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aa -- in
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ahljíihl -- therefore,
that's why
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an -- for, to
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It's not clear how best to translate
this word in the context of this sentence.
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asgáayst -- ???
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Likely contains the Postpositional suffix -st from.
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chíin -- fish
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diyáangaan -- looked
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diyang- look + -aan Inferential
Past tense suffix.
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Note that this suffix causes the vowel preceding syllable
to become long and stressed.
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This gloss may not be accurate, since
this verb is not listed in the dictionary.
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gám -- not
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gut'iláa -- different
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Note: listed as gut iláa in
the dictionary
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gyaan -- and
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gándlaay
-- the creek
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gántl water
+ -aay Definite suffix.
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Note that adding this suffix triggers the spelling rule which
changes -tl- into -dl-.
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hal -- he
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hingáan -- just, simply
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hlgúujuu -- be greedy
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Listed as hlgáwjuu in the dictionary.
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jagíyaayaan -- couldn't
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jagíyaa- be unable to + -yaan
Inferential Past tense suffix.
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jahlíis -- ???
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kwáan
-- be plenty
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k'íit
-- tree
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Note: listed as kíit
in the dictionary.
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k'uts
-- bark
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Note: seems to mean "roots" in this
story, but is listed as "bark" in the dictionary.
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'láa'anggang --
is good
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'láa- be good + -'ang- Repetitive
suffix + -gang Present tense suffix.
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'lagáalaan -- got
well
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'lagahl- get well + -aan Inferential
Past tense suffix.
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Note that this suffix causes the vowel in the preceding suffix
to become long and stressed. The final consonant also changes from -hl-
to -l-.
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néilaan -- drank
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néil- drink something + -aan
Inferential Paste tense suffix.
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sáanjuudaayaan
-- rested
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Contains sáanaa- relax and -yaan
Inferential Past tense suffix.
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The source of -juu- is unclear;
-daa- might be the Causative suffix.
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sáng -- day
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Listed in the dictionary as "weather".
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sk'ísdlaayaan --
got full from eating
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sk'ísdlaa- get full from eating + -yaan
Inferential Past tense suffix.
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Listed as sk'isláa in the dictionary.
Note that we'd expect this word to be accented on the second syllable:
sk'isdláayaan.
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st'igáalaan -- became
sick
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st'igáal- become sick + -aan
Inferential Past tense suffix.
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st'i'áwyaagaan
-- was very sick
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st'i'áwyaa- be very sick + -gaan
Inferential Past tense suffix.
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táagaan -- ate
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táa- eat + -gaan Inferrential
Past tense suffix.
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táawk -- for food
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táaw food + -k Postpositional
suffix.
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The postpositional suffix -k is glossed as to
in the grammatical introduction to the dictionary, but in this case its
meaning is closer to English for.
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tlaahláayaan --
made
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tlaahláa- make + -yaan Inferential
Past tense suffix.
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tl' -- they, people
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Plural indefinite pronoun.
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ts'asláangaan --
boiled
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ts'asláng- boil something + -aan
Inferential Past tense suffix.
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Note that this suffix causes the vowel in the preceding syllable
to become long.
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uu -- FOCUS MARKER
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'wáadluu -- then
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xíl -- medicine
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xitgáay -- flying
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xit- fly + -gáay Definite
suffix.
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xitgwáangaan --
flew
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xitgwang- fly + -aan Inferential
Past tense suffix.
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Note that this suffix causes the preceeding vowel to become
long and stressed.
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yáahl -- Raven