( grey head)

Loon (Red throated) Ya hɂah

Mallard Chuo- chuxo

Northern shoveler Da chare

Old squaw(male) ɂ

Old squaw ( female) ɂ

Owl ( short neck)

Owl

Owl (Great grey)

Owl (Snow) ga

peregrine falcon Tatsea

Ptarmigan hba

Raven

Robin

Rusty black bird

Sandhill crane Deleo

Sandpiper ɂ u

Surf scoter u

Swan (Trumpeter/ tundra) Degao

Whiskeyjack ɂ

White winged scoter Tenakeo

Fish-Łu

English

Fish ( neck fins) Łu

Fish Łu

Fish (lower front fin)

Fish (unidentified)

Fish eggs Łu u

Fish fins Łu

Fish guts Łu

Fish scales Łu u

Fish slime ( throat –green bag) Łu

Grayling (river)

Fish slime ( slippery slime) Łu

Herring (Great Bear lake) Łu aa

Coney Siho

Jackfish ɂ

Loche

Minnows (MacKenzie River) leroy

pickeral (lake &river) ɂ u

Stickfish Łu

Sucker Dehdele

Trout (lake) Sahba

Trout ( eggs) u

Trout guts

Trout stomach

Trout head

Trout ( roe bag) unidentified name

Trout ( pink bag????)

Whale Łu

Whitefish (large)

Whitefish (lake)

Whitefish (Mackenzie River) u

Dry-fish ɂ

Fish (fillet sticks) ɂ

Insect –

English Sekede

Ant

Bugs

Bulldog (fly) o

Bumblebee/wasp

Bumblebee nest

Butterfly

Caterpillar Gudehshone

Cobweb

Dragonfly Tega

Black fly

black fly (eggs)

Grasshopper

Lice

Maggot

Mosquitoes kw h

Moth

Sandfly

Snow fleas/ bugs

Spider ɂ

Spiderweb ɂ

Termite

Warble fly larva(caribou) Eno

Worm Gu

Worms in caribou throat h

Buildings-

English

Arena - Jerry Vital memorial hall

Attic

Aurora College Dene Ne K

Bank

Bar – liquor store

u Victor Beyonnie Building

Sahtu Secretariate Incorp…. George Kodakin Building

Church( St. Theresa church)

u u

Dance hall Dagow

Dog house

Drug store

hda K

Garage

Gym

Dora Gully Hospital

Hotel Grey Goose Lodge –

House

Jail ezene

Library

Office i

Outhouse

pentecostal Church Kwe h

police station Ekw

post office

Restaurant

Great Grandfather Ayha School Ɂ Ayha

Shack

Store

Teepee

Warehouse u

Washroom- bathroom

Relatives- Ł

English

Cousins (Male)

Cousins (female)

Dad

Dad

Mom

Mom

u ( )

u ( ) e

My baby

My brother-in-law Sela

My dad

My daughter

My daughter-in-law Se a / sekw

My family ɂ

My granddaughter a

My grandfather e

My grandmother

My grandson Seɂeh e

My husband

My mom

My nephew ( all young male relatives)

My niece ( all young female relatives) Sehsa

My older sister Sedare

My relatives

My Sister-in-law

My son Seyaa ɂ

My son-in-law

u ( )

u ( ) ɂ

My wife

My younger brother Sechile

My younger sister

Our dad Nake -

Our mom Na -

Your younger brother Nechile

Your younger sister

People- Dene

English Sekede

Adopted child

Child taken

Adult Dene ne

Ancestor cho k

Baby

Babysitter

Best man ( Marriage ) Be

Boy Ǝ

Maid of Honor( marriage)

Bushman ne

Chairperson

Chief Ɂ

Child ne

Children ne ke

Councillors k

Elder ɂ

Everyone

Female ku/

Fisherman u

Foreigner Ł

Giant (animals) Echo

Giant (human)

Giant (human)

dele

Girl re

Godmother ( )

Godfather ( )

Inmate

Male /boy Deneyu / ɂehke

Medicine man

Midget

My Friend Se

My friend (close friend) Seh

Old Man

Old woman y

Orphan ( 1 parent deceased)

Orphan ( both parents deceased)

