Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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animal:nahkaay wounded animal |
animal den: |
ankle: |
ant: |
antlers:ch'edé' antlers ALSO horn dendîig dé' moose antlers ch'edé' théth velvet on antlers |
anus:SYN rectum |
anyone (whoever):neeshax dóo t'êey kó́l there's nobody at home |
anything:díi t'êey ch'e le' anything at all |
apart (separated): |
apparently:xúu' k'éxúltsįį deh ch'e nach'ih'âadl I ate at a place like that one |
appear: |
apple (dry): |
approach:shetth én' etthet ts'į́' t'êey yitsį́' xáhtseyh she or he is sweeping the snow away as he/she approaches him/her |
April: |
arctic ground squirrel:SYN ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) |
are: |
area:xt'een area ndée xt'een inłęę? where (what area) are you from? Dihthâad xt'een ihłęę I'm from Mansfield |
argue \cl:łedaxdetxąą they picked an argument with each other medatdédhihmáak I argued angrily with him or her |
arm:shtth'íil' my forearm shgaantthį́į' 'under part' of my upper arm |