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food container; food box divided into compartments by a divider
raft | rack for drying fish
x̱aanásʼ
rack for drying fish
x̱aanésʼ
fish, salmon, trout
“the one that prods the iceberg” | canoe with twin prongs to push aside ice
lodge (of beaver, muskrat) | sweatlodge; skins draped over a pole structure
x̱aay
sweatlodge
spawned-out salmon with white fungus
“The one that rakes herring” | herring rake
xídlaa
salmon eggs soaked overnight in fresh water
memorial pile of rocks
cairn; rock ¹ | memorial pile of rocks
slab of bark; used as shingles on Tlingit houses
“The one that chips (wood)" | adze
skin scraper
weapons of war
xʼáan shegóon
war clothes (of moosehide)
xʼáan niyaa.át
“The one that scrapes” | Scraper
“Pull it up through the opening” | knee-high waterproof skin boot(s); mukluk(s)
Membrane; paper; book; magazine; newspaper; letter; mail
boot(s) | skin pants; moccasin trousers; underpants
xʼwán
skin pants; moccasin trousers; underpants | especially womenʼs underpants; originally skin pants made fur-side in, with feet, tied around the waist