Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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alert (aware): be on alert, be ready for the unexpected |
algae:ALSO moss "Moss" is the more usual meaning of "dlaat" |
alike: alike, similar niłk'eh similar to each other niłk'eh eltsįį they look alike |
alive: she or he is alive SYN live |
all (objects): all xunelt'êey iin ech'įh'aał you feed all of those people xuts'enelt'eh all of us xunts'enelt'eh ts'į́' n'éł nayits'aa'áał we all will eat with you |
all (time): all day dzeen uudíh nts'é t'índę'ę? what do you do all day? neexon dú' teddh uudíh ts'ahteets. as for us, we sleep all night. |
almost: k'áhjiîl t'êey koth t'íshíłáak I almost caught a cold again. |
alone: alone SEE only shih shę́ę' I am alone dishę́ę' éedah she or he lives alone kón' k'ée éedah someone home alone |
alongside: besides, next to shk'eddh didhindah sit beside me SYN beside shax k'eddh saa t'âagh didhindah sit in the shade next to the house |
already:ALSO enough k'ôd xúu' shęę' enough already! |
also: SYN too díi chíh nį́h'ęh? what else do you see? díi chíh eyninthenh? what else do you want? k'á' chíh natelshíik chích'ah too, also ishndah deh chích'ah dendeey iin ehts'iik people are sick at my workplace too êy chíh chích'ah le' that one too |
although: |
always: etndah shę́ę' she or he is always working nt'o nt'o xúu' dínt'êey sínt'eh it's always like that |
am: |
amazed: I am amazed (at an activity) shaa ch'á' xdįht'eh I am amazed (at a situation) maa ch'á' xdįht'eh she or he is amazed (at a situation) |
ammunition: SYN bullet |
among: among it xuutah ts'iik daatheł sickness is spreading among them |
amuse: it is amusing, amazing to me |
ancestors: SYN forefathers wuts'enh xáts'áltsįį we are descended from them |
and: dendîig éł wudzih iin éł moose and caribou see 'after (in time)' for "and then" ts'į́' |
