Tlingit Update

We are learning the colors. Interestingly enough, the colors are literally the names of things in nature. For example: instead of saying. “I have blue eyes”…I would say, “My eyes are colored like the blue jay.” Here is what we have learned so far…how do you like the inspiration for yellow?

White = snow….dleit
Black = coal…. t’ooch
Red = fire….x’aan
Blue = blue jay…x’eishx’w
Yellow = fungus…tlaatl’
Green = greenstone….s’oow
Navy = smoke….s’eik
Brown = thick Hemlock bark….sa’gat
Gray = young seagull….keidladee yeis’
Orange = alder tree bark…sheix’w