Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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a: |
abandoned (village): an old, uninhabited village ALSO campsite, empty (house) |
abdomen: my abdomen SYN belly |
abdominal lining (fat): fat around moose stomach |
about: yaniidą́'ą gha nuh'éł naxghogdeg I am telling you all about long ago |
above:yandóg distant area above, inland, or over there nandóg nearby area above, inland, or over there yandóg dashée' teyh tée'ah there is a hill above here shtthíit'aag above me |
abrasive: |
accompany: I am accompanying him or her nee'u'egtón' I am accompanying you, I am on your side n'éł tihdíił I will do that with you |
according to: xutnęy gha sítnih according to what he said |
accuse: |
accustom: |
ache: |
acquaintance: an acquaintance of mine me'ishdęyh I am acquainted with him or her |
across:yandâaz area across (distant) yandaas ts'ęy dhihdah I live across the river yaanáan' across toward (distant) yaanáan' ts'eyh shíi tihkeeł I'm boating across (the river) |
act (in a certain way): he always acts that way |
active: |
actually: xúu' ch'e lé' díhnęy that's actually what I said |
Adam's apple (larynx): my Adam's apple SYN voice box, larynx |
add: added on (one on top of another) |
addicted:yexnílts'et he got addicted to it |
adequate: that's adequate |
adhere: it is adhered to it |
admire: she or he admires him/her/it shaa dint'eh I admire him or her |
admonish: |
adopt: he adopted him, raised him yetnelsheex she is raising him |
adult: |
advise: I advised him or her shde'intth'ek nts'į́' xghuhhá'a listen to me because I am giving you advice |
adze: old-time stone adze |
afraid: she or he is afraid imperfective paradigm
sų́'ų nuljed | ||||||
after (following a person): łii gaay yik'eh aahaał the puppy is following him/her |
after (in time): |
after a while: in a while (in the future) k'adíidé' tâatihdaał after a while I'm going home |
afterbirth: SYN placenta |
afternoon: also twilight |
again: těyy' xú' dínih say it again |
ago: a short while ago k'adídą́'ą nach'ih'áatl ts'į́' k'á díhtsí́in I just ate a while ago so I'm not hungry k'adîidą́'ą a while ago k'adîidą́'ą nach'ih'áatl ts'į́' k'ôd dihtsįį I ate a long while ago so I'm hungry |
ahead: shttheh ahead of me łii gaay yittheh aahaał the puppy is walking ahead of him/her |
aid: |
ailment: SYN sickness, disease |
alder: alder k'aaz tsets dry alder or willow branches |
alert (aware): be on alert, be ready for the unexpected |
algae:ALSO moss "Moss" is the more usual meaning of "dlaat" |
alike: alike, similar niłk'eh similar to each other niłk'eh eltsįį they look alike |
alive: she or he is alive SYN live |
all (objects): all xunelt'êey iin ech'įh'aał you feed all of those people xuts'enelt'eh all of us xunts'enelt'eh ts'į́' n'éł nayits'aa'áał we all will eat with you |
all (time): all day dzeen uudíh nts'é t'índę'ę? what do you do all day? neexon dú' teddh uudíh ts'ahteets. as for us, we sleep all night. |
almost: k'áhjiîl t'êey koth t'íshíłáak I almost caught a cold again. |
alone: alone SEE only shih shę́ę' I am alone dishę́ę' éedah she or he lives alone kón' k'ée éedah someone home alone |
alongside: besides, next to shk'eddh didhindah sit beside me SYN beside shax k'eddh saa t'âagh didhindah sit in the shade next to the house |
already:ALSO enough k'ôd xúu' shęę' enough already! |
also: SYN too díi chíh nį́h'ęh? what else do you see? díi chíh eyninthenh? what else do you want? k'á' chíh natelshíik chích'ah too, also ishndah deh chích'ah dendeey iin ehts'iik people are sick at my workplace too êy chíh chích'ah le' that one too |
although: |
always: etndah shę́ę' she or he is always working nt'o nt'o xúu' dínt'êey sínt'eh it's always like that |
