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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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W

worry

:
xáních'ét-thiit audio  she or he is worried

wound

:
SEE injure

wound

:
nahkaay audio wounded animal
ch'ekaa k'ée audio a wound, injury
SYN sore

wrap

:
ts'ěd' na'udét-ts'es audio  she or he has a blanket wrapped around them

wreck

:
SEE break

wrestle

:
łeet'eexel'ęh audio they are wrestling

wring

:
na'ídhihgétth audio I am wringing it out
na'ídhíhgétth audio I wrung it out
na'úghédhíhgétth audio I wrung it out (a hide, by wringing around a stick)

wrinkle

:
nelch'ų́ųtth audio it is wrinkled
nach'ihgêddh ts'enh shinlaatsógh' nelch'ų́ųtth audio  my fingers are wrinkled from washing clothes

wrist

:
shilaachěn' \de

write

:
ch'etnihtl'éts audio I'm writing
imperfective paradigmaudio
ch'etnihtl'éts ts'eytnetl'éts
ch'etnintl'éts ch'etnahtl'éts
ch'etnetl'éts ch'axtnetl'éts

wrong

:
xu'én' la ha' audio not that way (direction)!
k'á xúu' wrong way!
dada'én' audio wrong way (verbally)
dada'én' ts'į́' sų́'ų naxxghuldeg audio don't tell that story the wrong way

Y

yawn

:
etháat audio she or he is yawning
imperfective paradigmaudio
ihtháat ts'etháat
intháat ahtháat
etháat xetháat

yell

:
SEE shout

yellow

:
The Tanacross word includes yellows and browns.
deltthogh audio the yellow one
deltthox audio it is yellow
wuthéth deltthox audio its skin is yellow

yellow warbler (bird)

:
k'elaxdihtsogh  warbler

yellow-jacket

:
ch'elahdziid audio

yelp

:
The Tanacross word can apply to people as well as animals.
xedettsax audio  she, he or it is yelping (in pain)

Yerrick Creek

:
Dachi'1ndêedl Ndiig audio

yes

:
ąą audio

yesterday

:
k'ahdąą dą́'ą audio

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