Front and back velar sounds

• Front velars: g, k, k', x, ŷ
• Back velars: gg, q, q', h, gh

Click on the symbol to hear the audio recording of a word.

33. g

• gega - berry
• gundi - this person
• gini - this thing
• nunigi - fog
• ezga - it’s dangerous
• lega - tree squirrel
• eshtgech' - I'm ticklish
• el'egen - shaman, medicine man
• shagela - trout
• dugul - axe

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34. gg

• ggagga - brown bear
• ggugguyni - raven
• ggis - wild celery
• gganałggi - mussels
• ghenalggen - it is dry
• chaggesh - fire tongs
• itgguy - it turned white
• k'gget' - joint
• shggeja - my scar
• gganilchit - you (sg.) stand up!
• gganelchit - you (pl.) stand up!

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35. g vs. gg

• talgguk - s/he ran
• nik'dulguk - it is embedded, stuck in
• dasgedi - smoke
• ges diggedi - small snowshoe drill
• aliggi - plate, dish
• hagi - basket
• dghiłggech' - it is short
• gech' - mittens, gloves
• lagu - let it be
• k'gguts'a - fish scales

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36. gh

• ghelja - moon
• ghin - that one
• ighaz - s/he got itchy, horny
• yeh t'ugh - ceiling
• nu'iłghatl' - it is dark
• k'eghech - skin boat willow frame
• yaghidghach - s/he bit it
• tubugh - beach
• niłghu - level, even
• miłni yagh'a - water container

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37. h

• hagi - basket
• heł - club
• hun - mold
• tayeh - under water
• ts'ah - sinew thread, thread
• ch'enlahi - the hand game
• deshnih - I say
• sht'uh - my place
• hzila - heat, moss fire, warm ground
• danhtun - you pl. moved it (stick)

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38. x

• ts'ix - mosquito
• sax - wart
• bejex - caribou
• ux - poor thing, pity
• ełchix - I make it; I smell it
• k'ezhax - wood shavings
• qatsitsexen - dreamer
• juxna - Finlanders
• k'duk'ich'exa - diaphragm, partition in lungs
• nch'ixa - your hair

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39. h vs. x

• ux - poor thing
• uh - fern root
• chix - ochre paint
• chih - s/he cries
• sah - s/he stands
• sax - wart
• nu'ihjeh - you pl. are running
• bejex - caribou
• uł qelzhixi - wood polishing stone
• shhi, shehi - gaff hook

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40. ŷ

• suŷ - sand
• qaniłch'eŷ - it's windy
• k'usht'a yeshaŷ - s/he isn’t carving it
• nuzdeljuŷ - I am clumsy
• tiqinestseŷ - I broke trail
• k'usht'a hnutnełyaŷ - s/he is not growing it
• k'itseŷi - iron, metal, iron fire poker
• k'iljaŷ - it (moon) is shining
• natsinestseŷ - I dreamed not of you
• chik'a zuŷa - wood ashes

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41. gh vs. ŷ

• luts'egh - ring, finger ring
• k'usht'a yests'eŷ - I'm not pinching him
• qadich'eŷ - it's windy
• dghich'agh - s/he had his mouth open
• miłni yagh'a - water container
• k'usht'a nuk'tnelyaŷ - it is not growing
• nuzdeljuŷ - I am clumsy
• tubugh - beach
• k'usht'a ilzhaŷ - it is not carved
• k'usht'a eztizhagh - you are not spitting

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42. k

• kił - young man, boy
• kazhna - lynx
• shkut' - my stomach
• tukash - melted snow water
• sukdu - old story, legend
• nkets' - your thumb
• tik'teh - into the woods
• tughaznik - s/he arrived by vehicle
• ki - more
• q'angheltak - I carried him around

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43. k'

• k'eh - porcupine quill
• k'den'a - baby seal
• k'ezek' - birch sap
• k'ech' - dirt, filth
• chik'ish - hat
• niłk'uch' - variously, in different ways
• ch'k'tulqat - we will eat
• k'eshtuk' - I am sliding
• k'usht'a tesnak' - s/he is not moving camp
• k'usht'a qit'a qidinil - s/he did not know about that
• k'usht'a h'ilnigh - s/he was not afraid

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44. q

• qil - bad, terrible, bum, no good
• qanchi - porcupine
• chaqilin - fermented fish
• duyeq - chief
• uqan - its lodge, beaver's lodge
• tl'inqin - needle
• ntaldaq - s/he is sleeping
• yeqech' - thus, in this way
• niłqunda - tomorrow
• nqeba - rabbit

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45. q'

• q'ua - goodbye
• q'in - roe, fish eggs
• shq'uła - marmot
• bejiyiq' - his hearing
• Naq'eltani - God
• tl'uduq' - elevated bank
• tuq'ets' - spring water
• k'q'uya - red salmon
• tl'aq'iq' - all night
• q'antutbash - s/he will swim around

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