Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 05:56 AM

Site: Alaska Native Languages
Course: Tanacross (Tanacross)
Glossary: Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

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ulu : meetsel  knife used for cutting fish

umbilical cord : ts'enîin ts'ǐig'

unbelievable : dandîil dandîil chíh nadhegts'iik   I can't believe I'm sick again.

uncle : Different words are used depending on whether the person is mother's or father's brother. shee'eh my mother's brother shtâay my father's brother stsêey my maternal great uncle (grandmother's brother)

uncomfortable : tsedadint'eh  it is uncomfortable, inappropriate shkentsį̌įdh' ntsûudl éł shaa tsedadint'eh  my moccasins are small so they are uncomfortable for me

under : t'aagh łii deshax t'aagh eedah  the dog is sitting under its house

underarm : shk'éhts'ax my underarm

underneath : dashekts'ęy

understand : shde'intth'ek? do you understand (hear) me? nts'é dínih ts'į́' k'á ndíhtth'é́g I cannot understand (hear) what you are saying SEE know

underwater : teex  underwater teex aameeł  he is swimming underwater

underwear : ch'et'aathedl long johns ch'et'aa'eek undershirt ch'etl'a'eeg bloomers, slip, skirt

undress : na'it-'et  undress, take your clothes off nkentsį̌įdh' shíi xádíl'eetth  take off you shoes

unforgettable : k'á méxútaldá́agh  it is unforgettable

unique : k'á wuk'eh xultsí́iyh  it is rare, unique

unison : SEE together

unload : xetl wushíi xáxúhłeeyh I am unloading the sled

unoccupied : kón' k'ée kón' k'ée łâanyíi níníhshaay gee!, I arrived at an unoccupied house

unpack : xach'ihłeeyh  I am unpacking it, taking things out

unskilled : ts'axtnildęę unskilled person

untie : dinat-'et it is untied łii dinat-'et  the dog is untied

up : Tanacross uses the same set of words to refer to above (vertically) and inland (away from water, especially away from the Tanana River). See Directionals. yanděg' upward, inland (distant) Tats'áltęy ts'enh yanděg' Dihthâad ts'į́' tęy xúnłęę there is a trail up to Mansfield from Tanacross shxatthídóg up above me shxatthídóg ts'į́' dlêg de'ihtth'ek I hear a squirrel up above me yaadóg area upward or inland (distant) wudzih yaadóg teyh k'et ah'és up on a distant hill there are caribou moving around děg' in an upward direction děg' ni'ínhaayh get up yatthíiděg' going up above yatthíiděg' tęy xúnín'ah a trail goes up (into the mountains)

upriver : yandée' a place up river (distant) yandíi direction upriver yandíi Tok dhihdah I live up in Tok (said, say, in Fairbanks) yandîidz from upriver (distant) yandîidz ghihkeeł I'm returning (by boat) from upriver

upside down : niłkedélchúuth  it (blanket, paper) is upside down LITERALLY 'it is turned over'

urge : xuuneshok  she or he is urging them on

urinate : ihłets  I am urinating

urine : łets

us : SEE we

used to : mexgheg'ę́ę' I'm accustom to it, used to it

used up : yetl'axghįh'ąą it is used up, all gone (for example, firewood or food)

usually : xúu' shę́ę' xúu' shę́ę' xdítndę'  he usually does that

uterus : ts'enîin théth SYN womb

uvula : sdzedihłǒgh' my uvula