Comparisons, mixed velars and consonant clusters

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46. k vs. q

• ken - flat, meadow
• shqen - my husband
• qichika'a - big old lady
• qichiqa - old ladies
• ełqish - I spear it (customarily)
• ełkish - it rains (customarily)
• Sqilant - Kenai Lake village site
• skint'uh - area under a tree
• tuzqun - still water
• tułkun - it will rain

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47. k' vs. q'

• q'u - enough, that’s all
• k'u - too, also
• k'usht'a nutnisdghik' - s/he did not get sick on grease
• dnełghiq', k'tnełghiq' - s/he is snoring
• łik'a - dog
• łuq'a - salmon
• ełneq' - floor
• k'usht'a nuqelnek' - s/he did not tell (a story)
• k'eyich'a - bull moose
• k'dnelq'ich' - it is squeaking

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48. k vs. k'

• kisht'a - more, again
• ghesik - I am numb
• k'usht'a ezghesik' - I'm not numb
• yitułkeł - s/he'll take it
• dnilk'eł - it rips, tears
• chik'ish - hat
• nkish - rose hip
• k'iłkedi - steel trap
• k'usht'a ełkik' - it doesn’t rain

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49. q vs. q'

• qinazdli - wild rice, Kamchatka lily
• q'in - roe, fish eggs
• quzu - s/he went upward
• q'uch'a - enough, that's all
• delggiq - it (bear) is roaring
• k'denghiłghiq' - s/he snored
• qes - cold, cough
• q'es - cloud
• q'uł - whetstone
• tughequł - s/he is carrying it (water in container)

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50. Final velars: nV+k, k', q, q'

• nuqelnek - s/he tells, narrates
• shnik' - my nostril
• biniq' - his back
• binik - steambath switch
• naneq - stone lamp
• k'dnalneq' - s/he choked on it
• k'usht'a qezelnek' - I don't remember
• chigheshtnaq - I was sick
• hgheshnak - I talked
• k'usht'a ezteshnak' - I'm not moving, leaving

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51. mixed velars: gg, g, q, k, q', k'

• ggek - hard wood
• ggukdel - sandhill crane
• biniq'ak' - his anger, temper
• bekaq'a - his ribs
• k'enqena, k'enq'ena - dentalia shells
• nqeqa - it (area) is shaking, tremoring
• chiqinik - thanks, thank you
• yehqagh - to there, that far
• dukaq' - door
• nudnełk'ugh - I warmed it up (liquid)

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52. more mixed velars

• qałnigi - stone
• hq'aghdeq - in between
• gu q'u - right here
• gu k'u - here too
• quggił - snare
• ggih - worm, insect
• k'ggukena - blubber
• ts'igek'a - blueberries
• k'usht'a eztelgguk' - I'm not running
• dnaghelggugh - s/he's spoiled

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53. CCC (consonant clusters)

• nk'ggi - porcupine (Seldovia term)
• ch'k'tntułghiq' - s/he’ll snore
• nqdeq'en - it is burning
• binhzel'a - his pulmonary artery
• ch'hghinak - we talked
• duhqdeldih, duhhdeldih - they are learning
• ch'k'ghilu, t'ch'k'ghilu - we had snares set
• k'ehtnun - you pl. are drinking
• denłkegh - they are big
• niłnustkez - it is tied together

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54. CC vs. Ce (cluster vs. Ce)

• dghiłnez - it is long, s/he is tall
• deghiłnez - it was long, tall
• tinldush - you go out
• tinel'ets - s/he went out
• elden - I know it
• lden - s/he knows it
• gheshtnu - I am working
• ghgheshtnu, ghegheshtnu - I worked
• tagheshtneq - I am tired
• taghgheshtneq - I was tired

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