Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 06:09 AM
Site: Alaska Native LanguagesCourse: Tanacross (Tanacross)
Glossary: Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
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bend:nanįhxót you are bending it nanalxót it (trees, brush) are bent over tanelket it is bent back |
bend over (a person):xanén' xúghék-'ah I am bent over, hunched over |
berry:ch'inłuut unripe berries, but especially referring to blueberries nit-sįį' blueberry (less commonly used than jêg) naaxęy jêg nagoonberry, frogberry nihmá' silverberry tsaanttheetl high bush cranberry SYN currant ntl'ét low bush cranberry nkáatl salmonberry dendéyh bearberry jîiz ndǎagh' bearberry naht'êez blackberry SYN crowberry danch'ǒg' raspberry daníhdûuy red currant (berry) (Ribes triste) |
Berry Creek (AK Hwy xng @ Mile 1372): |
beside:menh k'eddh łóoghihhaał I am walking around beside the lake. dóo iin nk'eddh dixdéltth'ih? who all is sitting next to you? SYN alongside |
best:kentsįįth ch'etth'íh shíi nsųų ts'į́' éltsiin si1nt'eh these look like the best moccasins |
better: |
between:shtlęę iin daateg didhihdah I'm sitting between my friends |
beyond:wunaattheh beyond him wułǐig' wunaattheh aahaał his or her dog is walking ahead him or her |
bicep: |
big:dendîig chox nek-'ęh I see a big moose ncháax it is big dendîig ncháax the moose is big |
Big Dipper: |
bill (bird):SYN beak ALSO chin |
bind: |
binoculars: |
birch:ch'elaats'eyh peeled birch bark dahshú' birch catkins k'įįł birch sap k'įį ts'ědl' outer birch bark (paper) łuudh dwarf birch SYN buckbrush, mountain willow |
bird:tsúgaay t'ox bird nest |
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