Patient

Quiet person Dene bew

Representative

Rich person

Single man/ bachelor eda

Single woman eda

Soldier

Spokesperson Denegha gode

Subchief Ɂ weda

Thief Ɂenehɂ

Visitor/stranger X

Witness

Woman Ts ku

Young man (age 30 -50) Chileku ɂ

Note there are lots of land names but we pick few

Place Names-

English

Little lake ɂ

Great Bear Lake u

Great Bear River

Flowing down the river

Bear Rock ɂ

St. Charles Rapids Deochah

Broken plate creek

Whiskey Jack point Ɂ

Willow lake

Sandy beach

Clark mountain Behdowe

Russell Bay

Deer Pass Bay ɂ

Manitou Island

Tek echo

Gaint Rabbit Point G

Cloud Bay

Mackenzie River

Mouth of Bear River

ɂ

Russel Bay

Porcupine River

Scented Grass Hill Ɂehdacho

Mackintosh Bay

Whitefish River

Small creek Dehtsele

Johnny Hoe River u

Occup – lai

English

Barber

Bishop

Carpenter da

Cashier ( tilt)

Catholic Brother

Nurse

Clerk

Cook Be

Comedian

Employment officer

Curfew officer Togok

Dentist

Doctor

Dog officer

Executive

Eye Doctor Dene a

Firefighter / Forestry

Fireman ( local)

Foreman

Janitor

Interpreter Ł

Judge ɂ

Justice of peace ɂ

Lawyer

Linguist Kede

Manager (store) owire

Manager (office administration)

Mechanic a

Medicine Man d

Minister i

Nun Denexare

Pilot di

Pope Libob

Postmaster/mistress

Power plant Operator

Priest

Princpal

Prisoner/ inmate eda/

Renewable Resource Officer di

Royal Canadian Mounted police Ekw

Secretary

Social Worker ɂ da

Income support worker Dene gharedi ( )

Soldier

Teacher

Teacher Assistant dane

Truck Driver

DRRC

– ɂa

English

Aboriginal

African American people Dene dezene

Chipewyan people

Cree

Dene people

Dogrib people

Fort Good Hope people

French people

Great Bear Lake people

Gwichen

Inuit

Metis T la -

Meander River ne

Mountain Dene

River people ne

Southern native

Non- aboriginal people la

Yukon Native ɂ

Clothing – ene / Zhu

English se

Apron

Bathing suit

Bedroom slippers

Belt

Bib ɂ

Blouse E

Button

Cap

Caribou leg skin mukluks Edza

Caribou skin pants ɂ

Caribou skin parka ɂ h

Clothing -

Cowboy hat

Diapers

Dress ɂ h

Duffle ( material)

Duffle ( footwear)

Earmuffs ela

Footwear K h

Fur hat h h

Fur mitts

Fur parka ɂ h

Gloves Laju

Handkerchief chu

Hat

Helmet h

High heels ne h

Jacket ɂ

Jeans ɂ

Mitts (big)

Mitts (medium size) u

Moccasin fur trim u

Moccasin strings u

Mukluks E

Necktie/ scarf u

Nylons u

Old time cap

Panties

Pants ɂ h

Parka ɂ

pyjamas

Raincoat ɂ

Rubber boots Tu

Shawl

Shirt got hɂ

Shorts g

Skirt

Slip

Socks (long)

Socks ( short)

Stockings ( ) u

Suit ɂ

Sweater ɂ

t-shirt ɂ

Toque / na

Underwear (long)

Vest

p

u – ɂ

English

Black Dezene

Blue

Brown Dehbae

Gray Dehba

Green

Orange Dedele

pink

purple

Red

White

Yellow Dekwoi

Furnishings & Utensils –

English

Ashtray

Baby bottle

Baby crib ht

Baking pan

Bed

Bed sheet

Bedspread

Binoculars h

Blanket

Blanket inside

Bottle ( all kind) leja tene

Box

Broom

Bucket- pail Tene

Candle E

Card board

Cardboard box

Caribou skin blanket

Chair tse hda-

Clothes pin ɂa

Coffee pot

Coffee table

Cooking pot Be tene

Couch hkw

Fan

Cup

Cupboard/ kitchen

Curtains Lajaw

Dipper

Dish towel

Door knob u

Down filled blanket

Dresser ela

Dryer

Electric wire u

Electricity

Fire extinguisher i

Flashlight ɂa

Floor tiles

Fork

Freezer ela-

Frying pan Legw

Furnace

Garbage can Goh

Grub box

Hand mixer( standard)

Hand mixer - electric

–

-

Hand wringer redi

Honey bucket

Hot water bottle u

Hudson bay blanket owere T

Iron ɂ

Ironing board ɂ

Keg

Key

Knife

Kettle

Lid u

Lightbulb

Light

Linoleum w

Mattress

Mirror reda

Mop htse

Mosquito net

Mosquito spray-dope

Oil pail o tene

Oil stove

Oven

padlock ɂa

paper bag

Picture chu

Pillow kw ɂ

pillow case ɂ

Plate kw

Rabbit fur blanket

Rag Goh

Rake hs

Refrigerator & freezer ela-

Roaster

Rug

Scissors u

Sewing machine ɂedlu

Shelves ɂ

Slop pail/ sink/basin /

Soup bowl

Spoon u - u

Square pan (cake pan) tsele

Stove pipe –more

Stove –pipe – one

wele

Stove pipe elbow Xahkw

Strainer

Sugar bowl

Swing for baby

Table Le -

Table cloth

Teapot

Telephone- cb radio

Thermometer (fever)

