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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
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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
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
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?--------------------------------- ?
--------------------------------------kare gone
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