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tsaadlaa guch'uh— Government Rock
qi'dga' k'uyAX 'ah— Seal River, Midtimber River
yAX ’AdGAdlaaLAxut’X— black cod, blue cod, sablefish
xaanih— very old salmon (ready to die and turning yellow in spots)
tAXeeldAlahGAyuu— Taral (Chitina) people
kushdAqaa— Kushtaka Lake (Devil Lake)
GiingaadAG— red ripe salmon upstream
qaat'a'd— east arm of Eyak Lake
ts’ii(n)tl’Gaaleh— crane or heron species
LAts'— Fountain stream at Sitkagi Bluffs
GAX— rabbit
gulAxwehd— between mouth of Mountain Slough and ?; out in flats
yaaY— Wingham Island
quu‘e‘d— firepit, fireplace
Giyah— food
AdLa’niiq’— gull
guka’dAtsidzg— northern pintail duck
’ALbah— scoter, eider
dAG lah— trout (generic)
diiyanh— stickleback
ts’a’ga’ iit’eh— gray
Gaajih— lynx
tleeshXaashiishXaa— dragonfly
dAXta'L— Duktoth River
te'ya'le— King Salmon
tAGL lAGAXeeL— large-bodied spider
ts'iyuh— Tsiu River
giyah gAlAXdaad uq' k'a'Lih— Little Mummy Island
kus— wash
GAdAq’Ayiiny— fog
duh— bull kelp
XAlahsdlaaGAyuu— non-Eyak people
guudig— again
nuudjAG— Nuchek
lAGaansh’aaw— pig
k’umah— Steller sea lion
Xataas ya'd— Odiak Slough
uud— there
k’udALts’Alih— eggshell
taasGALah
ts'AtAG— Situk
chiish qi' k'uuLeh— Cordova, village at old-town
itl'aandahd igAliiLtahL— place on Eyak River at Mountain Slough, near Eyak Village
-dAGee’— younger sibling (brother or sister)
ts‘iyux— mosquito
gusiikih— little bit
djAX k’ulAXALitl’ihL— butterball duck, common and/or Barrow’s goldeneye
tAXeel— Taral (Chitina)
dAxdjih— Hawkins Island
aaXdelih— Stillwater Creek
lAGAdAq‘a‘L— axe, hatchet
dALAxweeg GAnuh— whistling duck
lisdAtsin‘da‘d— spruce tips
qALAt'Aq'— Crab Island in Yakutat Bay
itl'aandiya'd— Mountain Slough
ts’iyux— mosquito
yahGAyuuya' aan— young woman's creek
La'Xa'ya'd— Yakutat Bay
yAtaa’— father-in-law
t‘ahL— leaf; feather
LinhGih— one
GALAtsitl’Xa’ yaan’Lt’ahL— fireweed
GAmaa— maggots, little creamy white bugs on rotting meat or fish
GAshgahGdjAlih— Twin Rocks
dlaasha'L— hiding place on Mountain Slough by Mt. Eccles
XaangAdiinya(n)h— porcupine
La' GAqaaL— Cape Stoss in Russell Fjord
qe’xuutl’— porpoise, dolphin
AxAkih qi' XAtaas dAyaa'— place in Canoe Passage where you have to get out and pull canoe across
daaq‘— top, on top of
unaa'dAyaash— Point Latouche
dAGaaXk’aad LinhGih— eleven
sahs— sea otter
k’udALjee’L— egg yolk
’ahd— aunt [father's sister]
aagah daad— Orca
tuGunn— Lake Tokun
aalihgAG (ya'd)— just below tsuux on Eyak River
’uXu’ k’uuLeh— mammals
XAyaanih (~GAyaanih)— caribou
tsin— sing
ts'a'diiq'Aya'd— Martin River
taatl’ish— Tashalich River
ts’a’ga’ ’iit’eh Gaandich’ich’g— blackpoll warbler
ts’aatl’— baby basket, cradle, cradle-board
aaXdAlihya'd— Rude River
tsALk’, dAlduudeh— squirrel
lAXALt’a’Lk’— eyelids
q’Adilich’yAquhyuu— possibly ‘pollack’
geeLtaag ~ keeLtaag— harbor seal
XAXdelih— Okalee River, Suckling Hills
jiGAGdaawAG— Strawberry Point
XAlahsdAXAdaaq'd— Egg islands
lAXAlingahdaalig— middle arm of Eyak Lake
duushah— “shortcut” by mountain up Copper River
giyAG— Kayak depot on Wingham Island
guch’— penis
daadiiLaaG— Tatitlek
Xaaya’d— vulva
sALts'ahsL— semi-dry fish (any style)
uundAleh k’uLehli’Xqid— Cow Bay
uwAlah— (its) spirit
qiiyALAchanhya’ dzAwuL— spider-web
yaajilah— rainbow
t‘uhLga‘— three
la’q’Aya’— clothes
tsaalAXa'luw— fish camp on Mountain Slough
kaashk’dAlahGAyuu— Humpy Creek people (Eyak moiety in Yakutat Bay)
[GaLakgLee]— Dick Creek
kus— urine
chuushiyah— grandmother [mother's mother]
dAGLA’eh— birch
xiiya’X— chin
AlimahdAlihkuch'g— small bay north of Hartney Bay
AniidjAwahG— village at head of Nichawak River
jiLqahya'd— Chilkat, Bering River village
GALyAX— Kaliakh River and Village
-ndzkih— woman's brother (older and younger)
sdiGu‘L— it's warm, getting warm
neh— Come on now!, Never mind!
