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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

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

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coffee : goheey

coffin : chenhtiił SYN casket ALSO box

coil : tl'uuł nétxots rope is coiled

cold : néek'etth it (object) is cold tuu néek'etth the water is cold xnéek'etth it (weather) is cold nah'ǒg' xnéek'etth it's cold outside k'etth cold tuu k'etth etnaa she or he is drinking cold water naxtnétk'etth it is getting colder (fall time) xníik'aatth it turned cold elih! cold! shax elíh xúnłęę the house feels cold dhihdlih I am cold dlih ts'enh detndiyh she or he or it is shaking from the cold

cold (illness) : koth t'ishíłáak  I have a cold koth t'iníłáak you have a cold koth t'iyíłáak  she or he has a cold

collapse : naninkaatl it collapsed

collarbone : sht'ek tth'ěn' my collarbone

color : xnihmenh I colored it (an area) yitnemenh she or he is coloring it na'etnetmenh  she is putting on make-up LITERALLY 'she is coloring her face' shdaamel natnihmenh   I put on lipstick LITERALLY 'I colored my lips'

comb : tthixuuseel  a comb yenehseeł she's combing it imperfective paradigm nekseeł ts'enehseeł nįhseeł nahseeł yenehseeł xiynehseeł

come : aan come on! dánínhaay come in!

comfortable : nâan sudé'égthenh  I am comfortable with him, her

commander : xiyk'ée táaxáhthed commander, someone who orders people around

companion : shehłěg' shehłěg' éł łóníhshah  I traveled with my companion

compel : xunihshok tsets ts'į́' xúníhshok  I made them haul wood

compress : sheg nįht'enh  she or he compressed it (into a container) daxnelt'enh

cone (spruce) : ch'elahdzol SYN spruce cone, pine cone

confidence : yit'adį́ht'êeyh she or he has confidence in him/her

conscious : xół xół xghushndéyh   I am conscious xół xghutndéyh   you are conscious xół xatndéyh   he or she is conscious

container : ch'etiił SYN can

cook : Tanacross has several words referring to how food is cooked, but no word that is just a general term for "heating" food. Instead, the word for 'boil' is used as the general term. ch'įhmeets! cook something! díi ch'e įhmeedz? what are you cooking? yehmeets she or he is boiling it yeht'éeth she or he is frying, roasting it

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