A Few Kinship Terms
Dena'ina Qenaga Du'idnaghelnik
| shtukda~shtutda my father |
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| shunkda~shuntda my mother |
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| shcheyatda my grandfather |
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| shchada'a my grandfather |
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| shchikda~shchidta my grandmother |
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| unqeghyeh shcheyatda my great-grandfather |
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| Q'et'q'u shcheyatda ghilan. He was my great-grandfather back then. |
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| unqeghyeh shchikda my great-grandmother |
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| Q'et'q'u shchikda ghilan. She was my great-grandmother back then. |
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| sh'u my wife |
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| sh'utda my dear wife |
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| shqen my husband |
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| shgguya my child (lit. 'my little one') |
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| shq'ayna my children |
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| stsa'(a) my daughter |
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| shey'a my son |
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| shingha my older brother |
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| sh'ala'(a) my older brother |
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| shkela my younger brother |
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| sh'udla'a my older sister |
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| udla my older sister (voc.) |
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| shdaja my younger sister |
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| vach'ala his/her aunt |
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| sez'a my uncle (father's brother) |
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| qichi old lady |
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| Qichi nlan. She's an old lady. |
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| en'ushen (old) man |
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| En'ushen gheli ezdlan. He became a very old man. |
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| deghk'isen (young) woman |
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| kił young man |
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| Kił gheli nlan shu q'u. He's a young man. |
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| kił gga boy |
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| kił gguya boy |
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| deghk'isen gguya girl |
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| deghk'isna gguya girls |