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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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dipper (bird) : tuu ch'iisheł (Cinclus mexicanus)

direction (way) : ndíig xuhndíig ch'e ts'enindedl  that's the way we came

dirt : nén' soil, ground ch'edǔul' dirt in the house

dirty : gés gés nłęę  it is dirty shinłá' gés nłęę  my hands are dirty xnetjak it (table, floor) is dirty, messy

disappear : mextehkôtl it is disappearing łéets extehkôtl flour is disappearing wuk'exdalneyh it disappeared shjěyy' k'éxdálneyh my gloves disappeared tuu natét-tsetth water disappeared, dried up nídét-'įį he or she disappeared xuts'į́' téeshaay nídét-'įį he or she went to a place and has disappeared

discover : SEE find

discuss : xighaxunhéeyh it is being discussed

disease : ts'iik SYN ailment, sickness

dish : tth'áak

dishpan : ts'íitsiy tth'áak ALSO pot

dislike : shaa ts'į́' néet'ey someone or something is disliked k'á shaa ihsú́uy  it is not good for me

dislocate : niłghadalket it is dislocated shgáan' niłghadalket  my arm is dislocated

dissolve : The same Tanacross word is used for 'melt' ta'udeełet it dissolved, melted łuut shthaa ta'udeełet the ice dissolved in my mouth

distant : SEE far

distasteful : ts'adaxdintleg distasteful, unpleasant manner ts'adaxdintleg ts'í née'éł náxúldek   she or he is telling us a story in a distasteful manner

ditch : xosk'ée ditch ALSO hole, pit SYN gully xosk'ée xu'éddh éł xu'althet she or he stepped in the ditch and fell down

dive : teenishdetth  I dove tetishdetth  I am going to dive

divide : niłk'édzálsh_ah we divided them (more than one) niłdze'alshaay something which is divided niłdze'elsheek it is divided niłdze'elsheeg that which is divided shí' niłdze'elsheeg síxúnt'eh food is customarily divided (shared)

dizzy : wu'éł náxdéltheeyh she or he is dizzy

do : tdę'ę she or he is doing nts'é tdę'ę what is he, she or it doing nts'é t'indę'ę? what are you doing? imperfective paradigm t'ihdę'ę xodę'ę t'indę'ę t'ahdę'ę tdę'ę xetdę'ę nts'é' t'índę' what were you doing nts'é' tedhindę́'? what are you going to do? nts'é' tindiił? what are your plans? nts'é' tedhįh'ę'? what are you going to do with that?

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