Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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barefoot: nah'ôg kentsįįth ehdenh natedaak she or he is outside walking barefoot |
bark (dog): it is barking łii iin xehttheh the dogs are barking ch'ée'aldíik it is giving a warning bark naxáh'enh it bark, senses something out of the ordinary. |
bark (of tree): tree bark ch'elaht'ûudz outer bark ch'elahts'eyh shax old time bark house |
bashful: she is bashful SYN shy imperfective paradigm
ts'éhxeh gaay unétshąą | ||||||
basin: wash basin |
basket: birch bark basket k'įį tth'áatl baby basket tth'áak ét-tl'uun woven basket |
bat (animal): |
bat (for hitting): SYN club |
bathe: he is bathing dêech'egtséł I am bathing |
batter: łéets néltsel ektseyh I am making batter |
be: |
beach: SYN shore |
beads: nat-tl'êdz nihkón' shiny beads ch'enih'ées I am doing beadwork, sewing with beads imperfective paradigm
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beak: its beak SYN bill ALSO chin |
bean: kidney beans LITERALLY 'little kidney' |
bear: bear (general term) shos sęy black bear (Urus americanus) ch'éliitthǒgh' brown bear SYN grizzly bear (Urus arctos ) |
Bear Creek (Mile 1357 Alaksa Highway):Sht'ey Teyy' Nda' |
bearberry: jîiz ndǎagh' (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) |
beard: my beard SYN whiskers |
beat (as in a game): she or he beat him or her (at a game) shlsǎaz' ładedheknęyh I lost my money (in a game) ładedhegnęyh I lost (at a game) |
