Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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whole: wudzih gǎan' łaaltth'ek ts'į́' wutl'ayghų́hchuut dé' make sure you give him or her the whole caribou arm |
why: díi gha ch'e t'inden? why are you doing that? |
wide: it is wide tsá' ch'e dintéeł beaver has a wide tail |
widgeon (duck): American widgeon (Anas americana) |
widow: widow or widower |
wife: my wife, mate wu'éł dhíhdaay my spouse, the one I stay with |
wiggle: she or he is wiggling, cannot sit still ts'enîin et-t'aał the child is wiggling |
wilderness: |
wildman: Brush Indian. Bogeyman. People in stories that lived apart from society and were often intent in capturing children. SYN brushman ALSO bug, insect, worm |
willow: willow dahłiigaay pussy willow k'aaz tsets dry willow or alder branches łuudh mountain willow SYN buckbrush, dwarf birch k'ę́y' jiits willow sprouts, new growth |
win: I won something |
wind (chinook wind): warm winter wind |
window: |
windpipe: my windpipe ALSO tube |
windy: it is windy xaghįhts'eyh it became windy tęy k'et det-ts'iik it (snow) is blowing on the trail |
wing: |
wink:nelts'ék he is winking negts'ékts'enelts'ék nilts'éknalts'ék nelts'ékxnelts'ékyits'į́' nelts'ék he or she is winking at him or her |
winter: winter xey taatl'ed mid-winter |
wipe:mejektlet I am wiping it (quickly) tth'aak ejektlet I am wiping (drying) the plate mejekkét I'm wiping it (thoroughly) tuu nee_h_el éł méjekkét I am wiping it with hot water |
wise: he is wise ALSO clever ndaxdinshaan sínt'eh that is a wise person |
