Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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stubborn: he or she or it is stubborn |
stubby: it is stubby, short níidûuy ché' t'ónn' xúnłęę lynx has a stubby tail |
stuck: it is stuck in one place ch'in'ěy' shaa xnitnelgot the axe is stuck for me |
stuff: |
stuff (compress, cram): stuff it in there dahtsáa shíi xnektthúuk I am stuffing the cache |
stumble: |
stump (tree): ALSO trunk (tree) |
stupid:ts'axninłuud she or he is stupid SEE inexperience |
suck: she or he is sucking ts'enîin gaay dinlahchétth eht'ók the baby is sucking his or her own thumb |
sucker fish: |
suddenly: all of a sudden jah ch'e xenh ni'éeshah suddenly he or she got up |
suffocate: she or he suffocated |
sugar: |
summer: sheen taatl'ěd' mid-summer saandîidz middle of the summer |
summit: summit of a mountain SYN peak |
sun: xesadin'ąą it is sunny saa dintl'ak'eddh kón' déhken' sundog xasaaghin'ąą sunrise nasaghin'ąą sunset |
surf scoter (duck): |
surface: surface of something wukaa inłeeyh spread it on the surface |
surprise: I am surprised ndadzenih'ąą I surprised you |
suspect: I suspect that person |
