Palatal sounds

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24. j

• jani - day
• k'jech'a - kidney
  
• k'eshdlaji - boiled food
  
• shjegha - my ear
  
• zełjeł - I got bruised, ruptured
  
• njah - you smear it (with pitch)
  
• elgheji - skin boat
  
• dgheljema - red-neck clam
  
• k'iljesh - you dance
  
• jałjadi - wild geranium

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25. ch

• chada - grandfather
  
• bach - seagull
  
• chayu - tea
  
• chuł - chinook wind
  
• ełach - I am cooking it
  
• deshchin - I am hungry
  
• chuchuna - copper
  
• tułchuda - muskrat
  
• shchutl'a - my stomach
  
• chik'ish - hat
  
• k'usht'a yishchegh - he is not crying

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26. ch'

• ch'da - blanket
  
• łich'a - bitch, female dog
  
• naghelch'i - beads
  
• ch'u - and
  
• gech' - mittens, gloves
  
• ch'qizhnesh - s/he is crazy
  
• ch'aduch' - how, what
  
• nełch'en - on both sides
  
• hełch' - evening
  
• dghinłt'ich' - you peeled it

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27. ch vs. ch'

• chik'a - wood
  
• k'ench'ik'a - intestine
  
• chitl' - snow (on ground)
  
• inlch'itl' - you got bent out of shape, got ornery
  
• ełch'ish - dark, hard birch fungus
  
• shchish - my knee
  
• bach - sea gull
  
• dach' - thus, in this way
  
• k'ełch'ezhi - maggots
  
• k'delchezh'a - moose gut (“book”)

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28. sh

• shani - summer
• shlik'a - my dog
  
• hesh - rose
  
• ishitl' - it fermented
  
• k'eljesh - s/he is dancing
  
• ush - snowshoe
  
• q'ilesh - willow
  
• tuch'enash - we move to the water
• shehi - gaff hook
  
• yuqush - northern lights

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29. zh

• zhezh - s/he is sipping it
  
• be'izhi - his/her name
  
• k'izhak'i - knife
  
• k'ghazha - egg
  
• k'usht'a k'eljezh - s/he is not dancing
• qeluzhun - ten
  
• gizha - camprobber
  
• bak'ilzhaŷi - crooked knife
  
• dghezha - needlefish
  
• lggezh - it is forked

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30. y

• yił - day’s journey
  
• yenałjeh - s/he punched him
  
• hey - winter
  
• ezt'ayi - roasted meat, fish
  
• shyiga - my shadow, my spirit
  
• k'iygha - bone marrow
  
• k'enuy'a - beaver
  
• daghiłtiy - s/he is strong
  
• nuydełq'un - I built a fire
  
• yudi - golden eagle

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