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'a'dilaw•he fixed himself up

'a:dileh•fix yourself up!

'a:dił'e:n•I fix myself up, get dressed up (for a ceremony)

'a:diwa:na:ya'nde'iliwh•they take it (regalia) off themselves again

'ina'k'is'aw•she got up singing

ch'e'idinilye'•they finish the religious dance

ch'e:na'ułwa:l•they come back out of the Flower Dance (beating time with sticks)

ch'e:na:'uldixit•they again crowd out dancing

ch'idilye•religious dance, World Renewal ceremony

ch'idilye•they dance in a religious dance, a religious dance is held

ch'idilye:-ding•any danceground at which a religious dance is held

ch'idiwilye'ił-te•they will dance

ch'iłtul•he is tapping, patting his foot, stamping (esp. in Kick Dance)

ch'iłtuł•Kick Dance, the way of dancing at a Kick Dance

ch'iłwa:l•they are beating time; a Flower Dance is being held

ch'iłwa:l•Flower Dance (girls' adolescence ceremony)

ch'iwiltong'il•he was dancing

ch'ixołchwe•he fixes up (the danceground), prepares (the place)

ch'ixowiłchwe:lił-te•he will fix the dance place

ch'o:na:niwichwil•a type of singing at the Kick Dance

ch'o:na:niwichwil•they sing in howling fashion

chwung'-na:xe•words to a song sung by women at the beginning af the Flower Dance

dilxich-łiqay•white deerskin

ditsik-łe:na:ya'usow•a dance performed with the ceremonial basket-quiver (na'wehch) during the Jump dance

hun'-q'eh-ch'idilye•White Deerskin Dance, specifically the Boat Dance

je:na'uldixit•they (dancers) separate again

k'iłixun-łiqay•white deerskin

k'iłwe:-q'•foolishly, not seriously, in a funny, joking, bantering, frivolous way

k'ina'q'i-na'ay•Yurok style medicine used during Brush Dance

k'inahłdunts'e:y'-dahk'iswin-ding•places where Flower Dance sticks are taken and left after the dance is over

k'inahsni•passing in front of someone

k'inusni-na'dil•to dance in front of a line of dancers, a feature of the War Dance

k'iq'eh-na:diwul•"blind", headdress made of wolf-skin worn around the head by dancers in the White Deerskin Dance

k'ise:qot•a woven hood or head-net worn by important dancers in the religious dances

k'itiwh'aw•I'm singing along, singing a song

k'itse•War Dance

k'iwa'ahł•he was still singing

k'iwhtse•I'm dancing the War Dance

k'iwo'•"hooks", a crown of sea-lion tusks

k'iwo'-me'•the hook dancers in the Boat Dance

k'ixulo'•a (deer's) hoof; deer-hoof rattle used by doctors (dried deer hooves, tied around a stick or bone)

kinahłdun-ts'e:y'•a decorated split stick used as a rattle during the songs in the Flower Dance

king łiqay•deer-hoof rattle used by "tracers" (claivoyants)

kin-jiwolch•pole, rounded stick (esp. those used in the Jump Dance fence)

kinjiwolch-ne:s•the cross-piece on the Jump Dance back-board

ła'-yehch'iwinyay•a set of ten dances in the Jump Dance

ma:-de:diwh'awh•I burn incense root (angelica) in the fire and pray (at a ceremony)

ma:-k'itsit•the woman who leads the acorn pounders in the Acorn Feast

ma:-na'way•Dance Leader

me'-na'dil•perform (a dance step) inside a circle of dancers (a feature of the Brush Dance)

me:k'iwhtiw•I'm singing (for a dance), singing a dance-song

me:ya'k'iwiłte:l•they sang

mida'-mił-ne:lno'•sash with redheaded woodpecker scalps and beaks sewn on, worn by men at the Kick Dance

mił-ch'idilye•regalia and other ceremonial valuables used primarily in the White Deerskin Dance and Jump Dances

mił-no:'ondil•a "heavy" or slow song at the Kick Dance

mił-yehch'ina:wh•a "heavy" or slow song at the Brush Dance

mił-yehk'iłtul•a "heavy" or slow song at the Brush Dance

mina:-k'isa'aw•she sings (while) going around it

mino:'awhding•practice religious dance performed to the side of dance area

miq'eh-me:na:k'iwiltiw•a "light" or fast song at the Brush Dance

misq'it-ch'idilye•a Jump Dance formerly held during the spring at Miskut (misq'it)

