dhindlah
you keep (it)
jâan dhihdlah
I am keeping this one
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keep
dhindlah
you keep (it)
jâan dhihdlah
I am keeping this one
keepsake
kǎay'
keepsake, memento from a potlatch
syn souvenir
also gift, present
kestrel
tsúugaay eldîil
American kestrel
Ketchumstuck
Saagéscheeg
Ketchumstuck Village
Yaadóg Xt'een Iin
Ketchumstuck people
literally 'inland area people'
kettle
ldîil tiił
also teapot
key
meldlíi'
kick
mekédhekkéyh
I kicked it (once)
sheké'ehkéyh
she or he kicked me
yeké'éhkeyh
she or he is kicking it (repeatedly)
kidney
sts'edz
my kidney
kill
Slightly different words are used when referring to kill
(one) or kill (more than one)
dhehxęę
kill (one)
dendîig ts'edhehxęę
we killed a moose (just one)
ghinxąą
kill (more than one)
wudzih ts'inxąą
we killed caribou
kin
see relative
kind
(person)
teejuh ch'uunęy
kind, thoughtful person
kind
(type)
k'ent'eey
a kind or type of something
keechotl k'ent'eey sínt'eh
this is a kind of mukluk
kindling
tsets dintsuudl
ch'elasées
dekjáayh
I am making kindling
kingfisher
taach'aa
\de
(Ceryle alcyon)
kiss
naniłxnelts'ú'
they're kissing each other
knap
tthee łedeknęyh
I am knapping rock
knee
shgót
my knee
stsídahgót
my kneecap
kneel
xnigótdhek-'ah
I am kneeling
| xnigótdhék-'ah | xnigót-ts'aah-'ah |
| xnigótdhį́h-'ah | xnigótdháh-'ah |
| xnigót-'áah-'ah | xnigótxáah-'ah |
knife
seey
seey tthí'
table knife
seey saagh
curved knife (for snowshoe making)
meetsel
fish cutter, ulu
seey tsêdl
pocket knife
ch'iijeey
fleshing knife
knit
ch'ihtl'uh
I am knitting
éth íhtl'uh
I am knitting a dipnet
knock
xdekt'enh
I am knocking (on a door)
xdįhdón'
you knock (on the door)
xdeldón'
there is a knocking, thumping sound
knot
wuchíi ch'etxêez įhtseyh
tie a knot!
wuchíi dínį́htl'uh
tie a knot!
knot
(in wood)
ch'ethuch'ěnn'
a knot in wood or a stump of branch remaining after
branch is broken off
know
xe'ishdéyh
I know (it), understand (it)
nee'anděeg' édadishdéyh
I know our language
me'ishdęyh
I know him or her
k'á medadíshdé́y
I don't know it (language)
xets'ishdiig'
I don't know it, understand it
knuckles
shinlaatthishuus
my knuckles
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