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| Click on a Dena'ina sentence for an explanation. |
| QUNSHI UQUCH'EL'ANI |
BELUGA HUNTING |
| 1. Ts'iłq'a Kahtnu betnu qughuzdlent qunshi shegh qughilagh. |
One time at the mouth of the Kenai River where the current flows, a beluga swam up to me. |
| 2. Ch'u beł k'danłtetl'. |
And I shot it. |
| 3. Shegh qutuyghiłghel |
It floated up by me |
| 4. ch'u naqanełtan. |
and I brought it back to shore. |
| 5. Quht'ana shegh hnidatl' |
The people came to me |
| 6. ch'u quch'dghilu. |
and we butchered it. |
| 7. Betsen ghinhdi ch'eghnałggen |
We dried its meat |
| 8. ch'u bediłkidi ghinhdi ch'ełkuch. |
and we rendered its blubber into oil. |
| 9. Tlegh ghinhdi dinunch'eznel. |
We poured the oil into containers. |
| 10. Dukaq' qughesht'a ch'qiluq. |
We fastened the lids well. |
| 11. Heyi niłtu. |
It was for winter. |
