Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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bloodshot: my eyes are bloodshot |
blossom: blossom, sprout xt'aghihdlâay k'ót'êey ch'exanihshaan I planted something and it is already blossoming, sprouting |
blouse:ALSO shirt |
blow: I am blowing on it yehshok she or he is blowing on it |
blow (nose): I am blowing my nose chiitah ish-thį́įth I am blowing my nose |
blue:deldlêedz jâan tthíishúus deldlêedz sínt'eh this is a blue hat |
blueberry: berries in general, but usually referring to blueberries nit-sį́į' ripe blueberries ch'inłuut unripe (green) blueberries ALSO hail ch'indą̌ąy' flower of blueberry (that grows into berry) |
bluff: SYN cliff |
boat:ts'eyh modern boat or skiff k'įį ts'eyh birch bark canoe wudzih theth ts'eyh caribou skin boat lxǒdz' large skin boat ts'eyh tl'á' stern of a boat ghihkeeł I'm going by boat
naghishkeeł | ||||||
body: his or her whole body ALSO spirit ch'ethěeg' dead body SYN corpse ssék my torso, upper body |
bog: SYN swamp |
boil:ekmeets I'm boiling it imperfective paradigm
shaadeh sâay ehmeets | ||||||
bone: |
book: ALSO paper |
boots: mukluks ch'edzaa théth kench'ǒdl' caribou legging mukluks |
border: border or edge (of something) wumâagh nanettl'uun sínt'eh it is sown along the edges ALSO edge |
boreal owl: (Aegolius funereus) |
bored: I am bored literally 'boredom is killing me' ts'axnintthenh she or he is bored, has nothing to do, lethargic nah'ôg ehchaan éł ts'axnintthenh it is raining outside so she or he is bored |
born:Fairbanks deh ch'e shexunłeen I was born in Fairbanks mexunłęę she or he or it was born Saagescheeg deh ch'e mexunłeen she or he was born in Ketchumstuk (and has passed away) |
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