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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

PRELIMINARY VERSION

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

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caterpillar : k'ę́y' gųų gųų detshos black, hairy caterpillar

Cathedral Bluffs : Gųų Shěddh' LITERALLY 'brushman ridge'

caulk : SEE chink

cave : ch'e'enh SYN den

caw : delgax it is cawing

ceiling : taandîidz deenii'aay

cellar (underground cache) : tsaak'ée łuug tsaak'ée déghíhdlah dzenax ghultseyh gha  I put fish in the cache to make fermented fish

cemetery : tth'enk'ée

center : taandîidz taandîidz tah shí' níxníndlah  they put the food in the center tandîidz xiyihdah  he's in court (they are holding court for him)

chain : ts'íitsiy tl'uuł ALSO cable

chair : k'étl'ádíidaay

change : SEE different

chap : det-ts'iits it is chapped; rough and dry shthéth dét-ts'iits  my skin is chapped net-ts'iits \au it (his or her face) is chapped

charcoal : t'ées

charred : SEE burn

chase : stâashnéninshúut  he chased me away tâaxuneshók he (always) chases them away

chatter (from the cold) : SEE shiver

cheap (inexpensive) : diitlog something cheap jâan diitlog sínt'eh this one is cheap SYN inexpensive

cheat : nashnin'aak he cheated me naynin'aak  she or he cheated him or her sų́'ų nashtnun'aag   don't cheat me

cheek : shintl'ahmét my cheek shxostl'aa the inside of my check

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