Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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cooking stick: stick used to hold meat over a fire |
cool:náynehk'é' he's cooling it off tuutheł nánink'é' the soup is cooled off náxnink'é' it (weather) has cooled off xeł t'âagh ts'į́' xaatthel éł shax nâxtnítk'e' the house finally started to cool off in the evening tuutheł natnetk'é'e the soup is cooling |
copper: |
Copper River:yaa'én in the direction of the Copper River area (from Tanacross) |
copy: he copied it, made it like that one |
corner: |
corpse: |
cotton: |
cottonwood: (Populus sp.) cottonwood ALSO aspen, poplar dahchǔuy' fluffy seed of the cottonwood tree (also fireweed seeds) |
cough:degkoth
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count:dihtiił lsaaz dihtiił |
country: land, country nén' k'et on the land |
cousin: my cousin ALSO friend |
cover: I covered it ts'enîin gaay ts'ěd' wúk'et dekchúuth I covered the baby with a blanket ts'ěd' dék'et degchúuth I covered myself with a blanket wunách'udédhekchúuth I covered something |
cover (sled): |
crack: it cracked, popped sits'enal'iin dlii ts'enh deltétl the window cracked from the cold |
cracker: SYN pilot bread |
crackle: |
cradle: |
cramp: I cramped up shké' níxeełdélneyh my foot cramped up |
