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jaaʾinterj1listen!Tcaaʾ kwilhyaaʾnaakaaʾghityiin-ee."Listen! There are two doctoring him.GT37 12.12.3.2.1Listen9.2.7Interjections2well!, ok!sim.kaaʾ1 1all right/OK9.6.3Discourse markerspossiblychaaʾ2gya' 'see here!'gya' 'lo!'cf=jaaʾvolitive/optativeSource forms: tcaᵋtcaᵋdja, tcaʾ, tca, ṉ tcanchaaʾinterjlisten!
=jaaʾenclmay, let, willvolitive/optative marker
"future predictions with first person desire or determination involved" (GE)
"179 The suffix -djaᵋ seems to indicate intention, while -kwûc in ne ca kwûc below expresses the less certain probability of the time of his arrival." (GT p.135)
"Kwaa iintcʾeeʾ lhaan kwilh noonaadigheeʾ-jaaʾ.""We should leave many loads of venison with her."GT10 48.1Shghandaanii shchʾooʾotgeeʾ-jaaʾ.My son-in-law should come to see me.GT10 50.5"Jaaʾ kwooshtgeeʾ-jaaʾ.""Well, I'd better watch him.GT10 6.6Kiitsaaʾchow bilh kwʾitnaadeebilh-jaaʾ.We should 'sprinkle' it on him from a large basket-bowl.GT10 75.3"Neeʾodin-jaaʾ, Chʾsiitcing.""May you die, Coyote!"GT15 6.18.4.6.4Future
gyaa'gya' "finding out, being revealed to be, lo!"=jeʾ 'DES'cfjaaʾlisten!/well!Source forms: -djaᵋ, ...djaᵋ-djaᵋ-tca, -kya, -gyadjaᵋdja=banjaaʾencllet be/will bekoshnaa-jaaʾ, Shtaaʾexprprayer after sneezingshoonkʾaa ishdikʾeeʾ-jaaʾexprprayer before getting out of bed
jaangadvhere"Niing jang kandintc sindaa, niing," tcʾin yaaʾnii ."As for you, you live here nearby," he said, they say.GT02a 7.2"Kwonteelh-banjaaʾ jaang," tcʾin yaaʾnii."Let there be a valley here," he said, they say.GT02b 40.3"Noonii lhaa-manjaaʾ jaang," tcʾin yaaʾnii."Let there be many grizzly bears here," he said, they say.GT02b 40.5"Jaang kwonteelh-banjaaʾ," tcʾin yaaʾnii."Let there be a valley here," he said, they say.GT02b 42.1"Neeʾ-yee jaang lhaan-ee diideeʾ, daanjii-biiyeeʾ shnaan biiyeeʾ?"Here in the north there is much land and whose is it but my mothers."GT08 44.4"Jaang intceeh-bang."You may cry here."GT08 7.2"Doohaaʾ jaang noonaaʾtneesh-bang.""We must never live here!GT25 8.1sim.dii 1this8.5.1Here, theregyan, gyaŋ, kyaŋ 'here'Source forms: djañ, djąñdjañ...djûñ, tcañ, tcan, tcûñ, tcû+n, kyañ, kyûñ, kyan
jaang-haaʾadvjust here, right here8.5.1Here, therecomp. ofjaanghere=haaʾjustSource forms: djañ haᵋdjañ haᵋ
jeeschown aelk, wapitiCervus canadensis"Shoot with bow and rope / beʟ rope. Used to put along from trees. noose. Indian hide by them and shoot as soon as elk go in don't let pull too much. Used to put along for a mile." (Goddard, NB 1, p.23)Haakwdangʾ jeeschow ndooʾ yaaʾnii.At that time there were no elk, they say.GT01 1.58See ileeh-teelit nchaagh, uusiiʾ, jeeschow yaaʾnii, nghindooʾ yaaʾnii.As the stones were becoming large its elk-like head disappeared, they say.GT01 4.7Jeeschow lheeneeʾhaaʾ teelaat yaaʾnii.All the elk drowned, they say.GT02b 14.8"Daanjii jeeschow yiischʾaang-kwaan?""Who has shot the elk?"GT10 68.1synmiielkcnstbilhchow 1elk horn wedgechʾineeltʾaatsʾ1meat cut in stripsjeeschow-deeʾelk horn wedgejeeschow-sitsʾelk-skin robe5.2.3.2.2Red Meat (mammals)1.6.1.1.04Hoofed animalsdial. var.jischowwə-dʒəxʸ 'caribou'dʒes-kʸoʁgehs-kyohdjicxóʿ "elk"Source forms: chĕ́s‑choges tcōges tcōdjes tcō, jes tcō, ges tcō, ges tco, gûs tcōdjés tcʿōɡestcod̥ʒ̥és̥tʃʽoˑches´-chodjĕs tcō, djûs tcōdjestco
jeeschow chʾineeltʾaatsʾn aelk cut in strips, elk jerkyJeeschow chʾineeltʾaatsʾ lhaan-ee kʾaiʾtbilh-lhgai-biiʾ lhaan-ee.There is a lot of elk meat jerky in new burden baskets, a lot of it.GT10 37.3genchʾineeltʾaatsʾ1meat cut in strips5.2.3.2.2Red Meat (mammals)der. ofjeeschowelkchʾ..neeltʾaatsʾbe cut in stripsk'inilt'a:ts' "cut-up and dried (venison, salmon)"Source forms: ges tcō kin nel tʼatsdjes tcō / kin nel tʿats
jeeschow-deeʾn aelk horn wedge"elkhorn wedges pounded with stone maul in felling trees, stripping bark" (Loeb, p.44)
"The employment of an elk-horn wedge and stone maul in the procuring of firewood," (Kroeber, 1925, p.156)
matjeeschowelksim.bilhchow 1elk horn wedge6.7.1Cutting tool
comp. ofjeeschowelk*deeʾ1horn/antlerSource forms: djustcote
jeeschow-sitsʾn aelk-skin robegentʾeeʾ 2robematjeeschowelksim.kakyiitcʾishbuckskin robenoonii-uusitsʾbear-skin robetʾeeʾ 2robewaaʾchow 2robe4.4.4.5Protect5.3.3.2Upper Body wearcomp. ofjeeschowelksitsʾ1skinSource forms: chĕs‑chóh‑sŭts
jischowdial. var. ofjeeschowelk
√JITrtfear, be afraid(yə)niː-|gʸəd "'mind-rot' fear"gʸətgit-djiʿ/-djid, -djid, -djil, -djiʿ "to be afraid (l)"Source forms: -git , -gûcP-ee-n-(s)..ljitvtbe afraid of P
-jiiintsuffixsimple wh-interrogative suffix"the simple interrogative, asking which one of several" (Goddard, 2012, p.34)sim.-shaangwonder wh interrogative suffix-shooʾunusual interrogative suffix9.4.3.3Interrogative ???gyi-diSource forms: -djī, -gīdaahiinjiiinterwhat did you say?daahtyaajiiinterwhy?/what is the matter?daalhʾinjiiinterwhy?daanjiiinterwho?daanlhaangjiiinterhow many?daantʾeejiiinterhow?daashtʾiinjiiinterwhy does it do that?daayaaʾnjiiinterwhat did they say?diijiiinterwhat?taahdinjiiinterwhat for?taahjiiinterwhere?taatjiiinterwhen?taatjiiinterwhen?
√JIITSrtpull/towSource forms: ...djītsoo..tjiitsvtpull O in two
*JOLrtwhistling sound...jōlchʾ..tjolvsbe a whistling sound