Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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brother-in-law:shłenh  my brother-in-law (man's) shxeh my brother-in-law (women's) |
brown:deltthogh the brown one jâan eek deltthogh sínt'eh this is a brown coat deltthox it is brown ch'eliitthǒgh' déltthox grizzly bears are brown ALSO yellow |
bruise: bruise, black and blue mark wudǎagh' tsetl ni'it-'ąą somebody gave him or her a black eye iltúuts it is swollen, bruised xetnélttheey éł wutthí' iltúuts it (for example, a rock) fell down and bruised his/her head |
brush: ts'étl tah nihshah I went through the brush |
brushman:gųų Brush Indian. People in stories that lived apart from society and were often intent in capturing children or women. SYN wildman ALSO bug, insect, worm |
bubble: bubble xashotl bubbling xashotl edeex it is bubbling up |
buckbrush: SYN mountain willow, dwarf birch |
bucket: SYN pail |
bufflehead (duck): k'éłttheel (Bucephala albeola) |
bug (insect): general term for any kind of bug SYN insect ALSO worm, brushman, wildman kinds of bugs tehk'ąąy an orange and white bug that lives at the bottom of lakes, has and moves sideways. tehtsá'a water bug that can fly in the air ts'ąądihttheeg water bug, bloodsucker ts'aketl'aag a kind of bug or beetle |
build: |
bullet: SYN ammunition |
bumblebee: |
bump: I bumped it xets'ésdhektés I bumped my elbow xegótdhektés I bumped my knee |
bumpy: the ground is bumpy |
bundle: I bundled it, tied it together |
bunting (black snow): |
burbot: (Lota lota) SYN lingcod |
burl: SYN wood burl |
burn: it is burning k'ech'ii'aadl k'et díi ch'e deek'en'? what's that burning on the table? neldzeey k'ech'ii'aadl k'et deek'én' a lit candle is burning on the table natet-łeg deek'én' the car is running LITERALLY 'the car is burning' |
