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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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cap

:
tthíishúus ét-tl'uun audio knitted cap

capsize

:
nákédéexeł audio it capsized, flipped over, rolled over
ts'eyh wu'éł nákédéexeł audio his boat capsized

car

:
SYN vehicle
natet-łeg audio audio
natet-łeg deek'én' audio the car is running

carcass

:
ch'enaltee'

cards (playing)

:
galdás playing cards
galdás éł nach'ehłeek audio he's playing with cards

care

:
xuuk'ánektá' audio I'm taking care of them
wuk'ánédhéktąą audio I took care of him or her
wuk'ánįhtá' audio take care of it
wuk'átnektá' audio I will take care of it
yik'ánehtá' audio he's watching over it

careful

:
ts'edoghnih audio
ts'edogh nih há' tuu ghinkaał audio be careful carrying the water be careful
súu' de' audio be careful, watch out!

careless

:
k'á sų́ų el'én audio  she or he is not being careful, not doing a good job

caribou

:
wudzih audio general term for caribou
deek'el audio bull caribou
dzih chox largest bull caribou
dahtsîig caribou calf (Rangifer tarandus)

caribou corral

:
dádhtaan audio enclosure that caribou were driven into

caribou fence

:
tthek audio

caribou leg skin

:
ch'edzaa théth audio

caribou moss

:
ch'inshǔ' audio caribou moss, lichen (Cladonia rangiferina)
SYN lichen

caribou snare

:
míił audio

carrot

:
tsaath audio wild carrot, Indian potato
SYN potato, roots (Hedysarum alpinum)
kaat store-bought carrots

carry

:
Tanacross uses different words depending on the type of thing that is being carried or if more than one things is being carried. See Classificatory Verbs.
ghih'aał audio I am carrying it (compact object)
imperfective paradigmaudio
ghih'aał ts'aa'aał
ghin'aał ghah'aał
yaa'aał xiyaa'aał

ghihtiił audio I'm carrying it (sticklike object)

imperfective paradigmaudio
ghihtiił ts'aatiił
ghintiił ghahtiił
yaatiił xiyaatiił

ghekcheth audio I am carrying it (fabric, flexible object)

imperfective paradigmaudio
ghekcheth ts'aacheth
ghįhcheth ghahcheth
yaacheth xiyaacheth

ghihkaał audio I am carrying it (something in container)

imperfective paradigmaudio
ghihkaał ts'aakaał
ghinkaał ghahkaał
yaakaal xiyaakaał

ghekteeł audio I am carrying it (animate object)
ghihłeeł audio I am carrying them (multiple objects)

imperfective paradigmaudio
ghihłeeł ts'aałeeł
ghinłeeł ghahłeeł
yaałeel xiyaałeeł

k'á' ghíhtiił audio I'm carrying a gun
dayiníhtęę audio he carried him in (living)
k'á' chíh naxtelshíik audio they also carry guns
nâynettl'ú'u natełeek audio she is carry around her sewing
tuu na'atkaał audio he's packing water

carving knife

:
seey saagh audio carving knife with a curved end used in making snowshoes

casket

:
chenhtiił audio
SYN coffin ALSO box

catch (something thrown)

:
ch'ukěg' dá'ehshéł audio he is catching a ball
da'ídhekshéł audio I caught it in mid-air (with one hand)
da'ú'dhihdíik audio I caught it in mid-air
da'úndíik audio he caught it
dayíidzek audio he caught (just barely)

catch (up)

:
ts'eyh kétl'á'eełáat audio he caught up with the boat

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