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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

PRELIMINARY VERSION

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

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fix : nadhektsįį  I fixed it niłk'etah nadhektsįį  I fixed it the way it was shaa tth'iitaxdénínłeeyh she fixed it, straightened it out for me

flame : kón' tthúul' kón' dét-tthuuł fire is flaming

flap : ts'enh détxaat  it (bird) flapped its wings

flat : ch'etmets  it is flat and wide téeł xédétmets  carpet, blanket is spread out flat wuké' étmedz  one with a wide, flat foot

flats : SEE meadow

fleas : wutl'ěg' its fleas shétth kadel  snow fleas

flee : SEE escape

flesh : Different words are used for 'flesh of an animal' and the action of removing flesh. Also listed here are tools used in fleshing a skin. wutthį́į' its flesh

flesh (a skin) : yehttheyh she or he is fleshing it imperfective paradigm ekttheyh yits'ehttheyh įhttheyh ahttheyh yehttheyh xiyehttheyh tools used in fleshing náhttheł tool for removing flesh from skin ch'ejeeyh pole that skin is held on while fleshing the skin SEE tan, skin

flicker (bird) : ntsiił northern flicker (Colaptes auratus)

flimsy : dzet-łon  it is flimsy, thin

flint : mehts'eyh ALSO obsidian

float (remain on top of water) : Different words are used for floating, not sinking, and floating, going downstream. dataya'aał it is floating (not sinking) ch'achěnn' tadaatiił a tree stump is floating downriver see [downriver] for more examples of 'floating downriver'.

flood : tuu níihąą  it flooded sheen dą́'ą tuu níihąą   last summer it flooded

floor : chenhteeł

flour : łéets

flow : ninłęyh  it is flowing łeeke'udit-łęyh   the streams all flow together

fly : natnet-t'ax it is flying stâanet-t'ak it flew away dets'ên xâanit-t'ax the duck is flying around tsuugaay stanínínt'ek the bird flew away naadóg tsúgaay yaníshąą a flock of birds flew up

fly (bug) : dę̌y'  fly nindáa  fly eggs

foam : xunxos  foam tuu k'et xunxos xúnłęę  there is foam on the water xatnalxots it foamed up

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