Thermos bottle

Tin can

Toaster

Towel

Trunk

Tub

Vacum cleaner Gohkw -

Wash basin

Wash board ehtse

Washing machine ɂ

Waste basket

Water barrel u

Water pail Tugotene

Water pump u

Weaved basket ne

Birch basket

Weigh scale

Wood box Tseh tene

Woodstove

Firestick geh

FOOD & COOKING- i h

English

Apple cho

Bacon gu

Baking powder- soda

Bear meat Sahkw

Beaver meat

Beef Ejirekw

Berries

Birthday cake

Biscuit – crackers Ł

Boiled fish Łu

Bone grease( boiled)

Bread Ł

Broth Tuwele

Butter

Cake – cookies

Candy

Canned goods

Caribou meat

Carrots kwah

Cereal

Chicken Dih

Chocolate bar

Coffee

Crumb

Dene cake

Donut Ł

Dried apples

Dry fish Ehgw

Dry meat

Dry milk

Duck meat kw

Eggs

Fat

Fish Łu

Flour

Food ɂ

Fresh meat

Gum

Grub

Ice cream

Jam Ł ɂ -

Lard

Meat (soft)

Milk – liquid –

Moose meat

Muskrat meat

Mutton /sheep meat Dohkw

Oatmeal

Onion

pancakes Ł

peanut butter

Pemmican

pepper

pork u

potato chips

Potatoes

Prunes cho

Rabbit meat Gahkw

Raisins

Rice Gua

Salt -dewa

Stew – soup u

Toast Ł

Sugar

Sugar candy- cubes u

Syrup

Tallow

Tea -

Turkey Dihcho

Turnip

Yeast sgi

Time & Seasons- u

English S

After

After midnight To tani

After that

Afternoon

All day

All night

All of a sudden xoadi

Always Ł

Ancient times

Anytime- day or time x -

At about that time

Before Gowere

Before our time Denew

Christmas Tao

Christmas concert

Continuously ɂ

Darkness

Dawn

Day Dzene

Day after tomorrow

Day before yesterday

Early spring

Early summer

Easter Naida

Evening

Every day

Fall( season)

Fasting

Finally

First time Ale

For so long

Forever

Future -

Good Friday

Hour and a half Ł ɂ tani

Hour Ł

Last fall

Late -

Light (day) dzene

Long ago

Long time wh a

Longer days

Midday Dzene tani

Middle of winter Xai tani

Midnight Totani

Morning

Night Toe

Noon time

Not long ago u le

Now

One week Ł

past ( old Days)

Quickly whire

Recent history ( ya )

Right away

Right now

Shorter days wh le

Sometime Ł h

Sometime in the future

Slow poke( person)

Spring Łu

Summer

Sunrise ɂ

Sunset ɂ

Sunset color

The beginning- first Ale –

The next day godod

Then u

This evening

This morning

This spring Łu

Three days ago u

Three days from now

Today

Tomorrow

Tonight

Too late

Towards evening

Two winters ago

Winter Xai

Yesterday

Months Sa

January

February

March

April

May

June

July ɂ

August

September

October Łu

November ɂ

December

Days of the Week Dzene

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday Tai

Thursday

Friday Łu

Saturday

Weather –

English

Air Dayi

Bad weather T ɂ tsi- teetsi

Breeze

Chinook wind

Clouds

Clouds clearing away

Cloudy weather

Cold gu

Cold- chilly

Cold (bitterly)

Constantly raining

Cooled off de

Crosswind

Down wind

Drizzle –light rain ɂ h

Dull, cloudy day

Fluffy snowfall

East wind

Fog ɂ

Fog over water T le

Foggy ɂ

Getting colder u agoderade

Getting warmer

Good day

Hailstorm lue

Horizon

Lightening & thunder together

Lightening

Thunder

Melting snow

Middle of winter Xai tani

Misty ɂ

Moderating temperature de

North wind

Rain h

Raining h denele

Sleet (raining & snowing)

Snow Zhah

Snowing zhah denele

Snowstorm

South wind

Stormy weather

Sun Sa

Sunshine

Sunshine (really)

Thermometer u

Warm weather –

West wind

Whirlwind -

Whiteout ( snow)

