Denaakk’e Word of the Month
October 2025
Menenh diditeeyee: The month of October. Freeze-up month
Ałts'eeyh: Wind
September 2025
Nołdlaaghe Noghe': The month of September.
Nołdlaaghe means King (Chinook) salmon, and noghe’ means eye. So this expression literally means ‘king salmon eye’ and figuratively translates as ‘when the king salmon is seen’.
Nołdlaaghe : King salmon, Chinook salmon
August 2025
Saanlaaghe Noghe': The month of August.
Saanlaaghe means silver (coho) salmon, and noghe’ means eye. So this expression literally means ‘silver salmon eye’ and figuratively translates as ‘when the silver salmon is seen’.
Saanlaaghe : silver salmon, coho salmon
July 2025
Noolaagha noghe': The month of July.
Noolaagha means chum (dog) salmon, and noghe’ means eye. So this expression literally means ‘chum salmon eye’ and figuratively translates as ‘when the chum salmon is seen’.
Noolaagha : dog salmon, chum salmon
June 2025
Ggaał noghe’: The month of June.
Ggaał means king salmon, and noghe’ means eye. Ggaał Noghe’ literally means ‘king salmon eye’ and figuratively translates as ‘when the king salmon is seen’.
Benenh Hᵾdenyaaghee: literally meaning “the month when everything grows”; this is another expression for June.
baalgaas (boat)
Menenh tots'eeyh leyaayee (May, the month when the boats are put in the water)
May 2025
sonot (early spring, thawing begins)
literally means ‘presaging the sun’
tleehᵾloo kkokk’e (April, the month of the crusted snow )
Time of the year during which the snow-crust forms, usually April and first of May. During this time, the frost hardens the thawed surface at night and it remains hard enough to travel until afternoon when it warms. All traveling and hunting is done during the crust snow time. Especially when the birds return.
April 2025
kk'olkk'eeye (soaring hawk)
kk'olkk'eey Zo'ᵾ (March, the Month of the Hawk)
March 2025