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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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aunt

:
Tanacross has different words that depend whose she is the sister of.
shaak'ey audio my aunt (mother's sister)
stsųų audio my aunt (father's sister) also grandmother

aurora

:
yadíimeey audio
SYN northern lights

autumn

:
noxłuu audio
SYN fall (season)
noxłuu xúnłęę audio it is autumn

avoid (keep away)

:
wuch'aa énn' audio
wuch'á' énn' xedilda' audio stay away from him

awake (conscious)

:
xółxatndéyh audio  she or he is awake

aware

:
SEE awake

away

:
ch'aa audio  away from
dendîig yich'á' sta'itdetth audio  the moose ran away from him
ya'én' audio  away, over there (distant)
ya'én' tíhhaał audio I'm going down that way (toward , say, Copper Center from Tanacross)
teth na'âaz menh dehtaan sixúnt'eh audio there is a lake on the other side of that hill

awl

:
ttheł audio an awl
ch'ed audio snowshoe awl ALSO auger

axe

:
chín'êy audio  an axe
ch'ín'êy tį́į' audio axe handle

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