A Few Kinship Terms

Dena'ina Qenaga Du'idnaghelnik

shtukda~shtutda
my father

shunkda~shuntda
my mother

shcheyatda
my grandfather
shchada'a
my grandfather
shchikda~shchidta
my grandmother

unqeghyeh shcheyatda
my great-grandfather
Q'et'q'u shcheyatda ghilan.
He was my great-grandfather back then.
unqeghyeh shchikda
my great-grandmother
Q'et'q'u shchikda ghilan.
She was my great-grandmother back then.
sh'u
my wife
sh'utda
my dear wife
shqen
my husband

shgguya
my child (lit. 'my little one')

shq'ayna
my children
stsa'(a)
my daughter

shey'a
my son
shingha
my older brother
sh'ala'(a)
my older brother

shkela
my younger brother

sh'udla'a
my older sister
udla
my older sister (voc.)
shdaja
my younger sister

vach'ala
his/her aunt
sez'a
my uncle (father's brother)

qichi
old lady
Qichi nlan.
She's an old lady.
en'ushen
(old) man

En'ushen gheli ezdlan.
He became a very old man.
deghk'isen
(young) woman

kił
young man

Kił gheli nlan shu q'u.
He's a young man.
kił gga
boy
kił gguya
boy
deghk'isen gguya
girl
deghk'isna gguya
girls