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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

PRELIMINARY VERSION

compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman

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armpit : shk'éhts'ax my armpit

aroma : SEE smell

around : kendah 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) : nixunin'ąą  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 : ninshah she or he arrived perfective paradigm nihshah ts'enindeetl ninshah nahdeetl ninshah xnindeetl ndée dą́'ą jah nininshah? when did you arrive here? łii xědl' shíi ch'e jah níhshaay I arrived here in a dog sled SEE go

arrow : different kinds of arrows were used for different purposes. tuuk'á'  arrow for waterfowl ch'edé' tes blunt arrow for small game k'á' big game arrow

arrowhead : tuuk'á' chiid arrowhead for water fowl arrow ch'edé' tes chiid arrowhead for blunt arrow

as for? : dú' nen dú'?  as for you?

ashamed : SEE embarrassed

ashes (fire) : kón' łědz'

ashes (chew) : lts'iis birch fungus ashes ALSO punk

ask : wudįhket 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 : t'áath ALSO cottonwood, poplar

assemble (gather together) : niłshíi'álsheeyh they (plural objects) are assembled, gathered together niłshíixatdeetl people are gathered together

assist : yi'éł dé'ęh he is assisting her

at (during) : tah teddh tah shę́ę' xunsų́ų gheldzeey ts'eneh'i1ix.  we can see the moon real well at night.

at (toward) : ts'į́' at (in the direction of) yits'į́' tsutéh'ah he or she pointed at him or her

attach : yedeet'eyh it is attached (tied) to it

attempt : SEE try

auger : êy éł xghádeldêddh an auger ch'ed snowshoe awl SYN awl

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