Windstorm

Windy

Snow & Ice-

English

Deep snow Zha

Drifting soft snow Ł tsi

Freezing up

Glazed snow Guluka

Hard ice

Ice floating in spring

Ice with sharp points

Shoreline high ice

Łu

u

Icicle u u h

Large chunk of ice

Large snowflakes ɂ

Melting snow Zha

Open crack in ice

Overflow from land

Overflow land& ice

Overflow from land

powdery snow

Snow new falling

Rough lumpy ice Tehzha

Snow crystals

Snow patch off branches

Snow underneath crust ( dry) Zhahzh

Snowdrift (hard)

Snowslide

Soft snow

Thick ice

Thin ice -

Wet snow

Body parts-

English

Abdomen -

pple -

Ankle -

Arm -

Armpit -

Backside -

Bangs -

Barefoot - edele

Beard -

Belly (inside) -

Belly -

Bellybutton -

Between the fingers -

Bladder -

Blood -e

Blood veins - u

Body -

Body hair -

Bone -ekw

Braid hair -

Brain -kw

Breast -

Breastbone -

Buttocks -

Calf (of leg) -

Callus -

Cheek bone dakw

Cheek - hkw

Chest -

Chin -ɂ

Collarbone -w

Corpse

Dandruff -kw

Ear -

Earwax -

Elbow -ɂ

Excrement -

Eye -

Eyeball -

Eyebrow -

Eyelashes -

Face -

Fat -

Finger -lakw

Fingernail -la

Flesh kw

Foot bone -

Foot -

Forehead -

Gall bladder -

Gallstone kw

Gray hair -kw ɂ

Gums -

Guts -

Hair (head) kw

Hand-back side -

Hand -

Head -kw

Heart -

Heel -

Hip -

Jaw -ɂ

Joint kw ɂ

Kidney

Knee cap -

Knee -

Larynx -

Left side ɂ

Leg bone -dzahkw

Leg kw

Lip -

Little finger -lahtsele

Liver

Lungs -

Mouth -w

Muscle -

Navel -

Neck – back of -

Neck -

Neck glands -

Nose bone -

Nose -

Nostril -

palm of hand -

Ribs -

Right side

Saliva -

Scalp -kw

Shin -

Shoulder blade -

Shoulder bone -e

Shoulder -ɂ

Skin - u

Skull - kw

Sole of foot -

Spine -

Sweat - u

Tears -

Teeth -

Toes -ke

Tendons -

Thigh bone -ghokw

Thigh -gho

Throat -

Thumb -

Toenails -

Toes -

Tongue -

Tonsils -

Top of foot -

Top of head -kw

Urine -ɂ

Uterus -

Uvula -

Wart whene

Windpipe -wole

Womb -

Wrinkle

Wrist -

Cleaning products –

English S

Air freshener

Detergent Dai

Dishsoap

Oven cleaner

Perfex

Rug shampoo

Soap Dai

Windex Laja dai

Education –

Engl S

Add

Book

Calculator

Cardboard paper

Cassette recorder hchu

Classroom

Coloring pencils

Computer sats

Computer memory stick

Correction fluid

Corrugated paper

Crayons E

Desk

Dictionary

Divide

Education Dene

Encyclopedia Edire

Enrollment

Eraser- board brush ejiwa

Fax machine

Ink

Langauge Dene

Map

Pen

Pencil

pencil sharpener

Reader

Syllabics

Trained

Word

Workbook

Laptop tsele

Whiteboard

Emotions & Attitudes –

English S

Afraid

Agreeable ɂ

Anxious wh

Argue

Ashamed yagowh

Bad

Bad

Boast

Bold

Brave

Careful S

Careless

Catches on quickly wh ɂ

Cautious

Confused Dene ɂ

Confused

Crying

Disagreeable le

Doing good for oneself

Exhortation

Friendly

Gossip

Hate

He/she likes it

Helpful

Imagination

Jolly

Joyful atmosphere gowh

Joyful

Kind

Know

Loving be

Mad

Miserable

Nag e

Panic

paying no attention w le

Pester Dene

Prejudice

Proud

Quick temper

Rational Ǝhkw ɂ

Realize

Regret

Remember

Respectful

Sad

Scared

Scolding

Scream

Shout dere

Shout

Shy

Smart

Smile

Sorrow

Suffering

Surprised denezare

Sympathetic

Temper

Thankful

Think about oneself e

Thinking e

Trying

Unfriendly

Unwanted

Warning di

Weary in mind

Worry

–

English

Ashes Ł

Blaze

Coal

Charcoal

Embers

Fire

Matches wa

Shavings N

Smoke

Soot Ł

Hunting, Fishing, Trapp - ɂ hdzo

English S

Arrow feather

Arrow

Arrow notch

Arrowhead

Babiche u

Bait for hooks

Bait setter

Beaver pelt stretcher

Binoculars

Bow

Bowstring u

Box sled

Bulletbag

Bullets kw

Bush radio

Cache

Camp

Candle ek ne

Canvas skidoo cover

Caribou skin blanket

Chain Ehdzo u

Chimney

Club (made of horn)

