CA languages

[Bernadette Santamaria]

Mia:

No, it doesn't refer to mountain. The base verb would be nldzil "strong" or
"strength".

Berni Santamaria

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Mia Kalish <MiaKalish at learningforpeople.us>
wrote:

>  I have a question: in haldzil, does "dzil" mean "mountain"?
>
> Thx,
>
> Mia
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> *From:* Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:
> ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Bernadette Santamaria
> *Sent:* Monday, July 21, 2008 1:06 PM
> *To:* ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
> *Subject:* Re: [ILAT] CA languages
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> Mia & others:
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>
> Our language, White Mountain Apache, is Southern Athabaskan, and following
> is our interpretation of the terms in "Thinking,..." for your info & of
> anyone else interested for comparisons between Athabaskan languages.
>
>
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> "Nis'i'ik'ees, nagolch'i' (or "bee nagot'aahii"), ihid'a (or "hidaa"),
> la'ii ki haldzil (or "ki nalwod agoch'ile'")"        [these are without the
> diacritic marks included]
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> Email if there are any questions.
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> Bernadette SantaMaria
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> On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 11:34 AM, <Dmark916 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Mia and David: I'm going to forward your question to Gregg Masten,
> the director of language, culture and education for the people in Hoopa.
> Although he may not be able to comment on all Athabaskan languages, he will
> probably be able to comment on Hupa language specifically. I'll ask him to
> respond to you directly.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dorothy
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