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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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S

silly

:
tsą́ą'el'ęę audio she or he is acting silly, clowning around
datnet-ttheey audio she or he is being funny, telling jokes

silt

:
łéemah audio ALSO dust

silverberry

:
nihmá' audio (Elaegnus commutata)

similar

:
k'eh audio similar, like
shk'eh sitdę'ę audio she or he is doing it like me
niłts'į́' at-t'ęę audio they are similar in appearance

simple

:
shée' k'et'êey audio simple
shée' k'et'êey maa t'iyíit'eh audio it is simple for him or her
It is injih to say something is simple or easy for yourself.

sinew

:
tth'éex audio

sing

:
ch'edihłih audio  I am singing
imperfective paradigmaudio
ch'edihłih ts'edzełih
ch'dinłih ch'edahłih
ch'edełih ch'exedełih

singe

:
dets'ên dzehłet audio we are singeing ducks
ts'iit ekłet audio I am singeing porcupine
ts'iit wunach'udéełed audio singed porcupine

single (not married)

:
dish_ę́ę' éedaay audio an unmarried person

sink

:
tetayinin'ąą audio it sank (went to the bottom)

sinus \cl

:
shinchit'ah my sinus

sip

:
tedhegts'eek audio I sipped it
nategts'áax audio I am sipping it
wuts'enh ch'ilts'eex audio take a sip from this
nach'elts'eex audio he sipped it

sister

:
Tanacross uses different words for older and younger sisters.
shaadeh audio my older sister
shdéedz' audio my younger sister

sister's child (man's)

:
sh'aaz audio

sister-in-law

:
Tanacross has different words for referring to a man's sister-in-law or a women's sister-in-law.
shxeh audio my sister in-law (man's)
shtlęę audio my sister-in-law (women's)

sit

:
Different Tanacross words are used for when talking about one or more than one person.
didhihdah audio I am sitting
xdélttth'ih audio they are sitting
imperfective paradigmaudio
didhihdah didzéltth'ih
didhindah didédhaltth'ih
di'eedah dixdélttth'ih

xunsųų deh didhihdah audio I'm sitting here comfortably
dítl'ádédhíshdah audio I sat for a long time (without getting up)
dítl'ádédhishttháat audio I sat back down (quickly)

six

:
niłk'etaag audio

size

:
ndóxk'e ghįhchaax? audio what size is it?

skate

:
nátéljeyh audio she or he is skating, sliding on ice, walking on ice by shuffling feet
luu k'et nátéljeyh audio  he or she is skating on the ice

skeleton

:
dendeh tth'ěnn' \de

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