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oar
tach'íit'ôgh
obey
wuk'éetáa xghų́hthet dé'
obey him!
ch'ek'éetáa xáhthed
an obedient person (won't cause others trouble)
observe
see watch
obsidian
mehts'eyh
also flint
occasionally
xatáatah
syn sometimes
xatáatah shę́ę' naneg'íik
I only see him or her or it occasionally
occupy
see live (dwell)
ocean
yaatuu chox
ochre
tseyh
syn paint
October
nén' tenh k'et
literally 'frozen ground month'
odor
see smell
offer
daxiyudetken
they are offering him something
often
niłxen
niłxen stâa'etdaak
she or he goes away often
okay
dú' kah
okay, that's fine
êy t'o
that's okay
xú' dé' t'êey
that way is okay
sôgh t'íht'eh
I am okay, not bad
xunsųų nt'eh
she or he is friendly
old
atshąą
it is old
nâan neełǐig' átshaan sínt'eh
that dog of ours is old
łii shaan'
an old dog
ch'et-ttheen
oldest, firstborn
old man
ch'etey
old person
ch'enděddh'
old woman
ts'est'é'
oldsquaw
(duck)
hąháalá'
(Clahgula hyemalis)
on
k'et
łii deshax k'et di'eedah
the dog is sitting on its house
once
ts'ehłóx
ts'ehłóx shę́ę' chaldzíis ts'į́' tâatetshaa
she or he only danced once and then went home
one
(number)
ts'éhłêg
only
shę́ę'
êy shę́ę'
only that
êy shę́ę' unindiih
take only that one
ts'éhłêg shę́ę'
only one
sąąy
dendeh sąąy xúnłęę
there are only men around
open
niłk'e tnintąą
it (door, lid) is open
thaaxdédhílts'aax
open your mouth
opening
(hole)
ndú'
taathéth ndú' ch'e tth'êy danitdêg
mosquitoes come in through the hole in the tent
opposite
niłchitsedz'
opposite
niłchitsedz' eltsįį
it looks opposite
opposite
niłchiduug
here and there, scattered about (inland, away from there
river)
orphan
tiitaay
osprey
xtth'ek
\de
(Pandion haliaetus)
other person
nâan
other side
neeyahch'á'
other side of us, away from us
neeyaach'á' xdéltth'ih
they live away from us
nyahch'á'
other side of you, away from you
otter
ntsį́įth
(Lutra caadensis)
ouch
amah
ours
(own)
neetsen
neetsen ts'enh wutl'ách'ínłeeyh
give him or her some from ours
naa ts'eyh neets'en sínt'eh
that boat is ours
out of breathe
negshúuts
I am out of breathe
outdoors
nah'ôg
syn outside
outhouse
tsą́ą' shax
outside
nah'ôg
syn outdoors
over
wuteth
yiteth ghin'éetth
he stepped over it
overflow
(water)
takaatú'
overflow on ice; spring
geetth
frozen overflow
tuu na'ílgok
water is overflowing and then freezing
owe
nts'į́' xéjihdéyh
I owe you
owl
ts'uudzaagh
horned owl as well as general term for owl
(Surnia ulula)
mesiin
owl
ch'enishchek
short-eared owl
(Asio flammeus)
nahdaax
great grey owl
(Strix nebulosa)
tthí'dzaadz
hawk owl
(Bubo virginianus)
shétth ch'emaa
snowy owl
(Nyctea scandiaca)
tthi'dzaadz gaay
thuułshiid
boreal owl
(Aegolius funereus)
own
ihdę́'ę
I own it
shax xúudę́'ę
he owns the house
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