Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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they:nâan iin  they, those people nâan iin xúu' xenih? did they say that? |
thick: it is thick ts'ěd' detkêd a thick blanket k'od ch'e łuut detkét the ice is already thick wudzih théth det-łon tl'âan dendîig théth detke1t caribou skin is thin and moose skin is thick |
thief: SYN robber |
thigh: my thigh, upper leg sts'ahtthį́į' my thigh muscle |
thighbone: my thighbone SYN femur |
thimble: ssits'u'âay sínt'eh that's my thimble |
thin: it is thin, almost transparent gah théth ch'e dzet-t'áan rabbit skin is thin det-łon it is thin tadet-łon it is very thin dzet-łon it is thin, flimsy nah'ôg neethel gha eek dzet-łon shę́ę' nadelsh_ah it is warm outside so I am just wearing a thin shirt. nelgęyh he, she or it is thin, skinny LITERALLY 'dried out' |
think: I am thinking about it yik'eh naních'ethét he thinks like him |
thirsty: I am thirsty LITERALLY 'I crave water' shdá' déníngęyh I am thirsty LITERALLY 'my throat is dry' |
this: this one jâan dóo ch'e nt'eey? who is this? |
thorn: |
those: those here naxûuy ch'íh nanįhtseyh you gather those too nandûug those over there nandûug ch'íh nanįhtseyh gather those back there too nah'áa those way over there |
though: though, even though ehchąą t'o têey Dihthâad ts'į́' ts'edéeł even though it was raining we are going to Mansfield teghitdek t'o t'êey wu'éł ghínhaał even though you're tired, go with him/her |
thread: you thread it łóx ndú' ch'énínhuuth thread the fish hook |
threaten: |
three: nah'ôg dendîig taag iin ah'és three moose walked by outside |
throat:shthéeg' my throat SYN esophagus ALSO voice |
through: through it nduu xandú' ts'énindéetl we came through the forest |
throw:tthetdįhthiiyh you throw it (compact object like a rock) xełtédhékkeyh I threw a stick k'á' wuts'į́' tédhékxeł I threw him or her a gun tthetehdlah he threw them (multiple small objects) itédhéktl'iit I threw them (multiple small objects) tédhékdeetl I threw it (larger multiple objects) tsets xúh ts'į́' dédhékdeetl I threw the wood down there tsets nadį́hdeetl he threw the wood down |
throw away: I threw it away tátédhékdeetl I threw them away taytéhdeetl he or she threw them away |
