Here are your December 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
December = Ch’atsal
Deegwii’in? = What’s going on?
Drin Tsal gwats’a’ khan gwaadhal ts’a’ niiyut kwaa gwiintł’oo hahshii ginyaa. = Christmas is coming up fast, and they say it is going to snow a lot soon.
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Dihthaad Xt’een Iin Aanděeg’ (Tanacross)
December = Wunenh Nach’ehjedh
Xághįhsháatth = It began to snow.
Nee’éł xághįhsháatth. = It began snowing heavily (with us).
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