Here are your November Native Words of the Month in Dinjii Zhuh K’yaa (Gwich’in) and Dihthaad Xt’een Iin Aanděeg’ (Tanacross)! Hai’ and Tsin’ee to our translators, Allan Hayton and Irene Solomon Arnold.
Dinjii Zhuh K’yaa (Gwich’in)
Photo by Richard Mueller
November = Divii Zhrii
Deegii’in? = What are they doing?
Oodee shahan vizheh shih leii vikeech’agahch’yaa. = They are cooking lots of food at my mom’s house.
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Dihthaad Xt’een Iin Aanděeg’ (Tanacross)
November = Demee Sǎa’, “Sheep Month”
Xníik’áatth = It became cold.
Nah’ôg xníik’áatth. = It turned cold outside.
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