miwhkya'•I'm wearing a dress

miyeh-wunna'dil•backup singers, singers who sing in the background for someone singing a melody

na'k'itiwa'a:l•she sings along

na'tehłde'idz-te•they will run along (with a girl in the Flower Dance)

na'ułtul•stamp-dancing

na:'ułto'n•a Jump Dance step

na:'ułto'n•he dances jumping up and down (a general term for frenzied dancing in place, as in doctor-training dances)

na:k'iwh'aw•I'm singing (in general), I'm a singer

na:lto'n•jumping up and down style of dancing

na:whtong'ił-te•I'm going to dance (jumping up and down)

na:ya'k'ine'a'aw•they sing again

nich'ing'-yehna:ldiqoł•it's your turn!

niłch'ing'-ya:'ulto'n•to dance towards and past another dancer

niłde:ya'se'ilto'n•they meet each other dancing (from opposite directions)

niłwa:yay'ilto'n•they jump dance passing each other

nin'se'indil•they dance bobbing up and down

nin'sindil•a dance step featuring dancing up and down in place

ninis'a:n-me'-yitiliwh•"pains" which are only shown in the Kick-Dance, not sucked out of people

no'diwilye'ił•they have stopped dancing successive times

no'k'iwilta:tł'-ding•any danceground at which the White Deerskin Dance is performed

no'wa'awhil•they quit singing (repeatedly)

no:ya'de'ilye'•they quit dancing

no:ya'ultsil•to dance about crouched down; to lean

no:ya:'ulxit'•they moved their dance camp

nong'awh•stop singing (a dance-song)!

nuntuł•step around! move your feet around!

t'unq'-ch'idilye•older term for the (fall) Jump dance

ta'wiłta:tł'•they started the Boat Dance

ta:'ułtul•the Boat Dance, a segment of the White Deerskin Dance which is performed on canoes in the river

te:lma:s-wilchwe:n•a cylindrical buckskin headband stuffed with grass, with redheaded woodpecker scalps sewn on

ts'iduqi-na'we•ceremonial quiver, skin for carrying arrows

tse:-xahł-te:l•flat, round obsidian rock, resembling a ceremonial obsidian blade but circular (mentioned in myths)

whing•song (general term)

whiq'it-wing'a'•an item of regalia was put on by me, I wore (regalia)

xay-ch'idilye•Jump Dance

xoje:'-wung-na'udil•they 'cake walked' (danced in with flints)

xoje:wung-ch'e'indil•they have danced with them (flints)

xoje:wung-na'dil•the obsidian bearers in White Deerskin Dance; the dance performed by the principal dancers in the White Deerskin Dance as they carry the ceremonial obsidian blades

xoł-no:nilit•he finished sweating (in the sweathouse)

xoł-te:lit•he had a sweat, sweated in a sweathouse; he prayed, made medicine, smoked himself for luck

xon'-na'we•Brush Dance (general term); fire-waving medicine

xon'-na:na:'uswe'•ceremony in the Flower Dance that is performed when it rains during a girl's first menses

xon'-na:ya'awe'•they wave the fire; they have a brush dance

xona:'to'-na:wilin•mourning songs

xona:di-na:ya'tehłdi'its•the boy and girl who run along with the girl in the Flower Dance race

xong'-'a:diwh'e:n•I fix myself up for a ceremony, put on face or body paint

xong'-na'a:de:law•I dressed up, put on my regalia

xong'-na'a:dileh•put on your regalia!

xonin'-na:na'ule'•looking right and left during Jump Dance

xonsił-ch'idilye•White Deerskin Dance

xoq'eh-na'way•the girl who accompanies the medicine maker (k'ima:w-ch'iłchwe) at the Brush Dance

xoq'it-ch'iswa:l•a Flower Dance is held for her

xoq'it-dahsa'a:n•headdress worn by men at the Kick Dance

xosa:ng'ay•a short whistle made from the leg bone of a crane (xahslintaw-mits'ine'), used only by the obsidian bearers in the White Deerskin Dance

xotuq-ch'e'ninyay•for a woman to dance between two male partners; a feature of the Brush Dance

xowah-na'k'ita'aw•a "light" or fast song at the Kick Dance

ya:na'awh•he "raises up" a song, sings the melody of a dance-song

ya:xo:'awh•they (a group, line of dancers) jump up and down in the Jump Dance style of dancing

ya:xo:'awh•the Jump Dance style of dancing

yehk'iłtul•they file into the dance (Brush Dance, Flower Dance)

yehna:lqe:t•eagle feathers stuck into headbands

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