d-che— hungry
gehgL— fish spear
yaaluhdg— few
dAGuunihliiXdilAG, dAGuuniliXdiliG— Humpy Creek near Eyak Lake, arm of Eyak Lake
maaya’ch’ XAtaas— Cordova town, at Odiak Slough
k’uxu’tl’— killerwhale, blackfish, pilot whale
ch’iileh— raven
la’q’— eel
sahs qi' dAdAda’ch’g— Pt. Steele
GaaG— caw (call of raven)
tliiXAtl‘— yesterday
guts’dee— nine
eenkaw— Ankau
wAGdaanaa— eyeglasses
tsii— man's daughter
guunLdisLga’ iit’eh— red (dark)
yAkuunch’— thumb
niik’AdAch’ee’— cormorant
k’uLdAtl’G— (willow, rock, white-tailed) ptarmigan
AniidjAwahG— Nichawak River
qa’ ’AdXALA’ah— horse-clam
qaadAwug XAdaaq'd— Strawberry Reef, in Egg Islands near Katalla
GaagAleh— fish species (smaller than cod)
jiLqaad shaa— Gandil Mt.
Amah— mom, mommy, mother (vocative form)
k’udzuula’ iiLe‘— good luck
liixaaXinh— bless you!
lixah— brown bear
gaag— (maternal) uncle, mother's brother
k'a's'i— Chiuki River
’weeshGAshiyah— maternal grandfather
giyah sdilahL— pink salmon, humpback salmon, 'humpy'
GAdiiyAGya' tsaa— Boswell Rock, locally "Pinnacle Rock"
te'ya'— fish, salmon (general term)
xALt’uuch’— black fox
qAts'LG— male salmon
Ashdih— I don't know
gaax— black, saltwater duck species
tsaadlaaya'd— Cave Point
AnAXAnAG guda'd— mouth of Alaganik Slough
XAwaa uya'd kiinX— below cannery in Eyak River, about 2-3 miles from mouth
uhsXAdiiq'd— somewhere on mouth of Copper River between Cordova and Katalla
qi'dAX dAlu' k'uuLeh— Canoe Passage (Hawkins Island)
qees— ankle
maa saaq'd— pond at 6-mile
tsaadlaadaad— ridge between Strawberry Point and Point Hey
-qe— go by (single) boat
kushk’Ashaawya’d— Hartney Bay
aadnaa’ya’dAlahGAyuu— Copper River (Ahtna) people
k’uunchiyah— Arctic tern ("scissortail")
qeek'uuLtliyaa— sealing camp north of Point Latouche
gingiqya'd— Port Gravina
k'uXuunLAyah— Lake Kahuntla
sahxw qi' k'uuLeh— near Bering River, the "sister" of Katalla (perhaps Softuk Bar?)
sa’ GAdAts’u’ts’g— suckerfish
AX— boat
ist‘aanlch‘iya‘— superhero
’weeshGAkih— grandchild/-ren [a man's daughter's child]
k‘uGaanta‘L— soul, life
qaa’iintl’in’t’— bee, bumblebee
yaagdaad— Yakutat
uuch’— there
GAnAwAs— Knight Island
da’— to, arriving at
ch’i’ch’X— dogfish
XAsqaak’— cross fox
k’ee’wAXd— Why are you doing that?
kihshL— dipnet
chiishg— gravel
daaX iinLAxi’ts’g, lis dAGahgjg— woodpecker
lAXiishuh— hello (to more than one person)
cha’tl’— blueberry
k’ushaadah— badly
ch’isht’— blowflies
diiya’ya’d GAnuh— canvasback duck, general term for saltwater duck
lAXAt’its’— hail
XAlaagdALch‘aad— fall, autumn
daaX dALAts’u’ts’g— leech
’uhshiyah— grandfather [father's father]
Luundiyahsgutl’ah— yarrow

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