Club

Deadfall trap ɂ

Dogpack

Dogteam

Dogwhip Dahkware

Double barreled gun ɂ

Double blade axe Gohkw

Fish club Łu

Fish net

Fish scoup Łu

Fish spear u

Fish trap ɂ

Fishhook ɂ

Fish hook string (short)

Fish hook strings (long) u

Fishing rod ɂ

Flashlight To ɂ

Floats Dalure

Funnel

Fur

Gaff hook

Gas can

Grill Kare

Grub box kw tene

Gun kw

Gunsight (front) ɂ

Gunsight (rear)

Gunstock kw

Harness u

Hooks (with bait)

Hunting license

Hunting snowshoes ɂahcho

Ice chisel

Ice scoop Łukw

Jerrycan

Jigger

Keel kw

Kicker propeller

Kicker (outboard motor) h

Leghold trap

Mosquito dope kw

Mosquito net kw

Muzzle loader kw

Net marker

Net rope u

Net stick (forked) Tehgho

Net stick

Net string u

Net thread kw

Outboard motor (kicker) h

Packsack

Paddle

pelt stretcher

Picnic

Pistol Ł kw

pocket knife hya

poles for boat

Rack wha

Rope u

Sail

Shotgun Kwewa kw

Single barreled gun Ł ɂ

Sinkers kw

Sled (halfheaded)

Sled

Sled runners ela

Slingshots kw

Smokehole Ł ɂ

Snare

Snowmobile cover Zha

Snowshoe (back cross piece) ɂ kw

Snowshoe (foot straps) ɂ ɂ

Snowshoe (frame) ɂahkw

Snowshoe (front crosspiece) Enahtekw

Snowshoe (front part) ɂahkw

Snowshoe (middle netting) a

Snowshoe (middle) Ǝ

Snowshoe (netting) ɂah hehga

Snowshoe (2nd

crosspiece) Ekw

Snowshoe (back section) ɂ kw

Snowshoes (large hunting) ɂahcho

Snowshoes (roundnose) ɂ

Snowshoes ɂah

Starter rope

Stick hook for hide

Stick snare (fish) Łu

Land & Water- u

English S

Arctic u

Bay

Broken ice

Calm water

Cave kw ɂ

Channel kw ɂ

Clear water u

Cliff

Copper kwoi

Creek Dehtsele

Dew

Dirt

Ditch

Dried lake bed Tarekw

Dripping

Earth Ediri

Eddy ɂ

Field

Flat place Ł

Flood u

Forks of river Ł

Freezing up

Frozen up

Glacier kw

Gold kw rekw

Gravel kw

Head of river

Hill ridge

Hill wh

Horizon

Ice (breaking up)

Ice (clear) kw

Ice (hard or thick)

Ice (in falltime-running)

Ice (overflow on land) kw

Ice (sharp pointed)

Ice

Ice crack

Ice jam u w

Icepack (along shore) u

Icicle u u

Island Duh

Lake Tu daw

Lakeshore

Land (flat place) Ł

Land

Meadow ɂ

Mountain ice

Mountain ridge ɂ

Mountain

Muddy water

Muskeg

Ocean

Open crack in ice

Open water in winter Takw

Open water in winter Tawo

Overflow -

Path etene

Pebbles

Permafrost

Point Ehda

Pond u

Portage

pressure ridge Łu

Puddle u tu

Quicksand wh

Rapids

Rapids u

River bank Behda

River bottom

River Deh

Rock

Rough ice

Sand bar wh u

Sand wha

Shallow river

Shore

Slime Dlah

Soil

Spring of water

Spring of water

Spring Łu

Stream from open water

Steam Tatse

Sticky mud

Swamp dlah

Swift water u

Trail Etene

Treeless hill

Treeline

Tributary Ł

Two rivers meet

Under water u

Valley ɂ

Valley

Water (clear) u

Water (deep)

Water (fast) u

Water Tu

u

Waterfall

Wave

Wet ground ehtse

Whitecaps

World Edire

Location & Direction-

English

Across

Against

Against the wind

Ahead Benakw

Alone Gowhane

Among Gotah

Away from ɂ

Away from Be ɂ

Backward

Behind ɂ

Between

Bottom

Center

Down river

Downward uw

Downwind

From

Here ej

Inside Goyii

On

On Beka

On one side Ł

Over there ɂ

This side ɂ

To (direction)

Under yi

Up

Upstream

Measurements & shapes – ɂ -

English

Big

Chubby

Circle Eh h

Cone (shape)

