shaa yaash ʾingaan-een a1new moon, "moon new born""The new moon was called ca yaic uñane (moon new born). The people prayed at the time of a new moon: 'In the same way as you have come back again, so may my life return with you'; literally, kea naic melca kuc na naic melca dja, behind-you come-back-again I-must life-my come-back-again I-must yes. At the time of a new moon in winter, a special prayer and ceremony were held. The rite was called tje kwa toc (pitch give blazing). Boys and girls went out of doors and threw blazing pitch at the new moon as it rose. They prayed at the same time, natai konk natabund, blazing fire carrying. The people wished to give the new moon fire, so that the month would be warm. Only boys and girls who had been born in the warm summer months were allowed to participate in this ceremony. The first of every month, that is, at the time of a new moon, there was a rest period of four days. These days were considered unlucky. At the beginning of the period the chief went around the village and called out 'nailyic, nailyic' (rest, rest). During this time the people were not allowed to hunt, fish, or gather food. They lay around and patched up twine and buckskin. They ate, rested, gambled, and danced if they wished. There was no taboo on sexual intercourse." (Loeb, p.21)whnaaghai 2moon phasesynshaa ʾingaang-kwaangnew moon1.1.1.1Moon2first 4-day "week", "new born moon" periodfirst (of six) four to five day week-like division of the Cahto lunar month, this one a four-day rest period at the start of the month; "The month was divided according to the phases of the moon: nagai kinyane, traveler grown, first quarter nagai seundie, traveler old getting, second quarter nagai cunas late, traveler floating together, full moon nagai begutele, traveler going to die, third quarter nagai ca betene, traveler moon dead now, last quarter The new moon was called ca yaic un.ane (moon new born)." (Loeb, pp.20-21)8.4.1.3Weekcomp. ofshaa12moonn-ghin..yaan2become born=yeeeyewitness evidential affirmativemoon young bornSource forms: ca yaic uñane
√SHAAGHrtcatch with a hookžəˀqˀ, žəˀx̥łʃaːʁ, ʃaˑʁ-łwha:ł-xał, -xal, -xal, -xał "to catch by hooking (zero)"Source forms: -caʽ(ghis)..shaaghvtcatch with a hook
shaahnaaʾn acreekLong V. Cr.Shaahnaaʾ teehsʾiskʾaan yaaʾnii, tooʾaah-bang; (shaa-baatsʾeeʾ yiistciinʾ).He made a fire in the creek to make mist, they say; (it made a halo around the sun.)GT02a 6.6Uuyaashtc shaahnaaʾ tcʾtghilhtalh yaaʾnii.He made small creeks dragging along his foot, they say.GT02b 27.6Too shaahnaaʾ taaghiinan yaaʾnii.He drank some creek water, they say.GT02b 34.14Shaahnaaʾ neeʾ naaʾaanghilhtalh yaaʾnii.He dragged his foot on the ground (to make) creeks, they say.GT02b 35.5Dilaantc taaghilhghaalʾ yaaʾnii, shaahnaaʾ.He threw salamanders into the water, they say, into creeks.GT02b 36.1"Shaahnaaʾ dii-biiʾ gees hiiheendilh-banjaaʾ," tcʾin yaaʾnii."Let black salmon come into this creek," he said, they say.GT02b 36.5"Too nchaah-bang," tcʾin yaaʾnii, " shaahnaaʾ.""Let the water be big in the creek," he said, they say.GT02b 39.2"Dii kwot waantʾaaʾ uuyaashtc shaahnaaʾ toonai hiiheendilh-banjaaʾ," tcʾin yaaʾnii."Let fish come into some of these small creeks and streams," he said, they say.GT02b 39.3Shaahnaaʾ kwʾittcʾghinyai-kwaan yaaʾnii.He (the baby) had gone down to the stream, they say.GT08 30.1Neesding yooʾoong shaahnaaʾ nchaagh naaninyaa-kwaan yaaʾnii.Far over there he had crossed a large creek, they say.GT08 30.5Shaahnaaʾ too istim-manjaaʾ.Let the water in creeks be cold.GT08 45.2"Shaahnaaʾ naaniidilh.""Let's cross the creek.GT10 64.1synkwotsmall stream1.3.1.3Riverpl.shaahnaaʾ-taahcreeksʃʷəχ-(t)naʼ ? (cf. Koyukon: səxno'; Deg Xinag: srixno', creek; Lower Tanana: shrəxno'; 'side stream')shaahahnaa': Shah'-hah-nah' [SS-M]Source forms: caʽ naᵋcaʽ naᵋca na, ca a nacāᵋnaʿtʿāshah´-nah, Shă´-nahca na...
Shaaneeschown aDecember/January, "Big Long Month"4th month (Goddard, APS43Cahto2 p.28; Loeb), beginning with the early-Winter new moon; "December" (Loeb), "February" (Essene)Kai-hit, ghintʾanʾkʾit, Laasheeʾlhgaitc, Geesnaaʾ, Shaaneeschow, Yiinaading-Kwolkitchow, Chiilhtciik, Tʾanʾlhtik, Tlʾoh-Dilkʾis, daangʾ ghindaanit, shiin-lhʾat, Naaghitlhit-it, tcʾninyai.Wintertime, in the Fall -- Buckeyes White month, Salmon Eye month, Big Long Month, Slippery Doorway month, Red Stick month, Leaves Burth month, Brown Grass month -- when it had already become spring, mid-summer, Burnt Around month, he arrived.GT08 47.3whkai-hitwinter seasonsynTcaangʾnainilhyiichow4-December/January "Big Eats Up Excrement"Yiinaading-Kwolhkitchow4-December/January "Slippery Doorway"8.4.1.4.1Months of the yearder. ofshaa13month-neeslong (adjectival)-chowaugmentativeSource forms: ca nes tcōca nes tcōcanĕctcoca nes tcōca nes tco
shaaniiadvonlyToo shaanii haakwdangʾ, tsʾisnooʾ ndooʾ yaaʾnii.There was only water then, there were no mountains, they say.GT01 1.4"Daalhʾinjii iintcʾeeʾ shaanii chʾinyaan-ʾangkwaan?""What are you doing? have you eaten nothing but venison?"GT10 35.1Hai shanii naaʾchʾilkʾitʾ-ikʾang.Only that one will go along having sex,Lo26 3.1sim.=haaʾjust, only8.1.5.7Onlyvar.shaniider. ofshaang2only=iNRʒaˑ(ŋʸ) 'only, just, even'ʃaːniː, ʃanwha:ne "just, only, alone"shaanii, shangSource forms: ca nīca nīca nīcuni
