Denaakk'e	English
Vocabulary
betoole’ or k’etloole’ See Note Below	tongue
hʉdzeghudle’	spikey part inside the cheek
beyaatl’ene’ or k’eyaatl’ene’	lower jaw
taaggedle	brain used for tanning
k’eyeghe and k’eyeeghaa’	marrow
k’enen yeghe’	spinal cord
tl’aah	sinew
k’edee’one’	omasum - bible or book
bekonh	inside cavity of the stomach
lekkone	blood
k’et’ug’ and -t’uk	udder
bets’et	uterus
k’ekk’ʉh	body fat
k’eggut ghaa’	fat from boiling crushed bones
k’ekooye’	stomach fat-lace
k’enkodze’ and k’eenkodze’	cracklings - rendered fat
k’ekonh hʉkk’ʉh	mesentary fat
haa or k’eggut ghaa	grease
k’eggootl	meat or tissue from hide
nelaan ggunh	dried meat
doots or doodze’	pellet

Note: k’e is used when the body part is severed from the body, otherwise it's be

Thanks to Susan Paskvan, Native Language Coordinator in the Yukon-Koyukuk School District in Alaska
for this contribution to our language section.