Distance

Fathoms

Flat

Foot (measurement) Ł

Half Tani

Height

Horsepower

Inch Ł

Length

Meter Ł ɂ

Mile

Narrow Neghale

One cup Ł

Rectangle

Round h

Short

Skinny neghale

Square

Temperature u

Ton

Triangle

Wide

Width

Yard Ł

Miscellaneous-

English

Again u

Agenda Ay

Agreement

Almost

Also

Aluminum paint

Antifreeze u

Baby bottle tene

Basket (woven)

Battery

Beer

Bells u

Birth certificate ɂ

Bitter hle

Board

Bottle Lajatene

Boundary u u

Box Li

Brew

Bridge ɂ ɂ

Bubbles Gogho

Burp Denew

Camera u

Cane

Cardboard box Ǝ li

Cardboard Ǝ

Catalogue

Cement kw

Cement Kw

Chewing tobacco u

Cigarettes

City

Clean le

Clothesline u

Clothespin ɂ

Compass kw

Conference

Cord of wood

Country

Culture Dene

Dent

Difficult

Difficult

Dirt

Dirty

Discussion

Distance

Dock ɂ

Doll Dedol

Ł

Dust Gohkw

Dynamite

Easy

Easy

Echo

Edge

Election

Electric wire u

Electricity

End

Engine

Family allowance Ts

Famine

Fence

Few Ł

First one T kw

Flag n

Footprint

Garbage

Garbage can gohkw

Glass Laja

Glue

Handicraft Dene

Handle

Hiccups Ene

Highway u

Hole ɂ

Horsepower

Hose u

Hot water bottle Tuw

Hug Ǝ

Idea

Intestine

Junk ɂ

Keg

Kiss –

Kleenex

Knot

Law

Legend Akwe

Less than

Light marker

Lightbulb

Liquor

Little bit

Lumber

Magnet daichu

Mail Ǝ

Marriage u

Meeting –

Metal

Mine

Movie projector u da

Nap

New ne

Nothing

Oath Godi ehkw ɂ

Oil (thick) h

Oil company h

Oil pail h

Old

Paint Ǝ

Paper bag Ǝ w

Parcel

Pile ɂela

Pipe

Pipeline h

Piston

piston rings

Please

Plywood

Question Dai

Quota

Rag

Recycle

Road lu

Rotten

Social Insurance Number

Same

Scent

Secret ɂ

Self-government e

Settlement la

Sharp ni

Shiny de

Sidewalk

Sidewalk u

Siren

Slap

Smell

Sneeze ɂ ɂ

Snore

Snuff

Soft

Something

Spark

Spark plug -

Stain

Stinky

Strainer -

Street u

Swallow

Sweet Ł

Swing for baby

That Eyii

Thing

This edire

Tin can

Tobacco (homemade)

Toilet paper ɂ

Town

Town

Treaty

Trial

Trunk

Ugly ene

Useless ɂ le

Vote w

War Ł

Well ( water) u ɂ

Whistle

Wine

Wire ( electric) u

Wish ɂ

Wish ɂ

Yawn

Yell Heze

- ba

English

Bill

Broke le

Change( coins)

Charge

Cheque ba

Coins n-

Debt

Dollar Ł

Expensive

For sale

Fur cheque

Loan ɂ

Money

Order ka

Penny kwoe

pension cheque

personal cheque

Salary

Sale (items)

Tax refund

Tax

Treaty money

Unemployment cheque kw

Wages

Welfare cheque

Music-Sh

English

Dene lovesong ila

Drum (Dene) Ǝ le

Fiddle u

Harmonica Denew e

Medicine song

Music

Record Ǝ e kw

Ipod

CD Ǝ e

Head phones

Guitar

Drums set

Ear phones ɂ

Radio

Stereo

u -

English

Eight

Eighteen ɂ

Eighty

Eleven ɂ

Fifteen ɂ i

Fifty

Five i

Forty

Four

Hundred Ł

Nine

Nineteen ɂ

One Ł

Seven Ł

Seventeen ɂ

Seventy Ł ɂ

Six tai

Sixteen ɂ tai

Sixty ta

Ten

Thirteen ɂ tai

Thirty Ta

Thousand Ł

Three Tai

Twelve ɂ

Twenty

Two

Zero

Recreation-

English

Cards

Checkers t

Darts

Drumdance song Dagow

Handgame

Hangame ( object in hand) edzi

Kite Ǝ

Old stick game

Skate

Skating dzo

Skateboard nadzo

Skis

Toys

Ring toss

Mooseskin ball u

Crib

Religion-

English

Adultery

Alter boys

Alter

Angel

Apostle ke

Archangel Ya

Believe Ł

Bible

Bishop

Burial

Buy mass h

Catholic brother

Cementary Denew

Chalice

Church Yah

Coffin

Collection

Communion ɂ

Confession

Confirmation ɂ

Creator Newehtsine

Cross

Deacon kw

Devil

Dream

Eternal life

Faith

Fast day

Fasting e

Feast

Ghost Iwi

God

Grave( preparing )