am: |
amazed: I am amazed (at an activity) shaa ch'á' xdįht'eh I am amazed (at a situation) maa ch'á' xdįht'eh she or he is amazed (at a situation) |
ammunition: SYN bullet |
among: among it xuutah ts'iik daatheł sickness is spreading among them |
amuse: it is amusing, amazing to me |
ancestors: SYN forefathers wuts'enh xáts'áltsįį we are descended from them |
and: dendîig éł wudzih iin éł moose and caribou see 'after (in time)' for "and then" ts'į́' |
angry: he's angry
sts'į́' ts'ani'elt'eh | ||||||
animal: a mammal (for example, fox or rabbit) nahkaay wounded animal |
animal den: |
ankle: my ankle |
ant: |
antlers:ch'edé' antlers ALSO horn dendîig dé' moose antlers ch'edé' théth velvet on antlers |
anus: my anus SYN rectum |
anyone (whoever): neeshax dóo t'êey kó́l there's nobody at home |
anything: anything díi t'êey ch'e le' anything at all |
apart (separated): it is apart |
apparently: it appears to be that way xúu' k'éxúltsįį deh ch'e nach'ih'âadl I ate at a place like that one |
appear: |
apple (dry): |
approach: shetth én' etthet ts'į́' t'êey yitsį́' xáhtseyh she or he is sweeping the snow away as he/she approaches him/her |
April: |
arctic ground squirrel: SYN ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) |
are: |
area:xt'een area ndée xt'een inłęę? where (what area) are you from? Dihthâad xt'een ihłęę I'm from Mansfield |
argue \cl: we are arguing with each other łedaxdetxąą they picked an argument with each other medatdédhihmáak I argued angrily with him or her |
arm: my arm shtth'íil' my forearm shgaantthį́į' 'under part' of my upper arm |
armpit: my armpit |
aroma: |
around: shax kendah tedhíhshah I was going around the house wughandah around it wughandah nach'enehtl'ų́' she or he sewed around it jah shghendah didédhaltth'ih you all sit here around me shxghendah ch'ekô1 there is nothing around me |
arranged (settled): it is arranged, settled tsá' nixunin'ąą beaver arranged his house nts'ogh ndáa ch'e nixunin'aan? how in the world did you do this? |
arrive: she or he arrived perfective paradigm
ndée dą́'ą jah nininshah? | ||||||
arrow:tuuk'á' arrow for waterfowl ch'edé' tes blunt arrow for small game k'á' big game arrow |
arrowhead: arrowhead for water fowl arrow ch'edé' tes chiid arrowhead for blunt arrow |
as for?:nen dú'? as for you? |
ashamed: |
ashes (fire): |
ashes (chew): birch fungus ashes ALSO punk |
ask: ask him/her! díi gha shúdįhkét why did you ask me? nudekket I ask you shudįhket you ask me nudehket she asks you ts'udehket we ask her yudehket he asks her |
aspen:ALSO cottonwood, poplar |
assemble (gather together): they (plural objects) are assembled, gathered together niłshíixatdeetl people are gathered together |
assist: he is assisting her |
at (during): teddh tah shę́ę' xunsų́ų gheldzeey ts'eneh'i1ix. we can see the moon real well at night. |
at (toward): at (in the direction of) yits'į́' tsutéh'ah he or she pointed at him or her |
attach: it is attached (tied) to it |
attempt: |
auger:ch'ed snowshoe awl SYN awl |
aunt:shaak'ey my aunt (mother's sister) stsųų my aunt (father's sister) also grandmother |
aurora: SYN northern lights |
autumn: SYN fall (season) noxłuu xúnłęę it is autumn |
avoid (keep away): wuch'á' énn' xedilda' stay away from him |
awake (conscious): she or he is awake |
aware: |
away: away from dendîig yich'á' sta'itdetth the moose ran away from him ya'én' away, over there (distant) ya'én' tíhhaał I'm going down that way (toward , say, Copper Center from Tanacross) teth na'âaz menh dehtaan sixúnt'eh there is a lake on the other side of that hill |
awl: an awl ch'ed snowshoe awl ALSO auger |
axe: an axe ch'ín'êy tį́į' axe handle |
