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éilʼ

[eːɬʼ]

noun

LanguageTlingit

Meaning
  1. salt
  2. salt water, ocean
  3. This refers to the mineral salt or the salty ocean water.
Examples

Éilʼ yátkʼu aawax̱áa.

The child ate the salt.

Pronunciationeːɬʼ

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteUsed for both seasoning and referring to the sea.

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éilʼ in other languages

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 9 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.