Guardian angel

Heaven

Hell jire

High mass

Holy spirit

Holy

Holy person( Saint)

Holy water u

Host (communion bread)

Hymn zhi

Jesus Christ

Jesus

Lie Gots

Low mass

Minister

Miracle xone

Nun Denexare

Pope

Pray K

Priest

Prophet Nakw ɂ

prophet song Nakw ɂ

Protestant

Pure

Purgatory

Resurrection

Rosary

Sign of the cross

Sin

Soul

Spirit

Statue kw dene

Steal ɂ

Swearing ɂ

Ten commandments Newehtsine ɂ ɂ

Ten commandments ɂ ɂ

Tombstone kw

Vestment

Virgin Mary Degai

Vision ht

Wicked person

Worship

Sewing- u

English

Beads

Button hole

Button

Canvas

Cloth trimming

Cloth

Duffle

Dye

Hem

Lace u

Material

Moccasin fur trim u

Moccasin strings u

Moosehide

Needle (large round) Dai

Needle Dai

Needle for snowshoe ɂahgoga

parka cover material ɂ

parka hood trim

parka trimming ɂ wela

Pin

Quills

Ribbon

Ricrac

Scissors u

Sewing bag ɂ

Sewing beads

Sewing machine ɂedlu

Sinew

Square needle Dai

Thimble ɂ

Thread

Uppers

Yarn Naya

-

English

Accident

AIDS

Alcoholic

Aspirin Denekw

Bandage

Blackout Denekw

Bleeding

Blind le

Blister uɂ t

Blood poisoning d

Bloodclot

Bloody nose

Body thermometer ɂ

Boil

Bone out of joint Denekw

Broken leg Denekw raw

Bruise

Cancer kw ɂ

Cataract

Cavity

Chest pain

Cold Dehko

Cold sore Gole

Cough Dehko

Cough medicine

Cut

Cut Ł

Deaf

Dene medicine

Diabetic

Diarrhea u

Disease

Dizzy Denekw

Dog bite ( mark)

Dumb (not able to speak)

Earache hka

Eno

Epilepsy

Eye ailment

Faint Denekw

Fever w ɂ

Fracture Denekw

Frostbite Denekw

Germs

Gunshot wound (mark) kw

Hallucinating (not all there)

Headache Denekw

Heal Nai

Healthy Bekw

Hearing kw

Heart attack kw

Heartburn

Hypothermia u

Improving rade

Limping ɂ ɂ

Lump ɂ

Measles ɂ ɂ

Medicine

Menstruation u

Mentally ill Denekw

Miscarriage

Mosquito bite kw

Muscle cramp

Nausea u ɂ

Needle shot ɂ kwi

Numb

Ointment

Operation

Pain

Penicillin ɂ kw

Pneumonia

Poison

poor health i

Pus Xewe

Rash De

Rash

Scab Łu

Scar Xadze

Seizure De

Shivering

Shock Dadz

Sickness (very bad)

Skin oneself

Small pox ɂ ɂ

Snow blindness Nahwh

Socially transmitted disease jire

Sore arm

Sore throat Dene

Sprain

Stomachache

Sty

Swelling

Tooth filling ɂ ɂ

Toothache

Ulcer gowi

Vaccination ɂ kwi

Vicks

Vomiting Naka u

x-ray u

Sky & Sp –

English

Big Dipper

Brightness

Darkness

Dawn Goba

Eclipse of the moon e ɂ

Eclipse of the sun Sa e ɂ

Eclipe of the sun ɂ ɂ

Evening star ahka

Light

Little dipper

Moon (full) na

Moon

Moonlight

Morning star ahka

Northern lights Naoka

Ring around sun Sakw ɂ u

Sky

Star wh

Sun Sa

Space

Toiletries & Cosmetics –

English

Baby powder

Comb kw

Eyebrow pencil

Hair curler kw

Hair dryer kw

Hair tonic kw

Hairbrush kw

Hairclippers kw

Hairspray Denekw ɂ

Hand lotion

Lipstick

Nail clippers

Perfume

Razor blade

Razor

Shaving cream dai

Toothbrush

Toothpaste

Tools –

English

Awl

Axe Gohkw

Bone scraper

Bulldozer

Carving knife

Chain saw

Dowel

Drill bit ɂ

Drill

File

Fork lift

Glass cutter

Grater u ɂ

Hack saw

Hammer

Jack

Ladder ɂ

Measuring tape

Nail

Paintbrush Ǝ

plane (wood)

