Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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aunt:shaak'ey my aunt (mother's sister) stsųų my aunt (father's sister) also grandmother |
aurora:SYN northern lights |
autumn:SYN fall (season) noxłuu xúnłęę it is autumn |
avoid (keep away):wuch'á' énn' xedilda' stay away from him |
awake (conscious): |
aware: |
awl:ch'ed snowshoe awl ALSO auger |
axe:ch'ín'êy tį́į' axe handle |
B |
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babiche:SYN rawhide stripes ch'enxet thin snowshoe webbing |
baby:SYN infant ch'egaay baby animal |
baby basket: |
baby strap: |
bachelor: |
back (direction):k'éetah back to where it was yaandíi k'éetah nîi'itshah he, she or it went back to where he was. |
back (of the body):shinxǎan' my upper back SEE spine |
backbone:shnehts'ųų my spinal cord SYN spine |
backwards:chenent'aagh ts'į́' áahaał he or she is walking backwards |
bad breath (halitosis): |