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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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C

compress

:
sheg nįht'enh audio  she or he compressed it (into a container)
daxnelt'enh audio

cone (spruce)

:
ch'elahdzol audio
SYN spruce cone, pine cone

confidence

:
yit'adį́ht'êeyh audio she or he has confidence in him/her

conscious

:
xół
xół xghushndéyh audio  I am conscious
xół xghutndéyh audio  you are conscious
xół xatndéyh audio  he or she is conscious

container

:
ch'etiił audio
SYN can

cook

:
Tanacross has several words referring to how food is cooked, but no word that is just a general term for "heating" food. Instead, the word for 'boil' is used as the general term.
ch'įhmeets! audio cook something!
díi ch'e įhmeedz? audio what are you cooking?
yehmeets audio she or he is boiling it
yeht'éeth audio she or he is frying, roasting it

cooking stick

:
ch'ejog audio stick used to hold meat over a fire

cool

:
nánink'é'
náynehk'é' audio he's cooling it off
tuutheł nánink'é' the soup is cooled off
náxnink'é' it (weather) has cooled off
xeł t'âagh ts'į́' xaatthel éł shax nâxtnítk'e' the house finally started to cool off in the evening
tuutheł natnetk'é'e audio the soup is cooling

copper

:
ttheetsą́ą' audio

Copper River

:
Taatl'oxt'een Copper River area people
yaa'én audio in the direction of the Copper River area (from Tanacross)

copy

:
yik'eh yį́htsįį audio he copied it, made it like that one

corner

:
ts'axk'éetl'áa audio

corpse

:
ch'ethěeg' audio

cotton

:
ch'etl'ąą \de

cottonwood

:
t'áath audio (Populus sp.) cottonwood ALSO aspen, poplar
dahchǔuy' audio fluffy seed of the cottonwood tree (also fireweed seeds)

cough

:

degkoth audio  I'm coughing

imperfective paradigmaudio
degkoth dzelkoth
dilkoth dalkoth
delkoth xdelkoth

count

:

dihtiił audio  I am counting it audio dihtiiłyidzaatiił dintiiłdahtiił yidaatiiłxiydaatiił

lsaaz dihtiił audio I am counting the money

country

:
nén' audio land, country
nén' k'et audio on the land

cousin

:
shtlęę audio my cousin ALSO friend

cover

:
wuk'et jekchúuth audio  I covered it
ts'enîin gaay ts'ěd' wúk'et dekchúuth audio  I covered the baby with a blanket
ts'ěd' dék'et degchúuth audio  I covered myself with a blanket
wunách'udédhekchúuth audio  I covered something

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