Pliers u

Rake hs

Sandpaper Ǝ

Saw Dech

Sawhorse

Sawmill

Screw Gode

Screwdriver

Shovel Li

Snowshoe chisel

Stick for rinsing hide

Stick for scraping hide

Stone axe gohkw

Tacks

Tanning scraper

Tool box

Tools

Wheel barrow hdi

Wrench

Transportation-

English

Airplane

Airport

Barge ɂ

Bicycle

Birchbark canoe ɂ

Boat (back)

Boat (crosspiece)

Boat (front) kw

Boat

Boat ribs ɂehgho

Bombardier

Car

Freighter canoe

Helicopter Bekw ɂ

Jet le

Mooseskin boat ɂ

Raft

Rat canoe

Rubber boat

Scow ɂ

Ship

Snowmobile

Steamboat

Submarine u ɂ

Tire

Truck

Water bomber u h

Trees & plants-

English

Arctic raspberries

Bear berry

Berries (ripe)

Berries

Birch buds

Birch

Birchbark (dried) K

Birchbark u

Blackberries

Blueberries

Boughs Ele

Branch

Bushes

Carrots kwah

Cattail

Cloudberries

Cranberries

Driftwood

Drywood re

Firewood Tse

Firewood

Flower

Garden

Gooseberries

Grass

Greenwood

Greenwood (almost dry) u

Horsetail

Jackpine

Leaf

Lichen

Marten berries

Mooseberries

Moss ba

Mushroom

Overturned tree

plant

poplar e

punkwood

Red currents e

Ripe berries

Roots

Rosehips

Sap

Sawdust

Seed

Seed

Silver willow

Spruce bark u

Spruce cone

Spruce gum (soft) u

Spruce gum

Spruce needle

pruce u

Stick

Stump hkw

Tamarack Nuwe

Thick trees or bushes Goregho

Thorn Xo

Timber stand u ɂ

Turnip

Twisted wood Tse hehdowe

Unripe berries u

Upturned stump kw

Vegetable

Water lily

Water moss

Willow (dry)

Willow

How are you?------------------------------------

How are you?-------------------------------------

Fine or good--------------------------------------Segha go

And you------------------------------------------- nin ?

u----------------------------------------- hsi

u------------------------------ hsi

u ---------------------------------- naoh

How is it outside?--------------------------------- ?

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a bad day---------------------------------------kare go le

u ------------------------------------------ h

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No---------------------------------------------------d

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Where (person)-----------------------------------bela di

Where (thing)------------------------------------- di

Who------------------------------------------------

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Me--------------------------------------------------

You-------------------------------------------------nine

Him/her--------------------------------------------ededine

Question-------------------------------------------

Go away------------------------------------------- r

Sit--------------------------------------------------weneda

Come ---------------------------------------- - a

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Before---------------------------------------------gowere

Long ago------------------------------------------yah

Go over there------------------------------------ ɂ

Quiet--------------------------------------------- ne

Get away from here---------------------------- ɂ

It is here---------------------------------------- ɂ

s/he came here---------------------------------ej

What are you doing?------------------------ ɂ ?

Where are you going?----------------------- ?

Where does s/her live?---------------------- ?

Do you want to eat?------------------------- oh ?

What is your name?------------------------- redi?

Who are you?-------------------------------- ?

Where are you from?----------------------- de ?

How old are you?--------------------------- h ?

Who do you live with?-------------------- gw ?

Who is your friend?-----------------------

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When are you going to the arena-------------------

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What did you do last night? ------------------------- i

I went to play------------------------------------------

What did you do yesterday?-------------------------

What are you going to do tomorrow?---------------

Do you speak slavey?----------------------------------

Do you understand me?-------------------------------- o

I do not understand.------------------------------------- oreh

What did you say----------------------------------------

Could you say it again?--------------------------------- u

Where are you?-------------------------------------------

Where did she or he go?--------------------------------

When------------------------------------------------------

What do you want? ------------------------------------

That is what I want------------------------------------- neh

I want those things------------------------------------- neh

Can you help me?------------------------------------- di

Can you show me?------------------------------------

Can you tell me?--------------------------------------

I am happy, I like it-----------------------------------

I am tired-----------------------------------------------

I do not like it------------------------------------------

I do not like him or her-------------------------------

I do not like them-------------------------------------

I do not know------------------------------------------ - le

Are you hungry?---------------------------------------

I am hungry---------------------------------------------

She or he is hungry------------------------------------

I want to sleep------------------------------------------ u

She or he wants to sleep-------------------------------- u

Just a minue----------------------------------------------

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Dipper----------------------------------------------------

old man white hair--------------------------------------- u hda – h a

whirl pool ------------------------------------------------- u