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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

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

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breathe : ishsheyh  I am breathing imperfective paradigm ishsheyh ts'etsheyh itsheyh atsheyh etsheyh xetsheyh

bridge : xtsiił ALSO fish weir yaanâan xtsiil kenin'ah a bridge crosses the water

bright (visual) : xdelgeyh it is bright

bring : yinin'ąą she or he brought it jah yinin'ąą she or he brought it here tthíish_úus nin'ąą she or he brought a hat dayinintąą he brought it in (stick-like object) neeshax nîits'iltęę we brought him back to our house xûuy iin éł taghinłeeł bring those things with you too xaghį́htęę she or he brought him, her or it (animal) out (by reaching into something) tehmíił shíi ts'enh łuug xaghį́htęę s/he brought out a fish from inside the fishnet shchêl shaa tsets nîidelsheek my younger brother is bringing in wood for me

brisket : ch'eyutth'ěnn'

brittle : det-thayh

broke (no money) : shlsǎaz' kôl I'm broke

broken : SEE break

broom : wu'éł ts'axuthîid wu'éł jet-thîid

broth : tuutheł SYN soup

brother : Tanacross has different words for older and younger brothers. shundaagh my older brother shchêl my younger brother

brother-in-law : Tanacross has different words for referring to a man's brother-in-law or a women's brother in law. shłenh my brother-in-law (man's) shxeh my brother-in-law (women's)

brown : The same word includes yellows and browns. deltthogh the brown one jâan eek deltthogh sínt'eh this is a brown coat deltthox it is brown ch'eliitthǒgh' déltthox grizzly bears are brown ALSO yellow

bruise : tsetl bruise, black and blue mark wudǎagh' tsetl ni'it-'ąą  somebody gave him or her a black eye iltúuts it is swollen, bruised xetnélttheey éł wutthí' iltúuts  it (for example, a rock) fell down and bruised his/her head

brush : ts'étl ts'étl tah nihshah   I went through the brush

brushman : Brushman are the topic of many stories. gųų Brush Indian. People in stories that lived apart from society and were often intent in capturing children or women. SYN wildman ALSO bug, insect, worm

bubble : taxunxos  bubble xashotl  bubbling xashotl edeex  it is bubbling up

buckbrush : łuudh SYN mountain willow, dwarf birch

bucket : nadh'aay SYN pail

bufflehead (duck) : tleełttheedl k'éłttheel (Bucephala albeola)

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