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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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stack : tsets xatnalts'ok wood is stacked (in an orderly manner)

staff (walking stick) : tétth SYN cane, walking stick

stagger : natnishkeyh  I am staggering

stamp : SEE thump

stanchion : xetl dzaad'  sled stanchion

stand : Different words are used for one or more than one person ná'éthet she or he is standing imperfective paradigm ná'íhthet náts'edéex ná'ínthet ná'ahdéex ná'éthet náxedéex náts'udeex  let us stand

star : sén' sén' ndlâan nek-'ęh I see lots of stars sén' tsáan' falling star

stare : shíhgeets she or he's staring at me nidhékgeets I am staring at you idhekgeets I am staring at him/her shidhį́hgeets you are staring at me shaxíhgeets they are staring at me

start : nadekk'ąą I started it up applies to cars and other machines shkár' nádį́hk'aay start my car! kón' díik'ąą a fire started up

startle : tedhíshkeyh I was startled díi ntéhkeyh? what startled you? shdaadzeey nin'ąą it startled me literally 'it made my heart stop'

starvation : detsenh SYN famine detsenh ts'enh xghinłaak they died of starvation

stay : SEE live (dwell)

stay up : teddh na'et-tth'ek he stays up late teddh ghintth'et he or she stayed up all night teddh uud1ih dég dhíhdah I stayed up through the night

steal : ch'ene'íiyh he or she is stealing (something) náhts'įįth éeł ts'enh ch'ene'íiyh wolverine steals from traps needhíh'įį I stole it ch'eneedhíh'įį I stole something

steam : dząą wuts'enh xadząąghįh'ah steam is coming out of it k'áhmén tah tuu k'et dząą xołeex during the morning there is steam over the water

steambath : ttheetheł nech'in'áatl tl'âan ttheetheł dal'ę́ę'  after he ate he took a steambath

steel : ts'íitsiy ALSO metal

steep : xnetch'ek  it is steep

steer : SEE drive

stem : wuchěnn' it's stem ch'echěnn' stem, stump (of a plant) ALSO trunk

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