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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

PRELIMINARY VERSION

compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman

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bend : nanekxót  I am bending it nanįhxót  you are bending it nanalxót  it (trees, brush) are bent over tanelket it is bent back

bend over (a person) : xanén' inttheyh you are bending over xanén' xúghék-'ah  I am bent over, hunched over

berry : jêg general term, but especially referring to blueberries ch'inłuut unripe berries, but especially referring to blueberries nit-sįį' blueberry (less commonly used than jêg) naaxęy jêg nagoonberry, frogberry nihmá' silverberry tsaanttheetl high bush cranberry SYN currant ntl'ét low bush cranberry nkáatl salmonberry dendéyh bearberry jîiz ndǎagh' bearberry naht'êez blackberry SYN crowberry danch'ǒg' raspberry daníhdûuy red currant (berry) (Ribes triste)

Berry Creek (AK Hwy xng @ Mile 1372) : Wudzih Ddhěl' Ndiig' LITERALLY 'caribou mountain creek'

beside : k'eddh next to, besides menh k'eddh łóoghihhaał I am walking around beside the lake. dóo iin nk'eddh dixdéltth'ih? who all is sitting next to you? SYN alongside

best : ch'etth'íh shíi nsųų the best kentsįįth ch'etth'íh shíi nsųų ts'į́' éltsiin si1nt'eh  these look like the best moccasins

better : êy tth'íh shíi nsųų  it is better than that one \de

between : daateg shtlęę iin daateg didhihdah   I'm sitting between my friends

beyond : naattheh wunaattheh  beyond him wułǐig' wunaattheh aahaał  his or her dog is walking ahead him or her

bicep : shgaanłǔudh'  my bicep

big : chox  big dendîig chox nek-'ęh   I see a big moose ncháax  it is big dendîig ncháax   the moose is big

Big Dipper : k'eltah the constellation popularly called "Big Dipper" was used to tell time

bill (bird) : wudá' it's bill, beak SYN beak ALSO chin

bind : SEE tie

binoculars : wushíi xnél'en'

birch : k'įį birch tree ch'elaats'eyh peeled birch bark dahshú' birch catkins k'įįł birch sap k'įį ts'ědl' outer birch bark (paper) łuudh dwarf birch SYN buckbrush, mountain willow

bird : tsúgaay general term for birds tsúgaay t'ox bird nest

birth (give birth) : ts'enîin nadįhtęę she had a baby

birth canal : wutsénn'  her birth canal, vagina

birthday : mexunłeey dzêenn'  his or her birthday

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